Obituary of John Binek

SYLWESTER  JAN  BINEK  (JOHN)

July 12, 1936  -  April 22, 2019

 John is survived by his wife, Margaret Skowronska-Binek , his brothers Jack ( Veronique) and Antoni (Aline) nieces and nephews, Richard, Caroline , Tracey, Alexander and Lawrence  and  6 grand nieces and nephews.

Born in Bydgoszcz , Poland ,John arrived   in Montreal in 1957 , obtained his B.Eng (MCH)   from McGill in 1962 and  in 1970 an M.Sc in acoustics at U.of Southampton, UK.   His career,  spanning the fields of aerospace and industrial acoustics, started with Pratt and Whitney,  Canada , then Farr Co. and finally SPL Control Ltd. in Cambridge, Ontario which he co-founded  in 1979 with his business partner, David Potipcoe.  John retired in 1998.

Celebration of Life takes place on May 6, at 11 AM at Erb and Good Family Funeral Home at 171 King St. S., Waterloo, ON. Interment will be held at a later date in St. Sauveur, QC.

"He shall be remembered for his kindness, wisdom and wit."