Musician and former director of research for the Philadelphia Electric Co. and technical editor and consultant for the Edison Electric Institute and the International Atomic Energy Agency. US Navy veteran of WWII and retired from the Navy Reserve.∼THIS IS MY FAMILY FRIEND
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Charles F. Mengers, 94 Charles F. Mengers, 94, of the Ogden section of Lower Chichester, a musician, World War II veteran and former director of research for the Philadelphia Electric Co., died Sept. 9 at home after a long and courageous battle with Myasthenia Gravis. Born in Wilmington, Del., Mr. Mengers grew up in Oaklyn, N.J. and was a resident of Chester briefly until moving his family into a Colonial-era farmhouse in Ogden in 1950. He was a 1938 graduate of Collingswood High School where he was a standout runner of the 100 and 220-yard dashes and was the concert master of the orchestra. In 1942 Mr. Mengers earned a mechanical engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. He did additional executive studies at Columbia University's Arden Conference Center in Harriman, N.Y. and Dartmouth College in Hanover N.H. For 40 years Mr. Mengers was a mechanical engineer for the Philadelphia Electric Co. where he was director of research investigating alternate energy resources at the time of his retirement in 1985. He then became a technical editor and consultant for the Edison Electric Institute and the International Atomic Energy Agency. His writings on various topics also appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Barron's financial magazine. Mr. Mengers was an accomplished musician, excelling in violin, viola and French horn, but his favorite instrument was the horn. For many years he played first chair of the horn section of the Wilmington Symphony, now the Delaware Symphony. He also played with the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, the Delaware County Symphony, the Rose Tree Pops Orchestra and the Lansdowne Symphony and for many years was a regular in the orchestra pit at the DuPont Playhouse in Wilmington, for the Ardensingers' Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in Delaware and for the Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. He performed under the batons of Van Lier Lanning, Constantine Johns, Jeanne Bell, Roman Pawlowski, David B. Kozinski and Stefan Kozinski among others. Mr. Mengers also accompanied fashion shows coordinated by his wife for the Jaycettes of Chester, on his violin. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Mengers served briefly in the Army until he received a commission as an ensign in the Navy in 1942. After a three-month indoctrination at Dartmouth College, Mr. Mengers was assigned to the Washington Naval Shipyard to operate the wind tunnel model tests of airplane designs before being transferred to the new wind tunnels of David Taylor Model Basin in Carderock, Md. In October 1944 Mr. Mengers volunteered for sea duty, and after training at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, was transferred to the Williamette Naval Shipyard in Washington state to conduct tests of the catapults on a new aircraft escort carrier, the USS Kula Gulf CVE 108 on which he served with the 7th Fleet in the Pacific. In August 1945 Mr. Mengers participated in The Magic Carpet campaign, bringing the troops home from China and the Pacific islands. He had achieved the rank of lieutenant senior grade by the time he became a part of the retired U.S. Naval Reserve in 1946. Mr. Mengers also exuded bravery in the face of danger as a civilian when on a business trip in Houston, Texas, in April 1982, he was shot in the mouth by a mugger, who then fled. Mr. Mengers did not allow the authorities to call his wife until he could speak to her himself and reassure her that he believed he could one day play the horn again. A member of Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Church in Lower Chichester for more than six decades, Mr. Mengers served on the parish pastoral council for many years and appeared as Santa Claus at the Holy Saviour Women's Club Christmas Bazaar. He was active with the Boy Scouts of America both when he was a child and when his two sons were members of Pack 495 in Ogden. Mr. Mengers was a former president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Chester. He enjoyed stamp-collecting, watching Phillies games, driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains, wine-tasting, growing roses and playing with the family pets, especially his 17-year-old cat, Felix, who survives him. He was known for his wit and gentlemanly ways. For more than 66 years, Mr. Mengers was married to Eileen Kovatch Mengers, who died last November. He was the son of the late Charles A. and Eleanor Snedecker Mengers and the brother of the late Polly Tiller and Alice DeStefano. Survivors: Daughters, Eileen Mengers and Patricia Allis Mengers and her husband, David P. Kozinski; sons, Charles A. Mengers and his wife, Barbara, and David P. Mengers and his wife, Patricia Ann; grandchildren, Sarah Carpenter and her husband, Justin, Elizabeth Magargee and her husband, David, Abigail Mengers, Thomas Mengers, Ian Mengers and Samantha Mengers; great-grandchildren, Leo Charlie and Adeline Marie Carpenter; three nephews; eight nieces; grandnephews; grandnieces.
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Charles F. Mengers, 94 Charles F. Mengers, 94, of the Ogden section of Lower Chichester, a musician, World War II veteran and former director of research for the Philadelphia Electric Co., died Sept. 9 at home after a long and courageous battle with Myasthenia Gravis. Born in Wilmington, Del., Mr. Mengers grew up in Oaklyn, N.J. and was a resident of Chester briefly until moving his family into a Colonial-era farmhouse in Ogden in 1950. He was a 1938 graduate of Collingswood High School where he was a standout runner of the 100 and 220-yard dashes and was the concert master of the orchestra. In 1942 Mr. Mengers earned a mechanical engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. He did additional executive studies at Columbia University's Arden Conference Center in Harriman, N.Y. and Dartmouth College in Hanover N.H. For 40 years Mr. Mengers was a mechanical engineer for the Philadelphia Electric Co. where he was director of research investigating alternate energy resources at the time of his retirement in 1985. He then became a technical editor and consultant for the Edison Electric Institute and the International Atomic Energy Agency. His writings on various topics also appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Barron's financial magazine. Mr. Mengers was an accomplished musician, excelling in violin, viola and French horn, but his favorite instrument was the horn. For many years he played first chair of the horn section of the Wilmington Symphony, now the Delaware Symphony. He also played with the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, the Delaware County Symphony, the Rose Tree Pops Orchestra and the Lansdowne Symphony and for many years was a regular in the orchestra pit at the DuPont Playhouse in Wilmington, for the Ardensingers' Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in Delaware and for the Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. He performed under the batons of Van Lier Lanning, Constantine Johns, Jeanne Bell, Roman Pawlowski, David B. Kozinski and Stefan Kozinski among others. Mr. Mengers also accompanied fashion shows coordinated by his wife for the Jaycettes of Chester, on his violin. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Mengers served briefly in the Army until he received a commission as an ensign in the Navy in 1942. After a three-month indoctrination at Dartmouth College, Mr. Mengers was assigned to the Washington Naval Shipyard to operate the wind tunnel model tests of airplane designs before being transferred to the new wind tunnels of David Taylor Model Basin in Carderock, Md. In October 1944 Mr. Mengers volunteered for sea duty, and after training at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, was transferred to the Williamette Naval Shipyard in Washington state to conduct tests of the catapults on a new aircraft escort carrier, the USS Kula Gulf CVE 108 on which he served with the 7th Fleet in the Pacific. In August 1945 Mr. Mengers participated in The Magic Carpet campaign, bringing the troops home from China and the Pacific islands. He had achieved the rank of lieutenant senior grade by the time he became a part of the retired U.S. Naval Reserve in 1946. Mr. Mengers also exuded bravery in the face of danger as a civilian when on a business trip in Houston, Texas, in April 1982, he was shot in the mouth by a mugger, who then fled. Mr. Mengers did not allow the authorities to call his wife until he could speak to her himself and reassure her that he believed he could one day play the horn again. A member of Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Church in Lower Chichester for more than six decades, Mr. Mengers served on the parish pastoral council for many years and appeared as Santa Claus at the Holy Saviour Women's Club Christmas Bazaar. He was active with the Boy Scouts of America both when he was a child and when his two sons were members of Pack 495 in Ogden. Mr. Mengers was a former president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Chester. He enjoyed stamp-collecting, watching Phillies games, driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains, wine-tasting, growing roses and playing with the family pets, especially his 17-year-old cat, Felix, who survives him. He was known for his wit and gentlemanly ways. For more than 66 years, Mr. Mengers was married to Eileen Kovatch Mengers, who died last November. He was the son of the late Charles A. and Eleanor Snedecker Mengers and the brother of the late Polly Tiller and Alice DeStefano. Survivors: Daughters, Eileen Mengers and Patricia Allis Mengers and her husband, David P. Kozinski; sons, Charles A. Mengers and his wife, Barbara, and David P. Mengers and his wife, Patricia Ann; grandchildren, Sarah Carpenter and her husband, Justin, Elizabeth Magargee and her husband, David, Abigail Mengers, Thomas Mengers, Ian Mengers and Samantha Mengers; great-grandchildren, Leo Charlie and Adeline Marie Carpenter; three nephews; eight nieces; grandnephews; grandnieces.
Musician and former director of research for the Philadelphia Electric Co. and technical editor and consultant for the Edison Electric Institute and the International Atomic Energy Agency. US Navy veteran of WWII and retired from the Navy Reserve.∼THIS IS MY FAMILY FRIEND
Added By Jill McPartland
Charles F. Mengers, 94 Charles F. Mengers, 94, of the Ogden section of Lower Chichester, a musician, World War II veteran and former director of research for the Philadelphia Electric Co., died Sept. 9 at home after a long and courageous battle with Myasthenia Gravis. Born in Wilmington, Del., Mr. Mengers grew up in Oaklyn, N.J. and was a resident of Chester briefly until moving his family into a Colonial-era farmhouse in Ogden in 1950. He was a 1938 graduate of Collingswood High School where he was a standout runner of the 100 and 220-yard dashes and was the concert master of the orchestra. In 1942 Mr. Mengers earned a mechanical engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. He did additional executive studies at Columbia University's Arden Conference Center in Harriman, N.Y. and Dartmouth College in Hanover N.H. For 40 years Mr. Mengers was a mechanical engineer for the Philadelphia Electric Co. where he was director of research investigating alternate energy resources at the time of his retirement in 1985. He then became a technical editor and consultant for the Edison Electric Institute and the International Atomic Energy Agency. His writings on various topics also appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Barron's financial magazine. Mr. Mengers was an accomplished musician, excelling in violin, viola and French horn, but his favorite instrument was the horn. For many years he played first chair of the horn section of the Wilmington Symphony, now the Delaware Symphony. He also played with the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, the Delaware County Symphony, the Rose Tree Pops Orchestra and the Lansdowne Symphony and for many years was a regular in the orchestra pit at the DuPont Playhouse in Wilmington, for the Ardensingers' Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in Delaware and for the Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. He performed under the batons of Van Lier Lanning, Constantine Johns, Jeanne Bell, Roman Pawlowski, David B. Kozinski and Stefan Kozinski among others. Mr. Mengers also accompanied fashion shows coordinated by his wife for the Jaycettes of Chester, on his violin. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Mengers served briefly in the Army until he received a commission as an ensign in the Navy in 1942. After a three-month indoctrination at Dartmouth College, Mr. Mengers was assigned to the Washington Naval Shipyard to operate the wind tunnel model tests of airplane designs before being transferred to the new wind tunnels of David Taylor Model Basin in Carderock, Md. In October 1944 Mr. Mengers volunteered for sea duty, and after training at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, was transferred to the Williamette Naval Shipyard in Washington state to conduct tests of the catapults on a new aircraft escort carrier, the USS Kula Gulf CVE 108 on which he served with the 7th Fleet in the Pacific. In August 1945 Mr. Mengers participated in The Magic Carpet campaign, bringing the troops home from China and the Pacific islands. He had achieved the rank of lieutenant senior grade by the time he became a part of the retired U.S. Naval Reserve in 1946. Mr. Mengers also exuded bravery in the face of danger as a civilian when on a business trip in Houston, Texas, in April 1982, he was shot in the mouth by a mugger, who then fled. Mr. Mengers did not allow the authorities to call his wife until he could speak to her himself and reassure her that he believed he could one day play the horn again. A member of Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Church in Lower Chichester for more than six decades, Mr. Mengers served on the parish pastoral council for many years and appeared as Santa Claus at the Holy Saviour Women's Club Christmas Bazaar. He was active with the Boy Scouts of America both when he was a child and when his two sons were members of Pack 495 in Ogden. Mr. Mengers was a former president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Chester. He enjoyed stamp-collecting, watching Phillies games, driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains, wine-tasting, growing roses and playing with the family pets, especially his 17-year-old cat, Felix, who survives him. He was known for his wit and gentlemanly ways. For more than 66 years, Mr. Mengers was married to Eileen Kovatch Mengers, who died last November. He was the son of the late Charles A. and Eleanor Snedecker Mengers and the brother of the late Polly Tiller and Alice DeStefano. Survivors: Daughters, Eileen Mengers and Patricia Allis Mengers and her husband, David P. Kozinski; sons, Charles A. Mengers and his wife, Barbara, and David P. Mengers and his wife, Patricia Ann; grandchildren, Sarah Carpenter and her husband, Justin, Elizabeth Magargee and her husband, David, Abigail Mengers, Thomas Mengers, Ian Mengers and Samantha Mengers; great-grandchildren, Leo Charlie and Adeline Marie Carpenter; three nephews; eight nieces; grandnephews; grandnieces.
Added By Jill McPartland
Charles F. Mengers, 94 Charles F. Mengers, 94, of the Ogden section of Lower Chichester, a musician, World War II veteran and former director of research for the Philadelphia Electric Co., died Sept. 9 at home after a long and courageous battle with Myasthenia Gravis. Born in Wilmington, Del., Mr. Mengers grew up in Oaklyn, N.J. and was a resident of Chester briefly until moving his family into a Colonial-era farmhouse in Ogden in 1950. He was a 1938 graduate of Collingswood High School where he was a standout runner of the 100 and 220-yard dashes and was the concert master of the orchestra. In 1942 Mr. Mengers earned a mechanical engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. He did additional executive studies at Columbia University's Arden Conference Center in Harriman, N.Y. and Dartmouth College in Hanover N.H. For 40 years Mr. Mengers was a mechanical engineer for the Philadelphia Electric Co. where he was director of research investigating alternate energy resources at the time of his retirement in 1985. He then became a technical editor and consultant for the Edison Electric Institute and the International Atomic Energy Agency. His writings on various topics also appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Barron's financial magazine. Mr. Mengers was an accomplished musician, excelling in violin, viola and French horn, but his favorite instrument was the horn. For many years he played first chair of the horn section of the Wilmington Symphony, now the Delaware Symphony. He also played with the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, the Delaware County Symphony, the Rose Tree Pops Orchestra and the Lansdowne Symphony and for many years was a regular in the orchestra pit at the DuPont Playhouse in Wilmington, for the Ardensingers' Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in Delaware and for the Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. He performed under the batons of Van Lier Lanning, Constantine Johns, Jeanne Bell, Roman Pawlowski, David B. Kozinski and Stefan Kozinski among others. Mr. Mengers also accompanied fashion shows coordinated by his wife for the Jaycettes of Chester, on his violin. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Mengers served briefly in the Army until he received a commission as an ensign in the Navy in 1942. After a three-month indoctrination at Dartmouth College, Mr. Mengers was assigned to the Washington Naval Shipyard to operate the wind tunnel model tests of airplane designs before being transferred to the new wind tunnels of David Taylor Model Basin in Carderock, Md. In October 1944 Mr. Mengers volunteered for sea duty, and after training at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, was transferred to the Williamette Naval Shipyard in Washington state to conduct tests of the catapults on a new aircraft escort carrier, the USS Kula Gulf CVE 108 on which he served with the 7th Fleet in the Pacific. In August 1945 Mr. Mengers participated in The Magic Carpet campaign, bringing the troops home from China and the Pacific islands. He had achieved the rank of lieutenant senior grade by the time he became a part of the retired U.S. Naval Reserve in 1946. Mr. Mengers also exuded bravery in the face of danger as a civilian when on a business trip in Houston, Texas, in April 1982, he was shot in the mouth by a mugger, who then fled. Mr. Mengers did not allow the authorities to call his wife until he could speak to her himself and reassure her that he believed he could one day play the horn again. A member of Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Church in Lower Chichester for more than six decades, Mr. Mengers served on the parish pastoral council for many years and appeared as Santa Claus at the Holy Saviour Women's Club Christmas Bazaar. He was active with the Boy Scouts of America both when he was a child and when his two sons were members of Pack 495 in Ogden. Mr. Mengers was a former president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Chester. He enjoyed stamp-collecting, watching Phillies games, driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains, wine-tasting, growing roses and playing with the family pets, especially his 17-year-old cat, Felix, who survives him. He was known for his wit and gentlemanly ways. For more than 66 years, Mr. Mengers was married to Eileen Kovatch Mengers, who died last November. He was the son of the late Charles A. and Eleanor Snedecker Mengers and the brother of the late Polly Tiller and Alice DeStefano. Survivors: Daughters, Eileen Mengers and Patricia Allis Mengers and her husband, David P. Kozinski; sons, Charles A. Mengers and his wife, Barbara, and David P. Mengers and his wife, Patricia Ann; grandchildren, Sarah Carpenter and her husband, Justin, Elizabeth Magargee and her husband, David, Abigail Mengers, Thomas Mengers, Ian Mengers and Samantha Mengers; great-grandchildren, Leo Charlie and Adeline Marie Carpenter; three nephews; eight nieces; grandnephews; grandnieces.
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