Alfred TATYREK

1930 - 2021  (91 years)

• Name	Alfred TATYREK  [1, 2]
  Born	1930	Maplewood, Essex, New Jersey, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Maplewood, Essex, New Jersey, United States   [2]
  	Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  _UID	09BFE637969D4CA39F340D131B8A0374162F
  Died	28 Mar 2021	Maplewood, Essex, New Jersey, United States
  Person ID	I1283	My Father's Ancestors
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Frank Peter TATYREK,   b. 29 Apr 1890, Holešov, South Moravia, Czech Republic ,   d. 17 Dec 1951, Maplewood, Essex, New Jersey, United States  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Frances LUXA,   b. 28 Feb 1898, Czech Republic ,   d. 3 Nov 1989, Maplewood, Essex, New Jersey, United States  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alfred F. Tatyrek Chemist and environmental engineer; mountaineer, 91 Alfred F. (Al) Tatyrek passed away on March 28, 2021 in Maplewood, NJ at the age of 91. Born in Hillside, NJ in 1930, to Frank P. and Frances Tatyrek (Luxa), Al had a successful career as a chemist and environmental engineer. He earned a BS Degree at Seton Hall University (1954) and Postgraduate Degree from Rutgers University (1956-7). Al was employed as a research chemist at the Bakelite division of Union Carbide (1953-58) and US Radium Corp. (1958-62), an analytical chemist with the US Army (1962-64), a research chemist with the US Army Armament Research & Engineering Centre at Picatinny Arsenal (1964-1973), and a chemical materials engineer with the US Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (1973-95). He holds several US patents and contributed to over 50 science and technology publications. He was selected for inclusion in Who's Who in Technology Today and American Men and Women of Science and three times elected the president of the Picatinny chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. An experienced mountaineer, Al led climbing expeditions in the US, Canada, Europe, and Africa including Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, Mont Blanc, and peaks in the Peruvian Andes in South America and in the Northern Cascades in Washington State. He was a senior member of the National Ski Patrol, the Alpine Club of Canada, the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Sierra Club. He was a first aid instructor with the American Red Cross in Essex County, a certified NAUI scuba diver, and participated in underwater photography expeditions in the Caribbean and South Pacific coral reefs. Last, but certainly not least, Al was a skilled magician and lifetime member of the International Magicians Society. "Seek out and meet the challenges of life, not as distasteful burdens but as true opportunities upon which to build where others have failed or left off, using all the infinite resources that God has given to us." Al was laid to rest beside his parents at Hollywood Memorial Park, Union, NJ on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Arrangements by The Jacob A. Holle Funeral Home, Maplewood.

  
  

• Sources

  [S51] Family History, Tatyrek Family History by Jaroslav Tatyrek 14 January 2000 as told to him by his father and sent to Tresa Tatyrek. [S63] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Maplewood, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: T627_2336; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 7-205A. Record for Frank Tatyrck