6/14/09:
With 7 hard drive failures and other issues, this
page is missing much of the news. Please provide
updates:
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Ron Price
Neale
Williams, 82,
of Parkersburg passed away Nov. 16, 2009, at Ruby
Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va.
He retired
in 1989 after 31 years of service from Marbon
Chemicals/ Borg Warner Chemicals/General Electric.
Neale was a charter member of New Hope Baptist
Church.
Funeral services will be 11
a.m. Saturday at the Vaughan Funeral Home,
Parkersburg, with Dr. David Carrico officiating.
Burial will follow in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery with
military honors conducted by Parkersburg American
Legion Post 15 and Masonic graveside rites by
Parkersburg Masonic Lodge 169. The family will
receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the
funeral home.
Casey Spencer
passed away on January 9th 2008. Each of you I
am sure share my heart felt sympathy for Mike
and the family, good and great friends
Mike Hamilton:
Fred Hunter reported Sue Hamilton notified him
of the Nov 19, 2007 unexpected death of
Mike. the result of a sudden heart failure while
they were together in Seaside, Fl , apparently
on vacation...Mike had just turned 60 in
October, Sue would like us to remember him as
she does on that Nov 19th day, in a white fluffy
robe, his tube socks on, and a glass of
champagne in his hand.
Former Ube
Cycon president Mr. Katsumi Sasaki
has passed
away in a hospital at 74 years of age on Oct 29.2007 His big achievement for Ube Cycon was a successful transition of BWC share
holder to GE. Also he sent me (Yoshi Seki)
to PKB in 1987
to work with BWC to secure Japanese automotive
business in the USA.From: YOSHI SEKI <yoshi.seki@nifty.com> Mon, 29 Oct 2007 7:15 am
AJ
Long:
Gary Smith advised that he heard from an old friend
of AJ Long that AJ had passed away on September 13.
When I traveled up to see AJ earlier this year I can
report to you that his health was failing due to
congestive heart failure, effects of leukemia and
age.
AJ gave us a lot of great years, mentoring and market success.
Thanks Gary for passing this news along to the rest
of us.
John Dominick
Serpico, (BWC color services mgr ) at the age of 90, of the Arbors
in Marietta died on Feb. 2, 2007, at the Camden
Clark Hospital. He joined Marbon in 1955
Grace Anderson
Died on
Saturday January 21, 2007.
I'm sure many of you
remember how hard Grace worked to put on the BWC
Alumni reunions in Tampa with the same energy and
spirit she addressed everything during their time
with BWC. The contact info I have:606 W Adams St
Abbingdon, IL 61410 Home Ph: (813) 963-0849
itsgracieandme@mchsi.com
Tom Pillichody,
77, of Parkersburg died Tuesday January 16, 2007 at St.
Joseph's Hospital. He was born in Dayton, OH
Tom
graduated from Purdue University in 1951, He
retired in 1989 from Borg Warner after 22 years of
service.
He was an Army veteran having served from
1953-1955 and worked at the Army Chemical Center in
Edgewood, MD.
Joseph Ray Fetty,
66, of Vienna, passed away Nov.
26, 2006, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
He was born Sept. 29, 1940, in Parkersburg,
Joe graduated from Parkersburg High School, was a member
of the Sigma Nu fraternity at WVU and graduated from
Marietta College. He retired from GE Plastics.
Gilbert L. Farnsworth,
75, of Parkersburg passed
away Oct. 28, 2006, at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
He was born Aug. 27, 1931, in Parkersburg, a son of the
late Carroll and Lelah Gorrell Farnsworth. Gilbert was a
1957 graduate of WVU College of Business. He retired in 1992
from Information Alliance/G.E. Plastics after 26 years
of service. Gilbert was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served during
the Korean Conflict.
Mark
Turpish:
Visitation for
Mark at Tiffany-Young & Hauss Funeral Home in Armanda
was on
Sunday May 14th . Rick Wroblewski
reported that Mark had been found at his home having
already passed for several days.
Bob Hess:
Bob
Hess passed away Monday, Nov. 11, 2005,
Bob was the Advertising head at BWC and continued with
GE Plastics
Loy Leonard Loudin Jr., 72, of Vienna
passed away Nov. 5, 2005, at the UPMC Montefiore
Hospital in Pittsburgh.He was
employed by Borg-Warner in Washington, W.Va., and the
Netherlands.
George E. Stewart,
74,
of Vienna died Aug. 13, 2005, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. George was
one of the first people hired in Technology at Marbon.
George ran the Converting Lab along with Gene Shaffer.
Jack
Derr
passed away at his home Monday 2/28/2005. He was a
graduate of Penn State College and a U.S. Army veteran.
Jack was active in Special Olympics. He
retired from GE Plastics, formerly Borg Warner, as vice
president and director of engineering.
Ron
Hendricks,formerly with Marbon - Advertising, died on
February12,2005.
Pearl A. "Sonny"
Roberts Jr.,
74, of Palm Harbor, Fla., died Jan. 27, 2005, at
home under the care of Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.
he retired as a training documentation manager for GE
Corp. He worked 37 years for the company, mostly in
marketing and sales.
Others
as reported to me in the past few years:
NOT A
COMPLETE LIST
Deceased
Baker,
Jon L.
Deceased
Clifford, John
Deceased
Cochrane, Carolyn
Deceased
Fondren, Mike
Deceased
Hornbeck, Bob
Deceased
Koon, Joe
Deceased
Larson, Conrad "Connie"
Deceased
Niemi, Oscar
Deceased
Schreier Don
Deceased
Swanson Larry
Deceased
Turner
Roy
Deceased
Witlow
Mic
Comment: this is a difficult part of my
efforts to maintain the web site and contact list.
I know we miss them all.
Ron
Price
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Ron Price
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