Schoedinger North Funeral Home is honored to serve Gene’s family.The Strathmore Theatre Players Guild is performing 'The Odd Couple' for the next two weeks, and it's a play you definitely don't want to miss. John the Baptist Cemetery in Youngstown Ohio. Graveside Service and Interment 1:00pm, Friday, October 21st at St. Matthias Catholic Church, 1582 Ferris Road, Columbus Ohio. Mass of Christina Burial will be held on Thursday, October 20th, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.

He is survived by his sister-in-law Patricia Klimko and brother-in-law George Carney as well as his nieces and nephews: Sue Klimko, Greg (Jamie) Klimko, Doug (Tricia) Klimko, Thomas (Rhonda) Klimko, Joan (Glenn) Musshorn, Mark (Rosie) Klimko, David (Angela) Carney, Dianne (Steve) Studzinski, Lesley (Noah) Hollis and Thomas (Lynn) Dotson. He is also preceded in death by his brothers Charles and Lawrence and his sisters: Virginia, Loretta and Mary Delores. Gene was preceded in death by his parents Martin and Mary and his life-long companion Mary Breckler. He traveled many places in his life but always made time to attend his nieces and nephews high school graduations, weddings, and even some college graduations! Gene was a great story teller, and his stories were entertaining, but also contained substance and wisdom. He loved teaching games of the mind like chess, checkers, cribbage and baking the best bread ever! Gene was devoted to his faith, his companion Mary, and extended family. He loved playing cards group solitaire as a family was a staple to his visits as well as many other card games. He had a passion for teaching, not only as a professor, but also towards his nieces and nephews.

Gene made significant contributions to research on algorithmic solutions and numeric computation for problems in probability theory. In 1973, Gene began work as an Associate Professor in the Mathematics Department at Binghamton University (SUNY) until his retirement in 2014.

From there he became an Assistant Professor in the Statistics Department at Purdue University. Gene grew up in Campbell, Ohio and was a 1957 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School and a 1961 graduate of The Ohio State University. Born Main Youngstown, Ohio, Gene was the son of Martin and Mary (Duda) Klimko.

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