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EuroWire – July 2009
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corporate news
Sad losses for the industry
James J Anastasi
James J Anastasi, 66, of Windham, USA,
beloved husband of Sharon (Moore)
Anastasi, died Tuesday, 28
th
April 2009
at home, surrounded by his loving
family after a courageous battle with
pulmonary fibrosis.
Jim was born in Medford, MA and was
a graduate of Lowell Technical Institute.
He worked as an electrical engineer
in the wire and cable industry for over
forty years.
In 2006, he received the Charles D
Scott Distinguished Career award for
his dedicated service to the wire and
cable industry. He was selected by the
Wire and Cable Manufacturers Alliance
for his professional attainments and
outstanding character.
Jim was known to his family as ‘Mr Fix It.’
In his short retirement he spent endless
hours at his daughters’ homes doing
home repairs. He loved to play golf
and enjoyed teaching his ‘son’ Charles,
‘the game.’ He was an avid New England
sports fan.
Besides his loving wife of over 44 years,
he leaves behind his beloved children,
Lisa Christensen and her husband
Russell of Southington, Leah Bahner and
her husband Jeep of Deep River and
Gina Waltos and her husband Charles
of South Windsor, nine grandchildren,
Ashley, Nicole, Zachary and Jillian
Christensen, Brad, Karli and Aidan
Bahner, and Caitlin and Shamus Waltos.
Jim was predeceased by his daughter,
Jill Anastasi.
Michael (Mike)
Murphy
It is with deep regret that we announce
the death of Michael (Mike) Murphy.
Rea Industrial Handling Ltd, for whom
Mike worked for many years, were
members of the International Wire
Machinery Association and in 1980 Mike
was appointed as their representative
to the IWMA Executive Committee. He
remained in this capacity until 1994.
During his term of office Mike was
appointed to the Technical Papers Award
Team, where his technical experience
was invaluable in the selection of
the technically most important paper
presented at any IWMA conference in
that particular year.
In 1993, as a result of the merger of Rea
Industrial Handling Ltd with Johnson
Technology Ltd, Mike transferred his
technical skills to Johnson
’
s where
he was appointed technical manager,
taking on the responsibilities of machine
design and development, and technical
sales duties.
He travelled extensively throughout
South East Asia and Australasian areas
as well as the UK and Ireland.
Unfortunately Mike had been ill for a
long time, but even so he could always
be relied upon to provide a funny story
and to act in a jocular manner.
He will be sorely missed by his family
and his colleagues in our industry.
IWMA