Thomas William Dugdale, Jr. November 8, 1933 – April 14, 2023
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Thomas William Dugdale, Jr. handed away peacefully at dwelling on April 14, 2023 together with his spouse, Patty, and his daughter, Wendi, at his facet. He was born November 8, 1933 in South Bend, Indiana, the oldest of Thomas and Anna Lois (Elsey) Dugdale. Tom distinguished himself as a precocious musician and a very good scholar. Following in his father’s footsteps, he enrolled at Purdue College in 1951 the place he met his first spouse Helen Kay (Harris) and took a detour from his authentic ROTC scholarship observe. In 1953 he left Purdue and enlisted within the U.S. Navy. After finishing Boot Camp, he attended an eleven-month Fireplace Management Technician college in Washington, D.C. the place he discovered to function and preserve the radar and pc techniques used to manage ships’ weapons. Ending first in his class earned him first decide of the accessible assignments. He chosen the destroyer USS Eversole DD 789 out of Lengthy Seashore, CA and set off to see the world, which he did—at the least that half between California and Japan! He was honorably discharged in 1957 as a First Class Petty Officer. After a brief stint as a technical author at Douglas Plane Firm with the NIKE-Ajax guided missile techniques, he returned to Purdue to finish his Electrical Engineering diploma. Upon commencement from Purdue, he joined Management Information Company (CDC), a number one developer of mainframe computer systems and related peripheral gear. He spent the subsequent 17 years with CDC within the design, manufacture, and OEM gross sales of high-performance disk drives and magnetic tape transports. He earned many awards and accolades in his assignments, which included Minneapolis, MN; Amersfoort, Netherlands; and Waltham, MA. On the lookout for a retirement space, he drove as much as the Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire space at some point, and it was love at first sight. With a purchase order and gross sales settlement on a plot of land on Lake Todd in Newbury dated that very day, he and his good friend Patty, who would change into his second spouse, dreamed of the house that they might “stick construct” themselves. Not being superb at retirement and having caught many of the bass in Lake Todd, Tom bought into actual property and later based and operated Lake Station Realty till 2019. Tom was humble and modest regarding his many abilities, together with taking part in the trumpet and baritone in youthful years, portray, and writing, to call a number of. Moreover actually constructing his own residence, he developed and maintained his enterprise web site and dabbled in video-editing shortly after video cameras have been launched. He loved studying, sustaining his yard and gardens, and cherished looking over his lake to view and take heed to the various birds and waterfowl that surrounded him. In later years, well being issues restricted his mobility, however his thoughts remained sharp as he stored present on sports activities and information tales and barely missed a Celtics or Patriots broadcast. Tom’s household is extraordinarily grateful for the medical care offered to him by his many medical doctors, nurses, allied well being professionals, and hospice personnel through the years. Tom was predeceased by his dad and mom and his two youthful siblings Martha (Tom) Brovont and David (Suzee) Dugdale and his first spouse Helen Kay (Harris), with whom he maintained an amicable relationship till her dying in 2015. He’s survived by his second spouse of over 40 years, Patty (Fuller); his three kids Tom (Tina) Dugdale III, Paula Dugdale, and Wendi (Ken) Roy; his eight grandchildren Tom Dugdale IV, Lauren (Dan) Liebermann, Evan (Isabelle) Dugdale, Tara (James) Provider, Matt Monahan, Kat Foley, Erin Foley, and Megan Janelle Foley; two great-granddaughters Vivian Liebermann and Iris Liebermann; 4 siblings Nancy (Dave) McKinley, Lois Wozniak, Ned (Dottie) Dugdale, and Mary (Larry) Pio; and one sister-in-law Suzee Dugdale. Companies can be non-public for members of the family. In lieu of flowers, the household requests that donations be made to the charity of your alternative in Tom’s reminiscence.
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