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James A. Mc Gregor Bernardsville, NJ QCWA # 19822 Chapter 149 |
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Name: James A. McGregor
Last Residence:
75229 Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Born: 1 Jan 1918
Died: 5 Oct 2011
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951)
Name: James Andrew McGregor
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1918
Birth Place: Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Death Date: 5 Oct 2011
Death Place: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Cemetery: Holy Cross Cemetery
James A. McGregor, 93, of Bernardsville, N.J., and Hague, N.Y., died on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, at Shady Acres Nursing Home in West Kingston, R.I. Funeral services will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Bernardsville, N.J., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 11 a.m., followed by entombment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Basking Ridge, N.J.
For more information, please contact the Gallaway and Crane Funeral Home, 908-766-0250.
To light an online condolence candle, visit www.gcfuneralhome.com.
Mr. McGregor was born in Milton, Mass., on Jan. 1, 1918, to James Andrew Garfield McGregor and Mary Alice Flanagan McGregor.
His sister, Margaret McGregor Goguen of Plymouth, Mass., predeceased him.
He grew up in Syracuse, NY, and lived in Roslindale and Boston, Mass., before moving to New Jersey.
Jim graduated from Hyde Park High School, Roslindale, Mass., in 1935.
He explored various areas of employment, eventually focusing on precision electronics, microwave testing equipment and wave-guides for the communications industry.
During World War II, Jim was employed by the Navy and worked in the radiation lab at MIT developing radar systems for the military.
Through mergers, acquisitions and consolidations, he leaves two thriving companies, Waveline Inc. in Fairfield, N.J., and Microtech Inc. in Cheshire, Conn. His two sons now run the companies.
Jim was a lifelong volunteer and member of the Caldwell-West Essex Kiwanis Club; a member of the Essex Fells Country Club; vice president of the New Jersey Pilots Association and a member of the board of directors of the Somerset Hills YMCA. He was a longtime parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Bernardsville.
His primary passion was private aviation; he was a private pilot for over 50 years. In 1969 Jim achieved a general aviation speed record, flying from Chicago, Ill., to Newark, N.J., in just two hours and 46 minutes. Jim loved photography and was an avid golfer and a licensed amateur radio operator for over 75 years.
Jim is survived by his wife, Eileen Kelly McGregor of Wakefield, R.I., as well as his eight children, Ellen McGregor of Madison, N.H.; James A. McGregor Jr. of Cheshire, Conn.; Pam Semanchick of New Jersey; Elaine Sosnowski of Toms River, N.J.; Marion Symczyk of New Jersey; Jay McGregor of Wantage, N.J.; Bonnie Considine of Narragansett, R.I., and Colleen Straubel of Dallas, Texas. He had 17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1701 North Beauregard St., Alexandria, Va. 22311, www.diabetes.org, or
Alzheimer's Disease Research, American Health Assistance Foundation, 22512 Gateway Center Dr., Clarksburg, Md. 20871, www.ahaf.org.
Published in Star-Ledger on Oct. 9, 2011