Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Fick, Alvin S. September 7, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/14/2009  
  Fick, Alvin S.    
   
   
  Alvin S. Fick CORNWALL Alvin Spencer Fick, 87, of Cornwall Manor, became a 
  cosmic traveler, destination unknown, Monday, September 7, 2009, after a long 
  and courageous battle with leukemia. Born April 23, 1922, in Amsterdam, N.Y., 
  the son of Anna Lampkin Fick and Lauren Spencer Fick, he was graduated from 
  Wilbur H. Lynch High School, worked in the composing room of the Amsterdam 
  Evening Recorder, and in the Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office before 
  enlisting in the U.S. Navy on June 30, 1942. He served for three and a half 
  years as plane captain aboard the U.S.S. Lexington in the South Pacific during 
  WWII. After discharge, he married Alma Catherine Lasher on February 2, 1946, in 
  the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Amsterdam. They celebrated their 63rd 
  wedding anniversary this year. Al was accomplished in many areas, most notably 
  an author of short stories published in Best Detective Stories of the year - 
  1978, A Treasury of New England Short Stories (1935-1975), Aviation Quarterly, 
  and such periodicals as Yankee, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and the New York 
  State Conservationist, where he served for several years as Circulation Manager 
  and Editor. As owner and operator of the private press, Pinion Press, from 
  1950, he published several books as well as myriad papers and articles for the 
  National Amateur Press Association and the American Amateur Press Association. 
  He continued his writing and graphic arts career throughout his lifetime, 
  working with his partners to publish A Pride of Palaces, a compilation of the 
  collective glass print photography of Edwin Lincoln Hale for the Lenox Library 
  in Lenox, Mass. During his freelance graphic arts career, he counted as clients 
  such organizations as Maria College in Albany, N.Y., Seton Health Systems in 
  Troy, N.Y., and The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass. His early work 
  before enlisting was as a linotype operator and in advertising design with the 
  Amsterdam Evening Recorder and later with the Schenectady Gazette. He left the 
  newspapers to work for several years selling Volkswagens in Johnstown, N.Y. He 
  was well known for his integrity and fairness in business as well as his sharp 
  wit and ability to make people laugh. Al loved the outdoors, hiking many miles 
  alone and with friends and or family. He climbed Mt. Washington in New 
  Hampshire with two friends, a trip he talked about for years. He completed much 
  of the required training for his private pilot license and was co-owner of a 
  Cessna 150, which he flew out of the Great Barrington Airport with his daughter 
  and son-in-law. During the last years of his life, he continued to talk and 
  correspond with his many friends. He enjoyed his family around him. He was a 
  proud father and grandfather. Besides his wife, Alma, he leaves his son, Paul 
  Raymond Fick of Deansboro, N.Y., and daughter, Selma Lizabeth Fick Hamilton of 
  Falls Village, Conn.; seven grandchildren, Amy Morris Guachione, Scott Morris, 
  Glenn Fick, Brian Fick, Dale Richard, Joshua Newey, and Lauren Newey; and two 
  great-grandchildren, Brenden and Sera Richard. He delighted in their various 
  accomplishments and loved talking with them. A memorial service will be held at 
  Zerr Chapel on Saturday, September 19, 2009. Private burial will be at 
  Indiantown Gap National Cemetery with honors. Memorial contributions may be 
  made to the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 919 Walnut St., 
  Philadelphia, PA 19107. Arrangements are by Taylor-Ruffner Funeral Home, Inc., 
  712 Chestnut St., Lebanon. 
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/14/2009  
  
  
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