Eason, David George (Died 2009)

EASON, SCHULTZ, SANFORD

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 5/29/2009 at 21:54:15

David George Eason, 70, passed away at home Thursday, March 12, 2009. David was born in Chicago, IL., and moved at an early age to a farm in LeMars, IA. He completed his higher education in 1961 and moved to Florida, where he started his career in the space program at Kennedy Space Center. He did pre-flight testing of Telemetry and Guidance Systems on the Agena and Polaris programs at Lockheed Missiles and Space and pre-launch checkout of Apollo/Saturn first-stage telemetry systems at Boeing.

He worked in technical and sales capacities for Tektronix, Inc. from 1969-1992. After retirement from his career in the field of electronics, he worked in technology support with Orlando Tech operating a Patient Simulator training medical personnel in conjunction with Orlando Health Center.

David is survived by his loving wife, Judith and a grandson, Ryan Schultz. He was preceded in death by his father, George Eason, Orlando, FL., and is survived by his mother, Jean Sanford, Orange City, FL.

He will be sadly missed by his family: son, Scott (Diana Abu-Jaber) Eason; granddaughter Grace, Coral Gables, FL.; daughter, Kris (Jim) Effinger; grandson, Alec; granddaughter, Katie, Corona, CA; son Ric (Faye) Schultz, Oceanside, CA.; son Ryan (Melissa) Schultz; grandsons, Evan, Zane, Wyatt, Garrett, Clermont, FL.; brother Dan Eason, Cocoa, FL.; sisters, Karen Patterson, Taylorsville, KY, and Wendy Jansen, Olympia, WA; stepmother, Leela Eason, Orlando, FL; sister and brother-in-law, Betsy and Norman Smith, Fullerton, CA; and many nephews and nieces.

A “Celebration of Life” will be held Saturday, April 18th at 11 a.m. at Conway United Methodist church, 3401 S. Conway Road, Orlando, FL. David was appointed a “Solar System Ambassador” by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in 1999. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Planetary Society or The Orlando Science Center.

~Source: Unknown newspaper publication, March 2009