Fred is survived by his children from his first marriage, Eileen Ann Menegas and Frederick Irving Sklenar, his wife from his second marriage to Georgeanne Kottenaur-Sklenar, their children, Lauren Chiafullo and Maureen Azzarello-Sklenar, and his cherished grandchildren, James, Andrew, Jack and Collin. He is also survived by his sister Jerelyn Dougherty of Spring Lake NJ, her children and grandchildren. His family and his chocolate Labradors were the center of his life, and he took immense pride in their accomplishments and happiness wishing only for family unity and longevity.
Fred had been involved with fine art and illustration for more than seven decades. He received his formal art education at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY but most of his talent was derived from his family. Fred's father (Frederick Anthony Sklenar) was a painter, syndicated cartoonist, art teacher and owned a well-known art supply store on the north shore of Staten Island NY.  Fred’s grandmother (Dorathea Sklenar) was also an artist and painter well known for her pansy flower paintings. His daughter Eileen is now a burgeoning watercolorist, and his son Frederick, is an industrial designer designing innovative new medical devices.
Music was high on the things Fred enjoyed in life, especially jazz.  His love of Jazz and his introduction of Jazz to his son became the impetus for his son to become an accomplished jazz musician and artist living in Minnesota.  Fred’s mother was a restaurateur on Staten Island NY for over 40 years and provided Fred with his values and strong family-first instincts. Fred’s sister Jerelyn Dougherty is also an accomplished oil-painter. His daughter Lauren is a successful manager of a national law firm and his daughter Maureen is a veteran school teacher in New York City. The successes of his family are a testament to Fred’s talent and guidance as brother and father. 
Fred served in the Army National Guard and rose to the rank of Sergeant as a tank squad commander.
The breadth of Fred's career included serving as art director for several national publishing/magazine companies including Sport Magazine, McGraw-Hill, Penton Publishing, Look and Venture magazines. In addition to this, he contributed illustrations for national advertising campaigns for well-known ad agencies in New York City.
For the last few decades of his life, he taught fine art privately as well in art schools and in his local church.  After working in print-publishing for over 30 years, most notably at Electronics Magazine, a McGraw-Hill publication where he was responsible for creating the visual imagery on its cover. Fred’s 18 years working at Electronics Magazine generating cover art for hundreds of issues of the magazine gave him a front row seat into the chronicling of the journey of electronics during the age of invention of the personal computer, and other advancements in technology including telecommunication, and smart grids.
Earlier in his life as a young man, he attended St. Peter’s Boys High School in Staten Island NY where he was an honor student and lettered in baseball.  Following in his father’s footprints, he always took the position behind the plate as catcher. His athletic skills included track & field where he was a shot-putter. He loved to tell the story of how his dad taught him to throw the ball back to the pitcher harder than the pitcher’s fastest fastball.  He played in multiple hardball leagues into his 40’s and was always sure to throw out the runner at 2nd base. In the early 1960’s he was invited to try out for the NY Yankees farm league team and passed on that opportunity to raise a family instead.  In addition to coaching his children in sports, he volunteered his time as a home plate umpire in the Titan League, a middle school sports league for numerous years.
Prior to his tenure at McGraw Hill publishing, Fred started his visual arts career as an assistant art director for Venture Magazine.  After a few years he obtained a position in the art department of Sport Magazine – where he was able to meet his baseball heroes like Tom Seaver, and basketball heroes like Wilt Chamberlain.  He witnessed the 1969 World Series with press pass in hand – a lifetime high-point in his often-shared memories.
After retiring from his career in the publishing industry, he continued to enjoy teaching and the enthusiasm of his art students. To his very last days he longed to teach and was hopeful to share how his faith gave him the grace of artistic skill and how that was of utmost importance to him in his own work and in teaching others to express their art.​  Fred was active in his congregation at Blessed Sacrament Church in Staten Island NY, coaching his children in basketball and softball, throughout their grammar school years, volunteering and also donating various portraits of their papal leaders that proudly hung in the rectory.
Fred painted scenes of New York City and the NY Catskill mountain region for over 60 years. He has multiple credits for commissioned portraits of celebrities, sporting-heroes, political and business leaders. 
He was a signature member of the Northeast Watercolor Society, past member of the Publication Designers’ Society, and the NYC Art Directors Club. During his career Fred had received numerous awards and recognition. His artwork is frequently shown with local, regional and national organizations, galleries and one-person exhibitions throughout the country.
​Collectors have compared Fred’s style and subject matter to his role models, Norman Rockwell and Edgar Whitney.
Frederick Joseph Sklenar will be deeply missed, but his spirit will continue to live on in the hearts of those he touched, and the art he created. May he rest in peace.