IN MEMORIAM

Peter S. Dokuchitz, 86;

Assemblyman Founded

Custom Electronics Inc.

ONEONTA – Custom Electronics founder Peter S. Dokuchitz, 86, of Oneonta, who represented Otsego and Herkimer counties in the state Assembly in 1973-78, passed away yesterday at Fox Hospital.

He was born March 9, 1928, in Oneonta, the son of Peter D. and Julia (Kozech) Dokuchitz.

Pete graduated from Oneonta High School.   He served in the Navy’s Submarine Service in 1946-48, then attended Siena College, graduating in 1952.

He began his engineering career at Sprague Electronics in North Adams,  Mass., before joining Scintilla Corp. (now Amphenol) in Sidney.  In 1963, Pete and his former wife, Joan Morse, founded Custom Electronics.

In addition to his time in the Assembly, he served on the City of Oneonta Public Service Board, Unatego Central School board, the National Commercial Bank & Trust regional board, and the Otschodela Council, Boy Scouts of America, executive council.   He was a member of the Oneonta and Cooperstown country clubs, BPOE 1312, Kiwanis Club, Oneonta Post 259, American Legion, and St. Mary’s Church.

He was the recipient of the 1992 Siena College Professor Joseph A. Buff Award.

He is survived by his daughter, Diane Dokuchitz Bowers, and her husband, John, of Albuquerque, N.M.; his sons, Peter of Fort Lauderdale, David and his wife, Mary, of Oneonta, Paul and his wife, Dawn, of New York City, and Jonathan and his partner, Michael, of Gilbertsville; three grand-daughters, Elizabeth Bowers Malchoff, and her husband, Jeff, Natalie Bowers, and Alexandra Dokuchitz Connolly, and her husband, Jonathan; two grandsons, Gregory and Daniel Dokuchitz; great-grandsons, William and Thomas Malchoff, and great-granddaughter Emma Connolly.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and sisters, Taklia Harris and Marion Dokuchitz.

A funeral mass will be at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, July 24, at St. Mary’s Church, with Father David Wm. Mickiewicz, pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in the Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

Calling hours are 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home.

Contributions may be made to the Otsego County SPCA, 4841 Route 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Condolences to the family may be made online by visiting our website at www.grummonsfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home.