Occasionally we are contacted by people searching for
information about a Libravet they have lost contact with. Recently, we received
an e-mail request from a lady who was searching for detailed information about
her deceased Uncle, Verle McClure. She knew he worked at Librascope over 50
years ago, but little else for certain. A quick search of the 300 plus
Librazettes on our Librascope Search website, produced a dozen issues that his
name appeared in. A closer study of those newspapers indicated that he had
started with Librascope on July 6, 1948 and retired sometime in the early
1980's. During this time, he was a popular union representative in the shop.
This information, including a photo of Verle taken for his 25th service
anniversary in the July 1973 Librazette, was greatly appreciated, and provided enough information to pursue additional searches. Verle passed away in 1992 at the age of 77.
Welcome to the "Librascope Memories - News Blog", a companion site to Librascope Memories (www.librascopememories.com). News items posted on this Blog are limited to current events of interest to Librascope's former employees (aka Libravets) since the Company's Glendale, CA facility was closed on June 30, 2000. Report your news to Georgine Archer, Don Tubbs, or myself (Carl Sorensen) for prompt posting. Your comments on any of the posts below are always welcome. Enjoy!
Friday, August 31, 2012
#74) Information about lost Libravet sought by Niece
#73) Librascope Building Complex Update
Building 8's Directory |
"Disney Television Animation", aka Building 8 |
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
#72) In Memoriam - John ("Gus") Gustafson
John ("Gus") Gustafson 1975 |
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD FOR OUR FATHER, JOHN Wm. GUSTAFSON, THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2012 AT 2 PM, AT THE CENTRAL FILIPINO CHURCH OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. 777 COLORADO BLVD, LOS ANGELES. Click here for map.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO THE LIBRAVET FAMILY. ALL ARE WELCOME.
Last Thursday, August 16th, John's daughter, Sheila, sent me the following:
Father's Day - 2012 |
"This is Sheila Moretta (Gustafson), John Gustafson's daughter. I wanted to
let you know that he passed away this morning at around 2am. He'd been sick in the hospital for the past 2 weeks with an infection, but
was on the mend and was laughing and joking as of yesterday. He took a turn for
the worse overnight and never recovered.
I know he was liked by many of our Libravets.
When I find out when his service is, I will let you know so it can be
posted".
Thank you,
Sheila Moretta (Gustafson)
John Playing His Sax in 1987 |
John was 81 in July, and worked at Librascope from 1955 - 1963, 1968 - 1971, and 1973 - 2000, when the Glendale facility was closed. During this time, he occupied many high level Librascope Engineering positions and worked on countless programs that were important to the Nation's defense. Gus was highly respected by fellow workers and customers alike for his technical and management skills. He was also well known for his superior saxaphone skills.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
#71) In Memoriam - Richard ("Dick") Varnon
Richard Varnon's wife reports that Dick passed away at noon Sunday August 12, 2012 at the age of 75. In 1967, Dick started at Librascope in the Installation Engineering Department (see 1969 photo below). He retired 26 years later in 1993 as the Manager of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS).
Richard's wife says everyone is welcome to attend a "Celebration of Dick's Life" tomorrow, Friday August 17th from 6 PM to 10 PM at the Summit Club House at 26400 Delmonte Drive in Valencia, CA. Dick will be cremated and buried at sea. An obituary has not been published.
Librascope Installation Engineering Department - 1969. Foreground L - R, Jack Kelly, Joe Sanfilippo, and Dick Varnon. Photo courtesy of Joe Sanfilippo. |
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