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| Plankowner Posts: 5024 Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: Saturday Obits MAY, Eugene Noel, was finally peacefully released from his long battle with numerous cancers on May 3, 2021. Alois and Barbara May welcomed their first-born son, Gene, into the world in Aurora, Illinois. on Christmas day, December 25, 1931. Fresh out of Marmion Military Academy, he joined the United States Navy where he passed the rigorous tests to do brief duty on the guppy type submarine USS Flying Fish (SS-229). His sleeping quarters were over a torpedo, and the work was unique and difficult, but he always said they served terrific food under the sea! He served three Mediterranean Sea tours of duty with the Atlantic 8th fleet where he learned to "read light" proficiently and became a Quartermaster signalman 3rd class aboard the attack transport ship USS Fremont throughout the Korean War. When he returned to Aurora after the war, he became a journeyman electrician. He used his skills working on many large projects in the Aurora area while employed by his dad in his business, Lighthouse Electric, and soon became the Service Manager there where he repaired and installed every kind of appliance. In early 1964, Gene began working for Youngren's Heating and Air Conditioning where he later became Service Manager. In 1984 he started his own business, Gene May, Inc. Heating & Air Conditioning. He, along with his son, Todd, grew the business into a success. Gene never quit studying and learning and eventually taught HVAC classes at College of DuPage, and he is also a past president of RSES -Refrigeration Service Engineers Society. In 2007 Gene finally sold the business and retired. In 1963, Gene married his best friend, Beverly Fritsch, and soon the couple became the proud parents of three children, Mark (Susan) May, Todd May, and Lori (Bruce) Nixon. And those three kids gave Gene and Bev nine grandchildren. And those nine gave them nine great-grandchildren. The couple began married life in his native city of Aurora but built their dream home in Sugar Grove, and later moved to their current retirement home in Shorewood Glen. Gene was preceded in death by his parents, Al May and Barbara May Lewitzke, his brother Norm. He leaves behind his wife of 57 years, Bev, all the children mentioned above and sisters Geri Eby, Marian (Dr. Mike) Wanebo, and brother Jim May. A Celebration of Life is planned for Saturday, June 26, 2021 with a visitation from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. followed by the service and lunch all at Messiah Lutheran Church located at the corner of Route 52 and Houbolt Road, Joliet, Illinois. AMOS, William, 73, of Pomeroy, Ohio, died Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Camden-Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, W.Va. He was born Oct. 27, 1947, in Parkersburg, W.Va., son of Retha Moncrief Amos and the late Leonard Amos. William was a US Navy Submarine Veteran of the Vietnam War and was retired from Shell Chemical in Belpre, where he was an Asst. Engineer. He was also a 1965 graduate of Eastern High School. In addition to his mother, Retha Amos, he is survived by a brother, Blake Amos; sister, Anne Amos; and his fiancée, Linda Fitch. He was preceded in death by his father, Leonard Amos. At William's request, he will be cremated, and a memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to White-Schwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville, Ohio. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh.com. Published in Ohio Valley Publishing May 8, 2021. BAKER, Norman Louis, 78, died after a long illness, in his home in Grants Pass, Oregon on April 17, 2021. He was born in Healdsburg, California, the son of Norman G Baker and Ella K. (Boyd) Baker, on April 11, 1943. Norman ("Butch") Baker, graduated from Healdsburg High School, class of 1961. Following graduation, he served in the US Navy Submarine Service during the Vietnam War. He graduated from Santa Rosa Junior College with a degree in electronics in 1974. He spent his professional career at Hewlett Packard in Santa Rosa, California and Corvallis, Oregon. Norman was predeceased by his parents, as well as sisters Irene Lovsci, and Bertha ("Babe") Middleton. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Susan, son Robert Baker of Rohnert Park, California and his partner Tavia, grandchildren Annabelle and Brian, and sister, Geraldine Anderson. He lived life to the hilt, with a great sense of humor, enjoying good food, drink and the company of almost everyone. Conversely, he could become an independent backwoods loner who could live anywhere and eat anything. As a technician, he never met a problem he did not like or want to solve. Norm was a member of the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars.Norman was interred with military honors at Eagle Point National Cemetery, Eagle Point, Oregon on April 27, 2021. Please make donations to these or any charity of your choice in his memory. We certainly will never forget you, Norman. You will be in our hearts forever. Published in Press Democrat May 8, 2021. Edited by Pig 2021-05-08 1:04 PM | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 1454 | Subject: RE: Saturday Obits Bill Amos was one of my customers when he was at Shell Chemical in BelPre. RIP sailor and Engineer. | ||
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