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Thomas Richard Ebeling

Corporal

USMC

28 Jun 1947  -  06 Aug 2005

N8TE (WA8CPY)

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A member of FISTS, The International Morse Preservation Society, founded in 1987 to further the use of CW on the amateur bands. 

Tom was also a member of Monongalia Wireless Association.

Thomas Richard Ebeling 58, of La Poc Village, Core, WV, passed away suddenly, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005, at his home.  He was born June 28, 1947, in Wheeling, WV.

Thomas served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam era and later earned a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University.

He recently retired as an Officer from the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service after working for 30 years at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.  In his brief retirement, he enjoyed golfing and spending time with his family. 

He was preceded in death by his mother, Matilda Bellville Ebeling and uncle, Joe Ebeling.  He is survived by his father, Charles Ebeling; his aunt, Annie Ebeling, his brothers, Charles Ebeling Jr. and Bernard Joseph "BJ" Ebeling; his companion, Nancy Floyd: four children, Cindy Officer, Alicia Bebout, David Freeman, and Brianna Butler; three grand children, Jordan, Wolfgang and Dylan Officer, former wife Rebecca Sadler and several other family members.

A life taken too soon, he will be deeply missed.

A Memorial service will be held at McCulla Funeral Home at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug 11, with Pastor David Pettit officiating.  The family requests that donations be made in Thomas's name to WVU Children's Hospital, Medical Center Drive, P.O. Box 8200. Morgantown, WV 26506.

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