John Richard Dombroski entered into rest on All Souls Day, Nov. 2, after a period of declining health.
Dr. Dombroski was born on June 6, 1941, and raised in Elmira, N.Y. He was educated with multiple degrees in New York, including a Ph.D. in polymer chemistry from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a degree in organic chemistry from Syracuse University.
Dr. Dombroski and his family lived for a year in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, where he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry. From there, the family moved to Kingsport, where Dr. Dombroski worked at Eastman Kodak Co. and Eastman Chemical Co. for the remainder of his career.
Dr. Dombroski, who was awarded 13 patents and authored nine journal articles on chemistry that were published, was a communicant of St. Dominic Church in Kingsport, where he served as a reader and eucharistic minister.
Dr. Dombroski was predeceased by his parents, two sisters, and a brother. Those left to cherish his memory are his brother, Edward; his loving wife of 58 years, Julie; a daughter, Jane Dauster (Chris); a son, Raymond (Megan); granddaughters Emma Dauster and Diya and Rosie Dombroski; grandson, Kemp Dauster; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral Mass for Dr. Dombroski was celebrated on Nov. 8 at St. Dominic Church. Inurnment was in the church’s columbarium.
Memorials for Dr. Dombroski can be given to St. Dominic Church or St. Dominic School; the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research; or to the Bays Mountain Park Association.