Irvine I. TINGLEY

TINGLEY, Irvine I. Irvine I. Tingley, 88, died Saturday morning December 10, 2005. He was born July 30, 1917 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of the late James Otho and Amelia McMorris Tingley. Irv graduated from Amherst High School and received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Chemistry from the Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During WWII he served with the Canadian Navy. On July 8, 1942 Irvine married the former Pearle MacKay at the Oxford Street United Church of Canada in Halifax. For 7 years Irv was a Chemist with Atomic Energy of Canada at Chalk River, Ontario. He then went on to work for 7 years with the Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1964 Irvine came to work for The Chemical Abstract Service of the American Chemistry Society in Columbus, Ohio as a Patent Editor, retiring in 1989. Irvine was fluent in many foreign languages and while in Canada he tutored Embassy personnel and later used his foreign language skills in his Chemistry career. Survivors include his wife of over 63 years, Pearle, three children; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at St. Peter UCC Kiel. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established in his name. Meiselwitz-Vollstedt Funeral Home of Kiel, Wisconsin is assisting the family. Online condolences at www.meiselwitzfh.com Published in the Ottawa Citizen on 12/13/2005