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Joseph T. Mysak, age 91 of Roselle, died peacefully with his loving family at his bedside on Saturday, August 8, 2015.
Born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn he graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and joined W.S. Doig, Inc. as a mechanical draftsman.
Joe served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a sergeant in WWII. While in the Fifth Amphibious Corps, Pacific Area, was instrumental in the illustrating and production of relief maps used in the assaults on Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima.
Upon discharge from the Marines, he joined H.P. Gridley Co., N.Y. as a technical illustrator and was subsequently hired by Bell Telephone Laboratories as a technical illustrator.
Retired from Bell labs in 1980 after 30 years service. At retirement was a Public Relations Graphic Arts Group Supervisor. Illustrated many of their publications and active during the period encompassing the invention of the transistor to the advent of space exploration. After retirement from Bell Labs, joined Datex Corp. in New York as Art Director, retired in 1985.
While employed at Bell, illustrated on a freelance basis, the IBM Journal of Research and Development, a monthly publication, for five years. Also on a freelance basis, prepared graphs for publication for the New York Bond Buyers newspaper.
Member, F.B Jewett Chapter of Telephone Pioneers of America, Marine Corps League.
Survived by his two sons; Joseph and his wife Susan Merett of Brooklyn, NY, and Charles and his wife Marilyn of Bloomingdale, NJ, four grandchildren; Nicole Mysak of Bloomingdale, Charles of NY, NY, Joseph of Wayne, and Paul Palmeri, one brother; Bruno Mysak of Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. Joe was predeceased by his beloved wife, Gloria (nee Rutigliano) Mysak, five of his brothers and sisters.
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Joseph T. Mysak, age 91 of Roselle, died peacefully with his loving family at his bedside on Saturday, August 8, 2015.
Born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn he graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and joined W.S. Doig, Inc. as a mechanical draftsman.
Joe served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a sergeant in WWII. While in the Fifth Amphibious Corps, Pacific Area, was instrumental in the illustrating and production of relief maps used in the assaults on Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima.
Upon discharge from the Marines, he joined H.P. Gridley Co., N.Y. as a technical illustrator and was subsequently hired by Bell Telephone Laboratories as a technical illustrator.
Retired from Bell labs in 1980 after 30 years service. At retirement was a Public Relations Graphic Arts Group Supervisor. Illustrated many of their publications and active during the period encompassing the invention of the transistor to the advent of space exploration. After retirement from Bell Labs, joined Datex Corp. in New York as Art Director, retired in 1985.
While employed at Bell, illustrated on a freelance basis, the IBM Journal of Research and Development, a monthly publication, for five years. Also on a freelance basis, prepared graphs for publication for the New York Bond Buyers newspaper.
Member, F.B Jewett Chapter of Telephone Pioneers of America, Marine Corps League.
Survived by his two sons; Joseph and his wife Susan Merett of Brooklyn, NY, and Charles and his wife Marilyn of Bloomingdale, NJ, four grandchildren; Nicole Mysak of Bloomingdale, Charles of NY, NY, Joseph of Wayne, and Paul Palmeri, one brother; Bruno Mysak of Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. Joe was predeceased by his beloved wife, Gloria (nee Rutigliano) Mysak, five of his brothers and sisters.
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