Fred J. Rakvica Jr.

Rotterdam - Fred J. Rakvica Jr., 89, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023.

Fred was the son of the late Fred J. Rakvica Sr and Mary (Mihalik).

Fred graduated from Mont Pleasant High School and Siena College where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. He served two years in the Army as a first Lieutenant with the Fourth and Second Armored division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. He worked for Commercial Credit Corp and Beneficial Finance as a branch manager and retired in 1996.

He is survived by his loving wife Olga (Scheuer), celebrating their 67th wedding Anniversary on the day of his death; four children Susan Alice, Fred Rakvica Jr. (Chrystie), Sharon Ross (Brian) and Nancy Fischer (Timothy); six grandchildren Rachel Sprague (Derek), Michael Rakvica, Sophia and John Alice I, Anna and Ava Fischer as well as several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his sister Dorothy Lewandowski.

Visitation will be held on Thursday at St Gabriel's Church, 3040 Hamburg Street in Rotterdam from 10:30 am to 11:30 am followed by a mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 am. Entombment will follow at St. Cyril’s Cemetery on Duanesburg Road.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or the Alzheimer's Association, 1003 Loudon Road, Cohoes, NY 12047.