Pete Fenoglio

Pete Fenoglio, age 90, died Friday, December 27, 2013, at Duke Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Coello, IL to the late Quinto and Mary Fenoglio oneebruary 12, 1923. Pete was valedictorian of his high school class and attended the Uneersity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His studies were interrupted by World War II, where he served in the Signal Corps as a Lieutenant, seeing action in the Americaneeuropean-African-Middle Eastern, Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns and was part of the Occupation Forces in Japan. After the war he returned to the Uneersity and completed his B.A. in Electrical Engineering, where he received the Uneersity Honor Bronze Tablet and was inducted into Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma and Sigma Tau Honor Societies. After graduation, he enjoyed a 33-year career with General Electric, designing radar systems, and retired to begin a second career as a Senior Research Engineer with the Engineerineexperimental Station at Georgia Tech. Pete received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse Uneersity in 1968. In his young adult years, he enjoyed bowling and golf. More recently he enjoyed socializing and playing bridge with friends at Croasdaile Village. Pete is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Loisjeaneenoglio of Durham, NC; his daughter, Susaneerritt and husband, John Bynum Merritt, III, also of Durham; and two grandchildren, Bryneerritt and John Bynum Merritt, IV. A memorial service will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 4, 2014 in the Few Chapel of Croasdaile Village. A reception will be held immediately following the service in the chapel foyer. In lieu of flowers, contributions ineete's memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675; or the National Emphysema Foundation, 128 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851. On-line memorials: www.hallwynne.com. Select obituaries. Arrangements for the Fenoglio family are under the care of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service in Durham.