Alton Victor Schaible 1934-2013 by Louis-the-Hedgehog

He was born on January 31 1934. His hobbies included woodworking, tinkering with automobiles, and he was devoted to his family and his faith.

Depicted here he was in his prime during his service days with the United States Army in the final days of the conflict in Korea, a location that remains a potential hot-spot to this very day. He was deployed right before the war ended after enlisting and therefore did not see combat.

From 1958 to 1991 he worked for the missile systems division of McDonald Douglass (now part of Boeing as of 1996) as an electrical engineer. Some of the programs he worked on include, but may not be limited too, the Harpoon Missile, the Have Slick program, various unmanned launch systems that were likely part of the arsenal of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) intended to deter Soviet Attack, a spy satellite  intended to monitor much of the communist world, as well as possibly other secrets that he took to the grave with him.

One of his daughters while living in St.Louis married in 1979, and gave birth to two sons, the first born in 1985, and the second born in 1988. The older one was inspired by this man pictured here to follow in his footsteps, leading him to obtain his own degree in Aerospace Engineering in 2010.

In 2011, doctors noticed problems in his brain. He soon developed Alzheimer's disease, developed memory problems, his motor functions slowly decayed, it became harder to speak, and kept having minor to moderate strokes.

His last day alive was November 4, 2013, and one of his very last moments was watching the sun set with his family one last time.

He will be missed.