Survived by his wife Annmarie Gilliatt Kokx, his daughter Anastasia (Douglas) Szymul, his son Jason Kokx, brothers and sisters, Dayle (Gale) Kokx, Karel (John Verhagen) Rogers, Nick (Pat) Kokx, Daniel Kokx Sr., Mary Jo (Kent) Kattelman, Jean Kokx, and Tara (Bill) Fox, grandsons Damen James and Hendrix Paul Szymul. Paul was the much loved son of Wanda and Delbert Kokx, both deceased.
Mr. Kokx was the technical and development advisor for CITIC Dicastal, Qinhuangdoa, China, Hebei Province. He participated and contributed in all elements of forged wheel sales, development and production for worldwide customers for fifteen years, learning the culture, the language and making friends along the way. His wife would join him on occasion and he took great joy in this and in all of their travels and adventures, which were many. He was owner and operator of his company of seventeen years, ReStock Wheels, a wheel remanufacturing shop in Southfield, MI. Mr. Kokx was a Vice President of Reynolds International 1988-1999 in which he derived much of his expertise in the international aluminum wheel industry. He worked as a CAD consultant for GE years 1983-1985 and as a Senior Project Engineer with The Budd Company from 1980-1985 in the Greater Detroit area working as a Body Stamping Engineering Liaison.
An engineer, builder, artist, entrepreneur, machinist, troubleshooter, mentor, the list is endless. Both a maverick and a MacGyver. Above all, Paul was a thinker. He embraced critical thinking and understood the importance of different ideas and perspectives.
Paul was in the process of completing his handcrafted home, he affectionally named "Paulyanna", at the time of his sudden death.
A friend to many, Paul will be remembered with fondness and love.
"Please don't trivialize time with publicly expressing personal experience through inane videos etc. Compress YOUR life/thoughts to wisdom. write it.
LIFE IS SHORT"
Paul Kokx March|2018
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