Byron R. Turner passed away on June 6, 2015, at the age of 97. Barney, as most knew him, was born in Pardo, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1918. His parents Clarence Byron and Lyda Haggerty raised Byron and his five sisters and one brother in Franklin, Pennsylvania.
He volunteered and enlisted in the Army Signal Corps in 1942. He was trained in radar at Temple University. From there he was sent for additional training in Fresno, California. There he met Dorothy Appleby. Barney and Dorothy were married at the base chapel on December 2, 1944.
Barney served in the Pacific Theater as a sergeant on the islands of Okinawa and Ie Shima. When the war was over Barney returned home to his cherished wife and newborn son Michael Byron. The family remained in California after the war and Barney worked as a radar electrician at the US Navel Yard until it closed. He then worked at Airesearch as an electrical engineer.
In 1953, after the birth of their second son, Dan, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona to work at AiResearch's new facility. Barney loved his job and was well respected. He remained at AiResearch, now Honeywell, until he retired in 1983 as a Senior Electronic Development & Space Engineer. He worked in all phases of electrical engineering including the lab and aerospace design.
After retirement, he continued as a consultant to AiResearch and also toured the country with his wife in their much beloved motor homes. They settled first in Mesa and then moved to Elko to be with their son Dan and his family.
Barney was proceeded in death by his parents, Jim (brother), Laura and Pearl (sisters). He is survived by his sisters Betty, Cleo and Hazel, his wife Dorothy, sons Michael and Dan and grand children, great grand children, nieces, nephews and friends. Barney passed away in Elko and was interred at the Green Acres cemetery in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Barney loved the Lord and was deacon at Biltmore Bible Church in Phoenix. In his youth he loved to fish and hunt and trap. In his retirement he loved to watch sports, especially football and basketball. He continued to fish until he was no longer able to get out. He was a great father, loving husband, and reliable friend. Barney was loved and respected by all that knew him. The world is a little less with his passing. The world is a little better that he was here. We love and miss you so much.
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The Lessons Life Teaches, A Collection of Short Stories.
Short StoryThis is a collection of short stories about some of the lessons that life has taught me. Written and compiled by Dan Turner. Like my life, it is a work in progress.
