GUS
CANTELMO 1914-2004:
On
April 5, 2004 Gus Cantelmo passed away, he was 90 years old.
Gus had a long photographic life.
In 1951 Gus and I attended a meeting at the Suburban Hotel in Summit
with about 20 members of different camera clubs. This meeting was to plan
and finalize the forming of the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs.
Gus represented
Tri-County Camera Club of which he was a charter member.
He remained a very active delegate from Tri-County of the NJFCC
for many years.
Gus
was an excellent Mono Printer, and he was a Master of a technique, which
was using a paper negative process.
Many of the old school photographers used this process.
During the Cold Wars years Gus was invited to send 20+ prints to
the Soviet Union for a Traveling Exhibition that went all over the Soviet.
He also has 20+ prints in the PSA Permanent Print Collection.
Gus enjoyed going to New England and the Maritime Provinces of
Canada to photograph Seascapes, of which he was a Master.
During
his lifetime in the business world he was an Industrial Sales Representative
for Schafer Camera in Newark and later with Victor Camera on Bloomfield
Ave. in Newark. In 1992 Gus
retired and he and his wife Helen moved to Toms River and Gus became a
member of the Ocean County Camera Club.
Gus
is survived by Helen, his wife of 65 years, sons Andre and John and daughter
Amy, his brother Fred, and his sister Phyllis Ferrara, 5 grandchildren
and 4 great-grandchildren.
We
will miss him.
Heinz
and Dotti Otto, FPSA, NJFC
RAY ARMSTRONG - In
Memoriam- 2005
Ray Armstrong, who was 72 in January, passed away on March 2nd from complications
of a massive stroke he suffered a few days earlier.
His stroke was completely unexpected and a shock to all who knew
him because he was always so energetic and involved in running his several
businesses, helping others and participating in various organizations. He always conducted himself with grace, energy, enthusiasm
and dedication.
He
is survived by his second wife Mary, and children Paul and Donald Grimes,
Kathy Potts, Teresa Redcay, Patricia Christopher and Joan Pleis and Steven
Armstrong. Ray is also survived
by 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Ray and Mary had met at a widows & widowers meeting and married
in 1976. They would have
been together for 28 years this
May.
Ray's
contributions to the NJFCC were outstanding!
- 2004 Trustee
- 2003 Acting
President
- 2002
Photorama Chair @ the Mount Laurel location
- 2001-02
President
- 1998-2000 Trustee
- 1993
Recipient of NJFCC Citation
- 15+years NJFCC
Delegate for Maple Shade/ Moorestown CC
In
addition to his contributions to our organization, Ray used his time and
many talents to help his community, family, friends and others in need.
He was, indeed, a most generous man.
Ray's
early interest and talent as a machinist began during his 3 years in the
U.S. Navy at Norfolk, Virginia shortly before the outbreak of war in Korea.
After the Navy, he worked at the AT&T Engineering and Research
Center in Hopewell for many years.
He also worked for RCA and Research Tool & Die and finally
had his own custom machinist business.
He
loved challenges and especially enjoyed jobs like making an intricate
special part for a working replica of a Gatling gun from the Old West
for a customer. Ray's interest
in cameras and photography started after meeting Mary.
Photography became a passion and led to another of his businesses
as a commercial photographer.
He
was an active member of the Maple Shade Moorestown Camera Club, as well
as, the NJFCC. Ray started
two family oriented events with his township at Easter and Christmas and
got his club to take family pictures at the township's events including
another one on the Fourth of July.
Continuing to give of himself, Ray regularly donned a "Spot-
the Clown" costume of his own to entertain children with muscular
dystrophy. For years, he
collected soda tabs for charity and was a regular blood donor to the American
Red Cross.
The
last thing Ray initiated was a "Photorama type" Benefit Event
for a fellow member of the Maple Shade Moorestown CC. That member has an inoperable brain tumor and his medical bills
were becoming a family hardship. With the organization of the event completed
by Ray before his death, his fellow members of MS/MCC are carrying out
his plans for the benefit, which will be held on April 3, at the Maple
Shade Municipal Complex.
At
the funeral home services attended by hundreds, there was a short video
presentation of photographs of Ray's life and his many activities.
It started and ended with the caption
"Ray Armstrong, 1932-2004
"A life Well-Lived".
That pretty much says it all.
He will be long remembered and greatly missed by all who knew him.
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