This is the story of a man who lived a very full and extraordinary life. Carl Kociubynski was born in 1929 of a Ukrainian Catholic mother and a Polish Jew father. His background was a secret he kept for most of his life. He grew up in a small town called Buchach, which was in Poland prior to 1939 and in Western Ukraine after. He was a witness to the holocaust, weekly the Nazi's came into his small town to 'cleanse the Jews'. Some time later his mother got word the SS were hunting for him. He hid in a monastery which is how he escaped capture. He never told these stories until he was 83.

At age 15 the Russians came and drafted him into the war; he was handed a gun and ammunition. He was wounded by a grenade and a bullet near the end of the War. Afterwards he made his way to the coast and then to Canada by boat. He worked on the railway in Winnipeg until making enough money to get to BC, where he met and married his first wife Audrey. This was when he changed his name to Carl Kennedy. He worked on ships for most of his early adult life, travelling to exotic locations like the West Indies and later working up North with the BC Ferries. Carl and Audrey had two children, Chris and Diane. In 1977 his first wife died, later he married his second wife Crystal, with whom he had 3 more children; Kurt, Marc and Carl. For 35 years, he was a well-respected officer with the Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans. For any that knew Carl, his passion was Hawaii, a place he visited over and over again. This will be his final resting place.

Carl is survived by his third wife Kaylon, his 5 children, 2 grandsons Colin and Scott; and his great granddaughter Liyah.

“He is loved, missed and will never be forgotten"