John F. Kubricky
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:58 PM EDT
LAKE LUZERNE -- John F. Kubricky, 48, of Hall Hill Road, Lake
Luzerne passed away Monday, Aug. 24,2009, at Glens Falls
Hospital after a valiant battle with cancer.
John was born on Nov. 10, 1960, in Glens Falls.
He graduated with highest honors from Adirondack
Community College and attended Embry — Riddle
Aeronautical University where he studied aviation. John was
project superintendent for Kubricky Construction Corp. He
also served as director of John Kubricky and Sons, Inc.,
Kubricky Construction Corp., Duke Concrete Products, Inc.,
and Connect International Corporation’s English Connection
Division. He founded his own company, Digital Spin LLC.
Since the late 1990’s John was chief of IT for Saratoga Direct,
Inc. (SDI), a provider of internet marketing solutions. In that
role he was directly responsible for the development of
leading edge eCommerce programs for clients that included
BMW, Land Rover and MINI. These systems not only provided
users with a flawless online experience but allowed SDI to
integrate product management, ordering and customer
service functionality into the clients’ systems.
His most recent development for the company was a
sophisticated distributed eCommerce system for use by BMW
Motorcycles dealers. The system allowed BMW Motorcycle
dealers to deploy a turn-key, online retail presence, branded
for the dealership that included centrally managed inventory
and product information. The net effect being that the
dealership could present a world-class eCommerce presence
with almost no effort on the part of dealership personnel.
He was also involved in a wide variety of other programs, including development of a complete flexible content
management system for Northeast Health’s online presence. This led to the successful deployment of an online
patient management system for the company’s Primary Care network that let the company streamline
prescription renewals, referrals and physician/patient communications.
His latest project for the company was a centrally managed web presence for dealers in the power sports
market. On completion, this system will allow power sports dealers to manage new and used online inventory
from a centrally managed database, greatly easing a complex administrative task for dealers. General content
for the sites will be easily managed via SDI’s proprietary content management system, which was also
developed under John’s leadership.
John was a beloved hero to his friends and family. He was officially hailed as a hero for saving a child and
father’s life with no thought for his own safety while on his honeymoon in Victoria, British Columbia. He was a
man of multi talents: licensed helicopter and fixed-wing pilot. John was always inventive and innovative. John
believed anything was possible — it simply required time and thought. He wasn’t afraid to jump in and create
something out of nothing, or take on a new challenge with the proper education. For John, it was all about
information. John provided wise counsel to his family and friends. He challenged others to examine their own
beliefs and ideas and sometimes we didn’t like it. His work ethic is shown by all he accomplished in his short life.
John was predeceased by his father by marriage, Jack Mannix, grandparents, John and Rachel Kubricky, and Leo
and Loretta Monahan.
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John is survived by his loving wife, Pam (Patricia) Mannix; his mother, Joan Kubricky Mannix; father L.H. (Duke,)
Kubricky and his wife, Sharon, three children by marriage: Jackson "Grasshopper" Donnelly, Emmaline "Spike"
Donnelly, and Martha "Miss Martha" Donnelly. He is also survived by his brother, Thomas Kubricky and his wife,
Terri and their son, Derek; his sister, Joanne Kubricky and husband, Peter Shea and their children, Rachel and
John; and siblings by marriage, Elizabeth Klein(Bill), Margi Mannix(Michael), John Mannix(Kathy), Mark
Mannix(Sara) and mother by marriage, Marjorie Mannix. In addition he is survived by numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.