[ETS/PARC List] AL W2DTP

[Pete Fierro]

Never knew the Guy.I came on back in 2011 so He might have been long
retired in the hobby.Sounded like a cool guy.. KD2ARB

On Feb 18, 2017 11:21 AM, "Ron Reinhardt via ETSList" <
etslist at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I knew Al thru my Elmer friend, Dan Carella, W2env
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>     On Friday, February 17, 2017 10:27 AM, Don WILSON <k2dsv at msn.com>
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> ________________________________
> From: ETSList <etslist-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Don WILSON <
> k2dsv at msn.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:06 AM
> To: etslist at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ETS/PARC List] AL W2DTP
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> Alfred C. Posbergh
>
> Alfred C. Posbergh of Scotch Plains, NJ passed away peacefully with family
> by his side on February 15, 2017. He was 93 years old.
>
> Born August 23, 1923, he was the son of Herman and Julia (Corcoran)
> Posbergh. He was raised in Plainfield, NJ and graduated from Plainfield
> High school in 1942. He lived in Scotch Plains for the last 55 years.
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> Al was a U.S. Army veteran having served in the South Pacific during WWII
> with the 230th Signal Operation Company. He was honorably discharged in
> 1946.
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> He worked at Western Electric for 41 years, first as an installer and then
> as a supervisor, retiring in 1983.
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> Al was an avid amateur radio operator for over 65 years. He was a member
> of the ARRL, QCWA, and the ETS of NJ radio club and received numerous
> awards and recognition related to this hobby. His friendships and contacts
> made through ham radio provided endless pleasure and companionship. He was
> also an avid gardener and amateur photographer throughout his life.
>
> He was a lifelong Catholic and a communicant of Immaculate Heart of Mary
> Church in Scotch Plains since its inception.
>
> His family meant the world to him. Preceded in death by his beloved wife
> Bertha  Loeser Posbergh in 1978, he is survived by his four children and
> their spouses: Thomas Posbergh (Alice Wu), Patricia Posbergh Peddie (Thomas
> Peddie), Kevin Posbergh (Susan Wengryn Posbergh) and Lynn Posbergh (Glenn
> Mackin). Al was blessed to have eight grandchildren whom he adored: Anna
> Posbergh, Matthew, Brian and Rachel Peddie, Erin and Christian Posbergh,
> and Sarah and Emily Mackin.
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> Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home, 155 South Ave., Fanwood on
> Tuesday at 11AM.  Visitation will be at the funeral home on Monday from
> 4-7PM and on Tuesday from 10AM until the service. Interment will be at
> Hillside Cemetery in Scotch Plains. Contributions may be made in his memory
> to the Salvation Army or Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scotch Plains.
> For
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> additional information or to sign the guestbook, please visit
> www.fanwoodmemorial.com<http://www.fanwoodmemorial.com>.
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