Edwin Carter Wade, Jr.
September 2, 1923 - August 28, 2010

Mr. Edwin Carter Wade, Jr. of Huntington, W.Va. passed away Saturday, August 28, 2010. He was 86 years old.

He was born September 2, 1923 in Bluefield, W.Va. the son of the late Dr. Edwin C. and Ernestine B. Wade of Bluefield. He was a retired registered professional electrical engineer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation where he worked for 35 years in Pittsburgh and Huntington. He was a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University at Blacksburg, Va. Mr. Wade was a past deacon of the First Presbyterian Churches at Bluefield and Huntington. He was a past president of the Presbyterian Church Quest Class. He was a past board member of the Huntington Kiwanis Club and a past president of the Ohio Valley Camera Club. He was a senior member and served on a National Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and was a past president of the local Ohio Valley Chapter. He wrote many technical articles, conducted seminars and presented papers at conferences at Toronto, Canada, Orlando, Florida and Morgantown, W.Va. In summers, he taught classes in coalmine electrification at the Mine Safety and Health Administration at Beckley, W.Va. He was a member of the PCHUG computer club and was active and served offices in the General Andrew Lewis Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.

He was an avid photographer and took many prize-winning photographs.

He served in World War II as a crewmember on a B-17 bomber with the 2nd Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force in Italy. He participated in 25 bombing missions and survived after being shot down on his 26th while bombing an oil refinery near Vienna, Austria. He was awarded the EAME Service Medal with 4 bronze stars and the Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters. He was a member of the 2nd Bomb Group Association and attended reunions of survivors from the group. He was a member of VFW Post 9738.

He is survived by his wife, Ann Chambers Wade, two daughters; Virginia Stuart, wife of Bernard Meisler of Mill Valley, CA, Katherine Ann, wife of Thomas Dawson of Berkeley, CA, three granddaughters; Daisy Theodora Meisler, Luciann Rose Meisler, and Lily Beth Dawson, and a sister, Daisy Wade Bridges, wife of Henry P. Bridges of Charlotte, N.C.

Memorial services will be conducted at the First Presbyterian Church at 2:00, Saturday, September 4, 2010, followed by a gathering of family and friends. Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that friends and family may donate to the First Presbyterian Church in Huntington, WV, Virginia Tech (Gift Accounting, University Development (0336), Blacksburg, VA 24041), or the charity of one’s choice.