Howard K. Tober Obituary (1925 - 2016)

Mr. Howard K. Tober, 91, died on Wednesday evening, November 9, 2016 at his home in West Caldwell. Visiting in the Prout Funeral Home, (www.proutfuneralhome.com) 370 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona on Thursday, November 10 from 6 to 8 pm and on Friday morning from 10:30 am to 12 pm. Graveside Services will be held in the Hanover Cemetery, Hanover Road, East Hanover on Friday at 12:30 pm. Born in Jersey City, NJ, Mr. Tober lived in Caldwell from 1928 to 1957 and North Caldwell from 1957 to 2014, at which time he moved to West Caldwell. He had a BS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and completed post graduate courses at Newark College of Engineering in Management. Mr. Tober served in the US Navy and Naval Reserve. He worked on Flight Simulators at Curtis Wright Electronics, Guidance Systems at General Premium Corp. and Communications Systems at Western Union Telegraph Co. He helped develop & test an electric car in 1981 for the X-Tran Corp, which was a forerunner to the Hybrid cars today. Mr. Tober attained the rank of Eagle Scout and was called to the Old Guard of Camp Glen Gray in 1940. He served as President and Trustee of the Old Guard for many years. He was an Assistant Scoutmaster of BSA Troop 7, Caldwell, BSA Troop 4 in Montclair and Scoutmaster of BSA Troop 3 in Caldwell. Mr. Tober was District Chairman of the Grover Cleveland District, BSA; was on the Executive Board and Vice President of Membership of the Eagle Rock Council, BSA; Executive Board Member of the Essex Council, BSA and Executive Board member of the Northern New Jersey Council, BSA. He was a Board Member of the Community Chest and Chair of the North Caldwell Campaign. Mr. Tober served as a Director of the Southern Methodist University Alumni Association and was Co-chair of the NY-NJ SMU Alumni Association. He was a long time member of the Camp Wyanokie Commission for North Caldwell and served as President of the Camp Wyanokie Association. He held a general license from the FCC as an Amateur Radio Operator (N2IUY) and maintained radio stations in North Caldwell NJ and Beach Haven NJ. He was a member of the Old Barney Amateur Radio Club and the American Radio Relay League. Mr. Tober was a member of the North Caldwell Historical Society, the Long Beach Island Historical Society, the Beach Haven Taxpayers Association and other Environmental & Genealogical groups. He was predeceased by his wife Enid D. Tober, his daughter, Ann T. Pettit and brother Robert Tober. Mr. Tober is survived by his daughter, Betsey T. Lyon, his son, Steven G. Tober and his grandchildren, Kelly-Ann, Caitlin, Patrick, Kelly, Kim and 3 great grandchildren. He is also the father-in-law of Bill Pettit, Jim Lyon and Ileene Hall Tober. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Friends of Glen Gray, 200 Midvale Mountain Road, Mahwah NJ 07430 would be appreciated.