Ed Carey

CAREY, Ed
One of the Last of the
Gold Miners and 1st of the
Rocket Test Engineers
Ed Carey, the last surviving member of the Bill Carey family - William H. Carey Senior and Jane Carey - lost his long battle with leukemia on June 2, 2009 at the age of 80. Ed was born on September 7, 1928 in Baker City, Oregon. Ed began his career working in the Idaho Maryland gold mine in Grass Valley until the mine closed in 1956. He then embarked on a new career working as an engineer at Aerojet, pioneering the fields of missile and space jet propulsion. He served Aerojet for 38 years and held many key positions from Test Engineer to Project Manager to Facility Manager. His successes in missile and jet propulsion included developmental production testing of the Titan I, Titan II, Titan III and Able Star Delta (launch missiles); and the main engine for the Apollo Command/ Service Module - one of the spacecraft utilized for the Apollo program to land astronauts on the Moon. He completed his career at Aerojet as the Facility Manager. He was preceded in death by his youngest son, John and survived by his wife, Crystal and children, Susan Ward, Michael Carey, Andrew Carey, Mary Anne Taylor, Lucy James, Kathleen Dainat and Bill Carey. He is also survived by eleven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Vigil will be held on June 7 at 7:00pm at Green Valley Mortuary, Cameron Park. Memorial service will be held on June 8 at 10:00am at the Holy Trinity Church, El Dorado Hills.