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Barry Lee Bressler

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Barry Lee Bressler

Birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
12 Feb 2017 (aged 80)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Cremated, Other Add to Map
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Barry Lee Bressler died on Sunday, February 12, 2017 due to complications from malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Barry was born in Reading, PA in 1936. He was a retired Naval Surface Warfare Center physicist and an adjunct physics professor for the NSWC/VPI&SU graduate program. After retirement from NSWC, he worked at EG&G. Barry earned his B.S. from Ursinus College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from VPI&SU.

Barry was an avid naturalist who was an expert on coleoptera and ants. He taught and curated an insect collection for the Reading Public Museum. He was also a very knowledgeable birder.

Barry leaves behind his wife, soulmate and best friend, Ellen Brown of Fredericksburg; his mother, Lillian Bressler of Reading PA; three sisters, Sandra Bressler of Wheeling WV, Linda Zuber of Wernersville PA, Cheryl Kowal of Shillington PA; and two brothers, Glenn Bressler of Reading PA and Terry Bressler of Reading PA.

The family will receive friends at home on Barry’s birthday, Thursday, February 16, from 4-6 pm. Covenant Funeral Service is handling the arrangemen
Barry Lee Bressler died on Sunday, February 12, 2017 due to complications from malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Barry was born in Reading, PA in 1936. He was a retired Naval Surface Warfare Center physicist and an adjunct physics professor for the NSWC/VPI&SU graduate program. After retirement from NSWC, he worked at EG&G. Barry earned his B.S. from Ursinus College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from VPI&SU.

Barry was an avid naturalist who was an expert on coleoptera and ants. He taught and curated an insect collection for the Reading Public Museum. He was also a very knowledgeable birder.

Barry leaves behind his wife, soulmate and best friend, Ellen Brown of Fredericksburg; his mother, Lillian Bressler of Reading PA; three sisters, Sandra Bressler of Wheeling WV, Linda Zuber of Wernersville PA, Cheryl Kowal of Shillington PA; and two brothers, Glenn Bressler of Reading PA and Terry Bressler of Reading PA.

The family will receive friends at home on Barry’s birthday, Thursday, February 16, from 4-6 pm. Covenant Funeral Service is handling the arrangemen

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