This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TCMitten Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.shawano/16638/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Washington Post, The (DC) - September 8, 2007 Deceased Name: Arthur W. Hesse Arthur W. Hesse, 84, a retired Air Force colonel who became an electrical inspector for Prince George's County and Laurel, died Aug. 10 of leukemia at his home in Temple Hills. Col. Hesse, who was born in Belle Plaine, Wis., joined the Army Air Forces in 1941 after briefly attending the University of Wisconsin. During World War II, the military sent him to study meteorology at Reed College in Portland, Ore., and communications at Yale University. He transferred to the Air Force after that branch of the military was formed in 1947. He graduated from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and taught mathematics there for several years. He received a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in the early 1950s. Col. Hesse helped design weapons for the Air Force, directed research in satellite communications and headed a program for developing electronic intelligence devices. He had been based in the Washington area since 1958 and retired from the Air Force in 1975. His decorations included the Legion of Merit. Col. Hesse joined the Prince George's County government as chief electrical inspector and worked there for 18 years. From 1993 until November 2006, he was the chief electrical inspector in Laurel, responsible for evaluating the electrical systems in homes and commercial and apartment buildings. He was a member of Oxon Hill Lutheran Church in Temple Hills for more than 40 years. He was a vice president and elder of the church, a member of the property committee, an usher and coffee host. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Charlotte Hesse of Temple Hills; a son, Scott Hesse of Springfield; a brother; and two grandsons. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.