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Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: Obit Messenger results for 11/13/07.
MOORE, James Fredrick, 68, died Sunday, October 28, 2007, at Chester River Hospital Center. Born 30 seconds after midnight on January 1, 1939, to Opal and Earl Moore in Springfield, Mr. Moore spent most of his youth in Springfield. At 17 years of age, he joined the Navy and served as an aviation boatswain's mate on various aircraft carriers in Asia and the Pacific region. After finishing his first hitch, he worked as a prison guard at Stateville maximum-security prison in Joliet. He then signed up for the Navy as a radio man and submariner on board the USS Halfbeak out of New London, Conn. The second half of this hitch he was assigned shore duty in Naples, Italy. After completing his time in the Navy, Mr. Moore went to Chicago to find work. At the age of 29, he started working as a radio man for ARINC in their Chicago office. He soon was promoted to supervisor of their computer department. He was later transferred to Annapolis, where he worked until his retirement in 2001. Along the way, Mr. Moore obtained his pilot's license and became a flight instructor. He has owned many airplanes and flown many hours, sometimes for hire in and sometimes in his own planes. Airplanes have always been a lifelong passion for Mr. Moore. He also was an avid reader and loved to travel. He leaves behind his wife, Alice of Chestertown, Md.; his sister, Dolores Sisti of Springfield; a niece, Sherry Wohlers of Springfield; and two nephews, Michael Sisti of Springfield and David Sisti of Milwakee. Private services will be held. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, MD 21620. www.fhnfuneralhome.com.
SINGER, Jack W., 83, born in Camden, NJ, a resident of Irvine, N. Tustin, Balboa Peninsula, and Anaheim, lost his battle with Parkinson's on October 29, 2007. He was a submarine veteran of WWII and a top salesman with Markem Corp for 35 yrs. Memberships include 31 yrs in the Newport Harbor Elks #1767, 24 yrs in the American Legion #291 and he's a 40-yr Master Mason, New Jersey chapter. Jack was an avid fisherman. We can see him now, happily fishing on his boat looking for those "big ones." He loved life and the laughter of all those around him. To know Jack was to love him. He always had a smile and a kind word for everyone. Survived by wife, Marilyn; daughter, Nancy (Paul) Cutuli; sons, Roger (Norma) and Geoff; grandchildren, Miles and Jordan, and stepson, Jeffrey. Dorothy Singer, Jack's first wife, predeceased him in 1979. A "Celebration of Life" will be held at The Groves Clubhouse, 5200 Irvine Blvd. Irvine, CA. on Friday, 11/16 at 1:00 p.m. His ashes will be scattered off the Newport Beach coastline earlier in the day. Fairhaven Mortuary, Santa Ana, CA assisted family. Fairhaven Mortuary
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Obit Messenger results for 11/13/07.
