Raymond W. Tabeling |
| Posted 2018-08-14 by Pat R |
| News Journal (Delaware) Tuesday, August 9, 2016 Raymond W. Tabeling AGE: 88 - Glen Mills, PA Raymond W. Tabeling passed away home on August 4th in Glen Mills, PA. Ray was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Joseph Jenry and Helen Stubbers Tabeling. He and Marjorie Bothe were married in Franklin, Ohio in 1952. He was a graduate from Xavier University in Cincinnati with a BS in Chemistry and Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry. After working for Jarrell Ash Company in Waltham, MA (now part of Thermo Fisher), he joined the Dupont Company in Wilmington, DE in 1963. As Engineering Manager, he led the team that launched the Automated Clinical Analyzer (ACA) and later held a series of management positions in technical, marketing and business development with the Biomedical Products Department. In 1986, he acquired a Dupont business starting Delaware Diamond Knives with his wife and two sons which he led until 1996. Ray and Marj moved to Wickenburg, AZ and built their dreamhouse in that little western town. While there, Ray volunteered extensively with Habitat for Humanity and the Desert Caballeros Western Museum. While never proficient at riding, he could none the less start and stop a horse. They played golf and made many friends at the Los Caballeros Golf Club. His primary pastime was fine furniture-making and many of his creations are still in use at the Golf Club and in his wife and children's homes. Ray is survived by his wife of 64 years, Marjorie, his 6 children, Joseph (Linda), Mary Soufleris (Mark), William (Rita), Jane Patterson (William), Ann Carney (Neal) and Elizabeth Cilento, 18 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. All those children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were what made him most proud. His favorite place in the whole world was at home with them and his wife. Services will be held at Saint Joseph's on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Greenville, DE at 10:30 on Wednesday, August 10th. In lieu of flowers, please contribute in Ray's name to the Maris Grove Resident Care Fund, 200 Maris Grove Way, Glen Mills, PA 19342. For online condolences, Please visit Chandlerfuneralhome.com Chandler Funeral Homes & Crematory 7320 Lancaster Pike Hockessin, DE 19707 |
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