Cape May County NJ Archives Obituaries.....Rune H. EKLUND, September 30, 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Beebe lindafranksbeebe@juno.com July 19, 2008, 5:43 pm Cape May (NJ) County Gazelle Stone Harbor—Word has been received of the death of Rune H. Eklund, a nationally known engineer and for more, than 25 years, a summer resident of this resort, whose home was at 959 Cobbs St., Drexel Hill, Pa., on Friday, Sep. 30, 1966 in Philadelphia. Born in Gefle, Sweden, he came to-this country in 1924. He was a graduate of the Chalmers Institute in Sweden and the University of. Austrelitz, Germany. A designer with the General Electric Co, for 38 years, he was considered one of the outstanding men in his field, having designed more than half of the largest sub-stations in this country for General Electric. He retired four years ago and became a consulting engineer with offices in New York. Surviving are his wife, Marguerite, two sons. Rune G., of Drexel Hill, and Rolf L., of Lansdowne; two daughters Mrs. Robert J. Furey of Hatboro, Pa., and Sonia B., of Drexel Hill, a sister, Mrs. Hiemi Quist, .of Springfield, Pa., and a brother, Helge, of Gefle, Sweden. Mass was on Tuesday at St. Bernadette's Church, Drexel Hill, and interment in SS Peter, and Paul Cemetery. Additional Comments: Extraction No relation to deceased This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/capemay/obits/eklund-rh.txt