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BJORN, Karl Theodore, passed peacefully on August 18, 2018, after a long battle with leukemia. Born October 4, 1938 in Akron, Ohio, Ted was son of the late Lars and Sigrid Bjorn who emigrated from Sweden. Ted was a NROTC and Mechanical Engineering graduate of University of Louisville Speed Scientific School and received the Outstanding Naval Graduate Award. Ted met Mary Elizabeth Moody at U of L, and they married after graduation. They lived in New London, CT, for submarine school, then moved to San Diego, CA, where he served on 2 submarines achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander. They relocated to Hudson, OH, where he worked for BF Goodrich many years, then fulfilled a life-long entrepreneurial dream as they moved to Anchorage, KY, where Ted owned a metal fabricating company. Ted loved to play golf, tennis, fish, camp, watch football, and especially to enjoy time with family and friends. He is survived by wife, Mary; daughter, Beth Parodi (Enrico); daughter, Barbi Hamor (Briggs) and son, Lars (Erin) and 5 grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister, Sylvia. Celebration of Life will be held at 4pm on September 22, 2018, at Westport Road Baptist Church, 9705 Westport Rd, Louisville, KY. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Charitable Service Trust, 877-426-2838. To leave a special message for the family, please visit www.NewcomerKentuckiana.com Published in The Courier-Journal on Aug. 26, 2018
BRUSHABER, Donald (n), 93, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2018, as a result of a long-term illness. He was born in Irvington, NJ, and grew up in Caldwell, NJ. As a young man, he served in the United States Navy on the USS Perch as a submarine machinist mate during World War II in the South Pacific. We admire his courage and are grateful for his commitment to serving his country. After his service as a machinist, he decided to further his skills by attending Essex County Vocational School where he earned a certificate in machine tooling. He then served as an apprentice in Newark to develop his tool and die-making craft, and continued to work there as well as in Detroit, MI during the automobile boom of the 1950s. He met Juliette Guay, a native of Quebec City, Canada. They wed in 1953 and began their life together in New Jersey. They were married for 54 years until she passed in 2007. He founded the Monarch Tool Company in 1958, a company that did precision tool and die work for household brand manufacturers such as General Electric, Westinghouse, Wagner, Grumman, and others, and expanded it to 40 machinists at its height. With a long tradition of summering at the Jersey Shore, he and his wife eventually moved their family to Normandy Beach and became full-time residents. He enjoyed boating and fishing on the Barnegat Bay and open ocean. His love for boating and his mechanical mind led him to create a system for mooring boats—he is the inventor of the mooring product known as the Monarch Moor Whip for which he has 8 patents. He then founded Monarch Moor Whips in 1976, a company that today makes a full line of marine products. He is survived by his children Julie Tarrant, Betty Brushaber, and Donald Brushaber; grandchildren Darby Tarrant, and Emma and Maxwell Brushaber; and extended family. A memorial celebration will be planned for the fall. His Strength and Presence Will Be Missed. Published in Asbury Park Press on Aug. 26, 2018
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