Valentine P Kapteina

February 14, 1924 - October 21, 2015

Valentine Paul Kapteina, age 91, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2015 at Stamford Hospital. Val, a lifelong resident of Stamford, CT was born on February 14, 1924 and was a WWII veteran serving with the US Army Air Force. He worked for Pitney Bowes for 45 years as a Mechanical Engineer until he retired. Val is survived by his loving wife of 70 years, Irene (Lewicki) Kapteina. He is also survived by his children Paul Kapteina of Stamford, CT; Barry Kapteina and his wife Cindy of Stamford, CT; Patty Pecorella and her husband John of Long Beach, NY; Michael Kapteina and his wife Betsy of Ridgefield, CT; four grandchildren: Brendan Kapteina of Stamford, CT; Brett Kapteina of Portland, ME; and Tyler and Gregory Kapteina of Ridgefield, CT; and one great-grandson, Logan Kapteina of Stamford, CT. He was predeceased by his five brothers, Joseph, Sigmund, Henry, John, and Eugene and by three sisters, Julia Holt, Elizabeth Hill and Helen Olney. Family and friends will be received at the Bosak Funeral Home, 453 Shippan Avenue in Stamford on Monday morning, October 26th from 9am to 10:30am with a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 11am at St. Leo Parish, 24 Roxbury Road, in Stamford, CT. A private burial will follow the mass. The family would like to thank Stamford Hospital nurses, doctors and the Hospice staff for their kind and compassionate care during his final days. If you would like to leave an expression of sympathy for the family online, you may sign the guestbook at www.bosakfuneralhome.com or visit the funeral home Facebook page at www.facebook.com/bosakfuneralhome to share memories with his family.