Delaware County PA Archives Obituaries.....Rune H. EKLUND, September 30, 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Beebe lindafranksbeebe@juno.com July 19, 2008, 5:59 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/pafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/delaware/obits/e/eklund-rh.txt