Edwin Fisher Steeble, 68, of Summerville, the husband of Judith Steeble, died in a private plane crash on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10 a.m. at St. Theresa the Little Flower Catholic Church, Summerville. Interment will be private.
A gathering of family and friends will be held on Sunday evening, October 25, 2009 from 6 until 8 p.m. at James A. Dyal Funeral Home, 303 South Main Street, Summerville.
Ed was born on January 3, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Louise Fisher Steeble who resides in Southampton, Pennsylvania and the late Edwin Paist Steeble. He graduated from Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. Ed had a forty year career in the field of computer security at the National Security Agency (NSA) at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland. For several years prior to his retirement Ed was the NSA Liaison Officer to the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Ed was a founder of the Low Country Contest Club, served as the Treasurer of the Trident Amateur Radio Club, and was a lifelong member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). For many years he was an active member of the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC), an organization of amateur radio enthusiasts in the mid-Atlantic states. Ed greatly enjoyed creating an interest in amateur radio in young people and was a mentor of the Amateur Radio Club at Dubose Middle School in Summerville. In addition to his love of amateur radio, Ed enjoyed traveling all over the world with his wife and spending time with his family which frequently vacationed together on Cape Cod. Prior to their retirement to Summerville in 2003, the Steebles were long-time residents of Glenwood, Maryland.
In addition to his wife and mother, Ed’s immediate survivors include his son, Edwin Mitchell (Ted) Steeble of Queenstown, Maryland; his daughter and son-in-law, Alison Steeble Bounds and Joseph A. (Alec) Bounds of Roswell, Georgia and their son, Joseph Wyatt Bounds; his brother and sister-in-law Robert and Susan Steeble of Baltimore, Maryland and their children, Diana Steeble of Seattle, Washington, and Andrew Steeble of Baltimore, Maryland. Ed was predeceased by his granddaughter, Meredith Fisher Bounds.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Ed’s memory may be made to the ARRL, www.arrl.org, (click on “Donate to ARRL” and then select “Education and Technology Program Fund”), 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111 Attn: Mary Hobart; or to Mepkin Abbey, www.mepkinabbey.org, (click on “Participate” then “Make a Donation”), 1098 Mepkin Abbey Road, Moncks Corner, SC 29461.