Edward Joseph White

Born: 4/16/1947
Died: 7/5/2012

Mr. Edward Joseph White, age 65, of Bear, DE, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the Delaware Hospice Center.
Born on April 16, 1947 in Nuneaton in the county of Warwickshire, England, Mr. White was the son of the late William White and Julia Cartain White. He proudly served in the US Air Force as a young man and would continue in the service of his country as a member of the US Air Force Reserve for 41 years before his retirement from military duty.
In civilian life, Mr. White was an incredibly gifted engineer. He was instrumental in developing electronic guidance systems for NASA in the 1960s and 70s. He was last employed as a satellite engineer.
He was a licensed amateur radio operator (WA3BZT) and was part of Navy MARS, a national emergency communication system. As an amateur radio operator, he included the use of “Earth-Moon-Earth” technology–essentially bouncing signals off the moon.
Mr. White was a member of American Legion Post # 25 in Middletown.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Joan Taber White; his daughter, Angelique M. White and her husband, Jason Rogers, of Douglasville, PA; and his two grandsons, Justin David Rogers and Dalton Eric Rogers.
A memorial service will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home, 1000 N. DuPont Parkway, New Castle.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Mr. White may be made to the Delaware Hospice Center, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963.