William James DE MAURIAC

de MAURIAC WILLIAM JAMES, of Ocean City NJ, formerly of Chester Springs PA, died on March 23, 2005, at the age of 96. He was the beloved husband of Barbara Hennessey de Mauriac and the son of the late Pierre Greenleaf and Frances Wainright de Mauriac. Mr. de Mauriac graduated from Penn State in 1931 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He spent his entire career at Philadelphia Electric Company in various supervisory positions and retired in 1972 as Manager of Station Operations which included all of PECO's 12 generating stations. He led Philadelphia Electric Company into the modern maintenance age by setting up training and qualification programs and examinations for all Maintenance personnel. Mr. de Mauriac was the oldest living member of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Metals, Phi Sigma Kappa, the Countrymen of Chester County, and was past Vice President of the Board of Trustees of Greenwood Cemetery, Brielle NJ, which his grand-father, Halsted Wainright, founded in the late 1800's. He was also Treasurer for many years of the Ludwig's Corner Horse Show Association and a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church at Ludwig's Corner.Surviving besides his wife of 30 years are his children Pierre Greenleaf de Mauriac (Gail) and Suzanne de M. Hoke (Wayne); his sister, Phyllis Lieb; 3 grandchildren and 3 great grand-children. He was predeceased by his former wife, Mary Leighton Lesley and son, William James III. A Memorial Mass of Christian Celebration will be held 11 A.M., Tuesday, March 29th, at Immaculate Conception Church, 604 West Ave., Jenkintown PA. Visitation preceding the Service. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to NJ Stem Cell Research Institute, c/o Ira Black, Director (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ 08855) or American Lung Assn., 1600 Highway 22, Union NJ 07083. To email condolences, please visit www.godfreyfuneralhome.com Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News on 3/27/2005.