BORIS UNKOW – Obituary

Boris Unkow of Franklinville on Wednesday, August 8, 2018.  Age 91.  Husband of 62 years to Katja Unkow (nee Emgushov).  Father of Dimitri Unkow and his wife Margaret, Otschir “Rick” Unkow and his wife Debra, Sofia Kolosowsky and her husband Stanley, and Isabella Kutinow and her late husband Gabriel.  Grandfather of Sean Unkow, Soyan Unkow, Otschir Unkow, Namjal-ma (Marchetti) Unkow, Adam Unkow, Katrina Caputo, Stanley Kolosowsky, Bianca Haines, and Brian Kutinow.  Great-grandfather of 12.  Brother of Pauline Chalginow and Victor Unkow.  Son of the late Alexander and Kosi (nee Hrezkov) Unkow.

Born and raised in Rostov, Russia, Boris met Katja, his future wife, while in a labor camp in war-torn Germany.  They married after the war ended and had four children.  Together the family traveled around Eastern Europe before emigrating to the United States in 1956 and settling in Philadelphia.  Boris worked for a time with the Hershey Company manufacturing chocolate bunnies before taking a job with Rohm and Haas and beginning his long career in the pharmaceutical industry as a tablet maker.  He moved to Franklinville in 1970 to work for Tablicaps, Inc. and 20 years later took a job with Heather Pharmaceutical in Cherry Hill until his retirement in 1992.

During their time in Germany, Boris and Katja both did some acting as extras in post-war German films.  Boris was a soccer player and coach while in Germany and continued playing and coaching while in Philadelphia with the Jangars and later the Vineland Eagles.  He was an avid fisherman and a member of the “Franklinville Fishing Club” and taught both his grandsons and granddaughters how to fish.  Boris always rooted for the underdog and became a diehard Mets fan when the club started in 1962.  He was a jack-of-all-trades who enjoyed tinkering around the house and is remembered as a very colorful man.

Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing on Saturday, August 11, 2018, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM and on Sunday, August 12, 2018, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the BARCLAY FUNERAL HOME, 208 Maple Street, Clayton, NJ 08312.  Funeral service on Sunday at 11:00 AM at the funeral home.  Interment Cedar Green Cemetery, Clayton.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to the Nitsan Temple, 186 West 6th Street, Howell, NJ 07731.  Sign the guest book and send condolences at BarclayFuneralHome.net.