Deceased Name: Anthony A. Totah
FORT WORTH - Anthony Aneese Totah, 66, an aerospace engineer, died Friday at a Fort Worth hospital after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic Church. Entombment: Greenwood Mausoleum. Rosary: 7 tonight at the church.
Pallbearers: Jim Baush, Stacy Chandler, Don Goodwin, Ab Greig, Fernando Meza and Paul Riordan.
Honorary pallbearers: Jesse George, Albert Totah, George Totah and Robert Totah.
Memorials: The Leukemia Society of America or charity of choice.
Anthony Totah was born Dec. 19, 1929, in Rochester, N.Y. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church. He was a graduate of Palestine High School and the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He later earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Southern Methodist University and did post-graduate work at Texas Christian University.
He worked at General Dynamics for nearly 40 years on a variety of projects in both technical and managerial capacities. He was involved on such diverse projects as the B-36, B-58, F-111, F-16, F-22 and National Aerospace Plane. He was a senior design engineer for the B-36, B-58 and F-111 aircrafts. He worked as a thermal engineer on the Atlas/Centaur rocket. He was a senior project Aerothermodynamics Engineer on such advanced aircrafts as the B-1, F-X, F-111 and F-16. He later became a seniorsoftware engineer, leading development projects for simulator and test software for the F-16. Toward the end of his professional career, he joined McDonnell-Douglas in Houston and worked as a thermal control engineer on the NASA Space Station.
He was a member of the Ridglea Toastmasters Club, the General Dynamics Management Association and Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. He was active in Boy Scouts and Fort Worth youth soccer. The family wishes to express their appreciation and thanks to the many doctors, nurses and hospital staff that supported him during his illness.
He was preceded in death by his father, Jack Totah, in November 1980, and by his son, Edward Totah, in May 1975.
Survivors: Wife, Martha Lou Totah of Fort Worth; son and daughter-in-law, Jacob and Alice Totah of Dallas; sons, Tony Totah Jr. of Wildwood, N.J., and Ronald Totah of Fort Worth; mother, Effie Totah of Milpitas, Calif.; brother, Nabe Totah of Milpitas, Calif.; sister and brother-in-law, Agnes and Jesse George of Palestine; and a very large extended family of many cousins, nieces and nephews. Thompson's Harveson & Cole
Deceased Name: Anthony A. Totah
FORT WORTH - Anthony Aneese Totah, 66, an aerospace engineer, died Friday at a Fort Worth hospital after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic Church. Entombment: Greenwood Mausoleum. Rosary: 7 tonight at the church.
Pallbearers: Jim Baush, Stacy Chandler, Don Goodwin, Ab Greig, Fernando Meza and Paul Riordan.
Honorary pallbearers: Jesse George, Albert Totah, George Totah and Robert Totah.
Memorials: The Leukemia Society of America or charity of choice.
Anthony Totah was born Dec. 19, 1929, in Rochester, N.Y. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church. He was a graduate of Palestine High School and the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He later earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Southern Methodist University and did post-graduate work at Texas Christian University.
He worked at General Dynamics for nearly 40 years on a variety of projects in both technical and managerial capacities. He was involved on such diverse projects as the B-36, B-58, F-111, F-16, F-22 and National Aerospace Plane. He was a senior design engineer for the B-36, B-58 and F-111 aircrafts. He worked as a thermal engineer on the Atlas/Centaur rocket. He was a senior project Aerothermodynamics Engineer on such advanced aircrafts as the B-1, F-X, F-111 and F-16. He later became a seniorsoftware engineer, leading development projects for simulator and test software for the F-16. Toward the end of his professional career, he joined McDonnell-Douglas in Houston and worked as a thermal control engineer on the NASA Space Station.
He was a member of the Ridglea Toastmasters Club, the General Dynamics Management Association and Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. He was active in Boy Scouts and Fort Worth youth soccer. The family wishes to express their appreciation and thanks to the many doctors, nurses and hospital staff that supported him during his illness.
He was preceded in death by his father, Jack Totah, in November 1980, and by his son, Edward Totah, in May 1975.
Survivors: Wife, Martha Lou Totah of Fort Worth; son and daughter-in-law, Jacob and Alice Totah of Dallas; sons, Tony Totah Jr. of Wildwood, N.J., and Ronald Totah of Fort Worth; mother, Effie Totah of Milpitas, Calif.; brother, Nabe Totah of Milpitas, Calif.; sister and brother-in-law, Agnes and Jesse George of Palestine; and a very large extended family of many cousins, nieces and nephews. Thompson's Harveson & Cole
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