Peter Paul Ostapchenko

Peter Paul Ostapchenko passed away January 10, 2011 at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC after receiving the Sacrament of the Sick in the presence of his mother, father and his son Andrew and Catherine Newhart, a close friend. He fought a courageous battle for two years against Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Peter was born in Pittsburgh, PA on June 9th, 1957 and lived with his family in Buffalo, NY, Orange, TX and Wilmington, DE where he graduated from Brandywine High School. He obtained a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and did his CO-OP student work at General Motors in Lansing, MI. He obtained a MBA at the University of Phoenix in San Diego. He began his career at General Dynamics in San Diego, CA where he developed software for numerically controlled machines. He then worked for Computer Science Corporation where he developed three dimensional models to automatically generate designs machine tools. He was a Senior Manager at Omnigon Technologies working on complex pattern recognition, software development, patent applications and business plans. He was a consultant for the Hein Group Inc, Reno, NV, implementing the acquisition of hardware/software for several processes. He consulted for Talon Eight developing business plans, forecasts and securing venture capital funding. At Invitrogen he manage three successful Information Technologies projects and implemented post production support using 6-sigma methodologies. He was a member of the Project Management Group and of Ideas Unlimited, a professional think tank of scientists, inventors and innovative creators in San Diego, CA. He was a kind and gentle man, providing help and support his family and his many friends. He loved to golf, ski and was a champion swimmer in high school. He is survived by his sons Andrew who is a sophomore at Harvard University and Zachary who is a senior at La Costa high school in Carlsbad, CA and their mother Cheryl Sanchez - Ostapchenko; his parents, George and Patricia; his brother, Kris of Orlando, FL and his wife Kathy and their two children, Daryl and Sabriena; his brother Mark of Wilmington, DE and his wife Diane and their daughters, Anna and Samantha.; his brother Patrick of Albany, GA and his wife, Janet and their children Danielle, Sean and Katie and her husband, Kevari Jenkins and their children, Liam and Kade; his sister, Georjan of Buford, GA and her husband Dr. Paul Kudyba and their children, Paul, Karl, George, Joseph and Sarah; his sister Maria of Charlotte, NC and her husband Joseph Vari, and their children, Nicholas, Arielle, Michael, and Nathan and his wife Amiee and their son Alexander; his sister Anna-Therese of West Greenwich, RI and her husband Dr. Sean Kelly and their children Grace, Liam and Sophia. A Funeral Mass will be held on January, 18th at St. Paul the Apostle Church, 170 Bountyland Rd, Seneca, SC at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Peter Paul Ostapchenko

June 9, 1957 - January 10, 2011