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Thomas Carl Stoffel
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Birth: May 23, 1936
Washington County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Sep. 18, 2014
Monongahela
Washington County
Pennsylvania, USA
Thomas C. Stoffel, 78, of Monongahela, died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Born May 23, 1936, he was the son of the late (Thomas) Carl and Ruth Openshaw Stoffel. A 1954 graduate of Monongahela High School, Tom was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Monongahela. He served in the U.S. Army as a staff sergeant during the Vietnam war. Stationed in Germany, he took part in the Berlin crisis. His tour in the Army signal corps concluded with duties in the Washington, D.C. area including Walter Reed Army Medical Center, NASA, and the White House. He started his civilian career at LOGOS Ltd. as a pool news feed cameraman working events like the Kentucky Derby, White House weddings and presidential inaugurations. From there he became one of the first engineers with the newly formed PBS network. This non-profit work in television allowed him to return to his hometown to work for WQED Pittsburgh. There he had the opportunity to work with notables like Fred Rodgers, Bill Bixby and Andre Previn with prominent technical work in the Emmy nominated Once Upon a Classic Series. Thomas then began working with startup television stations across eastern and north central U.S. with locations in Pittsburgh, Kalamazoo, Chillicothe, Lima, Sandusky, Toledo and Bluefield. Thomas eventually came to work as the chief engineer at Wheeling Jesuit University on the NASA projects Classroom of the Future and the National Technology Transfer Center. Surviving are his wife, Carol (Giuffrida) Stoffel who he married Dec. 3, 1960; two sons, Dean T. and wife, Barbara Stoffel of Chaska, Minn., and David J. Stoffel of Moundsville, W.Va.; four sisters, Ruth (Harvey) Hennig of Georgetown, Texas, Julia (August) Schock of Emporia, Kan., Mary Martinka of Pflugerville, Texas and Edna (Ronald) Diltz of Kingston, Okla.; a brother, Earl (Carol) Stoffel of North Ridge, Calif.; nine grandchildren, Alexandra, Brittaney, Chelsea, Christopher, Eve, Zoe, Michelle, Jocelyn and Liv Stoffel; and a daughter-in-law, Barbara (Necciai) Stoffel of Monongahela. Preceding him in death were his son, Dale C. Stoffel who died Dec. 8, 2004; and a sister, Alice Ives. Friends will be received at the MARSHALL MARRA FUNERAL HOME, 216 Chess St., Monongahela, 724-258-6767, marshallmarrafuneralhome.com, from 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Anyone wishing to attend the funeral service is asked to go directly to the First United Methodist Church, 430 West Main St., Monongahela, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, for services beginning at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Alan Morrison officiating. Interment will follow in Monongahela Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Mon Valley Firing Squad and Honor Guard.
(Pittsburgh Tribune Review 9/19/2014)
Burial:
Monongahela Cemetery
Monongahela
Washington County
Pennsylvania, USA
Created by: Donna Butler Sheaffer
Record added: Sep 19, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 136103027
- [S760] West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970.
Name: Thomas Carl Stoffel
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Ruth Elizabeth Openshaw
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1934
Marriage Place: Hancock
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1936 - 2014 (78 years)