1922
J.
2012
J. Organ
May 16, 1922 — May 5, 2012
J. Stanley Organ of Frederick died Saturday, May 5, at home. He was 89 years old.
Stan was born on May 16, 1922, in Wilkinsburg, PA, to Agnes Alice Thomson and Burford Augustus Organ. In 1940 he graduated from Perry High School in Pittsburgh and moved to Sharon, PA, where he worked as a nameplate draftsman at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Stan enlisted in the army in 1942 and entered the war training service in Grove City, PA. He went through basic training in Greensborough, NC, and then was accepted into the Army Air Corps and sent to Miami Beach, FL, for basic training. He attended mechanics school at Keesler Field in Biloxi, MS, and engine school in Ypsilanti, MI. He went to Tyndall Field near Panama City, FL, for gunnery school, where he was gunner of the class in 1944. He then transferred to Tonopah Army Air Field in Nevada, where he was assigned to a crew for training as a flight engineer aboard a B-24 Liberator. His crew was among the top three that were transferred to Texas for training on the new B-32 bomber, except for their flight engineers. Instead, he was transferred to Walla Walla, WA, to await further assignment. In 1945 he volunteered for the new B-29 Superfortress transition training program and was shipped to Maxwell Field in Montgomery, AL. The program was dismantled following the surrender of Japan in August 1945. A sergeant by this time, he was discharged at the end of 1945, after three years of service.
Following his discharge, Stan returned to Westinghouse as a draftsman. He attended Youngstown State University in the evenings, where he studied electrical engineering. He was then accepted for training as a drafting computer programmer in the engineering department at Westinghouse. He wrote programs in Algol for the Burroughs computer to design the cooling and bracing for large transformer tanks. He retired from Westinghouse in 1982.
In 1954 he married Beatrice Hohman, “the prettiest girl in town.” They had one daughter. He lost his dear wife to cancer in 1997, after forty-three years of marriage.
In 2000 he moved to Frederick to live with his daughter and son-in-law.
Stan had a lifelong love of tennis and began competing in tournaments when he was in high school. He was a member of the Shenango Valley Tennis Club in Western PA and the Tuscarora Tennis Barn in Frederick. Stan enjoyed flying and obtained his private pilot license in an Ercoupe at Youngstown Airport, where he was a member of the Tri-City Flying Club. He was a member of the AOPA in Frederick.
He was a member of Notre Dame Catholic Church in Hermitage, PA, and St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Frederick. He volunteered for Meals on Wheels in both Hermitage and Frederick.
Stan was continually surprised at the number of people who seemed to like him, but he brightened the day of everyone he met with his kindness, generosity, and dry sense of humor.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Lou Grimes, in 2007. He is survived by his daughter, Margaret Procario, his son-in-law, Mike Procario, and his three granddaughters, Megan Procario of Ann Arbor, MI, and Erin Procario and Sarah Procario of Frederick.
The family will receive friends beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church, 8428 Opossumtown Pike in Frederick, where a Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. Interment will be in Hermitage, PA. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Katharine Drexel Church building fund.
Stan was born on May 16, 1922, in Wilkinsburg, PA, to Agnes Alice Thomson and Burford Augustus Organ. In 1940 he graduated from Perry High School in Pittsburgh and moved to Sharon, PA, where he worked as a nameplate draftsman at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Stan enlisted in the army in 1942 and entered the war training service in Grove City, PA. He went through basic training in Greensborough, NC, and then was accepted into the Army Air Corps and sent to Miami Beach, FL, for basic training. He attended mechanics school at Keesler Field in Biloxi, MS, and engine school in Ypsilanti, MI. He went to Tyndall Field near Panama City, FL, for gunnery school, where he was gunner of the class in 1944. He then transferred to Tonopah Army Air Field in Nevada, where he was assigned to a crew for training as a flight engineer aboard a B-24 Liberator. His crew was among the top three that were transferred to Texas for training on the new B-32 bomber, except for their flight engineers. Instead, he was transferred to Walla Walla, WA, to await further assignment. In 1945 he volunteered for the new B-29 Superfortress transition training program and was shipped to Maxwell Field in Montgomery, AL. The program was dismantled following the surrender of Japan in August 1945. A sergeant by this time, he was discharged at the end of 1945, after three years of service.
Following his discharge, Stan returned to Westinghouse as a draftsman. He attended Youngstown State University in the evenings, where he studied electrical engineering. He was then accepted for training as a drafting computer programmer in the engineering department at Westinghouse. He wrote programs in Algol for the Burroughs computer to design the cooling and bracing for large transformer tanks. He retired from Westinghouse in 1982.
In 1954 he married Beatrice Hohman, “the prettiest girl in town.” They had one daughter. He lost his dear wife to cancer in 1997, after forty-three years of marriage.
In 2000 he moved to Frederick to live with his daughter and son-in-law.
Stan had a lifelong love of tennis and began competing in tournaments when he was in high school. He was a member of the Shenango Valley Tennis Club in Western PA and the Tuscarora Tennis Barn in Frederick. Stan enjoyed flying and obtained his private pilot license in an Ercoupe at Youngstown Airport, where he was a member of the Tri-City Flying Club. He was a member of the AOPA in Frederick.
He was a member of Notre Dame Catholic Church in Hermitage, PA, and St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Frederick. He volunteered for Meals on Wheels in both Hermitage and Frederick.
Stan was continually surprised at the number of people who seemed to like him, but he brightened the day of everyone he met with his kindness, generosity, and dry sense of humor.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Lou Grimes, in 2007. He is survived by his daughter, Margaret Procario, his son-in-law, Mike Procario, and his three granddaughters, Megan Procario of Ann Arbor, MI, and Erin Procario and Sarah Procario of Frederick.
The family will receive friends beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church, 8428 Opossumtown Pike in Frederick, where a Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. Interment will be in Hermitage, PA. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Katharine Drexel Church building fund.
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