John Lake Greenman, an outdoors man who loved being on and in the water and was a husband and father extraordinaire left this Earth for his final destination on August 29, 2017 at the Jupiter Medical Center Pavilion Hospice following a short illness.
His family includes his wife, Jennifer (Podelicki) Greenman and their children, Jackson Lake Greenman (age 10), Teaghan Reilly Greenman (age 8) and Bowen Lake Greenman (age 6) of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Mr. Greenman’s family also includes his mother Liz (Fritz) Rowsick of Bergen and the late Clinton R. Greenman. He was the brother and uncle of Ron (Dawn) Greenman of Ellicott City, Maryland and their children, Brandon Hart, Brittany Jones, Colin Marshall, Cooper Greenman and Jack Greenman all of Maryland; Dave (Pat) VanValkenburg of Saugerites, New York and their daughters, Erica and Jordan, Donna (Garth) Howard of Caledonia and their sons, Adam and Nathan; Dan (Jenn) VanValkenburg of Bergen and their daughters, Dana and Ella and the late Matthew Greenman and his children, Jacob, Joshua and Moriah Greenman of Brockport. He was also the stepbrother of the late Mark Rowsick.
John was a 1988 graduate of Byron Bergen Central School and attended both SUNY Morrisville and Genesee Community College. He was a Construction Executive in Florida. In his brief lifetime (born April 25, 1970), he lived in both Portugal and Venezuela before settling with his family in Palm Beach Gardens.
A Service of Remembrance was held on August 31, 2017 at St. Patrick Church, Prosperity Farms Road, Palm Beach Gardens. Memorials may be directed to Horizon Health Services, 314 Ellicott St., Batavia, NY 14020 in his name to help others to recognize and take ownership of their addictions.
While he lived in Bergen, Mr. Greenman brought Mike Fleming and Mike Downs into our family. Since his move to Florida, John Lesh and his children Jack and Malory have become "family" to us.
John was probably one of the only Floridians to faithfully support both the Buffalo Bills and the Toronto Blue Jays win or lose.
John Greenman walked to the beat of his own drummer.
He is in our hearts forever.
