Mr. Sobolefski was preceded in death by his parents Henry and Mary Sobolefski, his first wife Kathleen Grace Flewellen. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA on April 15, 1949. He graduated from Pittston Area High School Class of 1967. He retired as a Command Master Chief Petty Officer after twenty-seven years of service with the U. S. Navy. He was a Viet-Nam and Desert Storm veteran.
Survivors include his loving wife of thirty years Mary Elizabeth Sobolefski; five children, Dana Robinson and her husband James, Kimberly Johnson, John Sobolefski, Eric Sobolefski and Henry Sobolefski and his wife Tybee; seventeen grandchildren, Adina, Darrell, Jade, Nocona, Laemedon, Kyle, Kayla, Kameron, Kalette, John, Jenavie, Jeweliana, Tristin, Gracie, Daniel, Justice and Serenity; six great grandchildren, Jaliyah, Jasahnn, Reema, Zaid, Amir and Malakhi, one sister Audrey Kurz and her husband Frederick.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 2:00 p.m. at Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, 4889 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA. Burial at sea will be conducted by the U.S. Navy.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.smithandwilliamskempsville.com for the Sobolefski family.