Victor Claud Plohetski, 79 of Tylertown, Mississippi passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at Diversicare. He was born Tuesday, November 16, 1943 in Tylertown, Mississippi.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, July 15, 2023 from 12:30 PM until funeral service at 2:00 PM at Tylertown United Methodist/Church on Beulah at 902 Beulah Ave., Tylertown, Mississippi. Burial will follow in the Tylertown Cemetery II. Reverend Linda Fox will officiate. Hartman Hughes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Victor lived a rich, colorful and unique life.

He spent multiple summers as a child traveling from Tylertown to Brooklyn, New York, where he built and maintained lifelong relationships with the Plohetski family after his father was killed in action in WWII. Those trips imprinted his life.

As a young man, he helped manage his family's cotton gin in Walthall County until the cotton industry crashed, then worked several years on towboats on the Mississippi River. He spent 30 years as an offshore oil rig mechanic for Shell Oil, toiling through cold weather, hot weather and tropical Gulf storms.

In addition to his family, Victor loved his John Deere tractor and Ole Miss football. He was an avid private pilot in his 20s. He was a lifelong member of the Tylertown United Methodist Church, which recently changed its name to the Church on Beulah, and dedicated the last few years of his life to every detail of its upkeep .

He was preceded in death by his father Anthony John Plohetski; and mother Elizabeth Brumfield Pigott.

Survivors include his wife Diane Williams Plohetski of Tylertown, Mississippi; daughter Veronica Ratcliff (partner Dr. Miguel Melgar) of Biloxi, Mississippi; son Tony Plohetski (Wroe Jackson) of Austin, Texas; grandson Conner Ratcliff; sisters Nancy Goolsby (John) of Gardendale, Alabama and Marilyn Prescott (Doug) of Tylertown, Mississippi; along with a host of nieces, nephews, friends, and loving family.

Pallbearers will be Chris Prescott, Chris Williams, Wesley Williams, Kurt Mord, Alan Goolsby, and Paul Goolsby.