Victor-Poor-Obituary

Victor Poor

Melbourne, Florida

Age 79

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Victor Dale Poor, 79, died on Friday, August 17, 2012. He was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Pinckney Peyton Poor and Leona Lucille Poor nee Mallory, both deceased. He is survived by his wife, Florence Ann Poor; son, Meredith Norman Poor; daughters, Shirley Jean Schmidt and Noreen...

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To Meredith N. Poor,
We are saddened to hear of the passing of your father. On behalf of the Solis family, I would like to express my condolences to you, your mother and your two sisters. We know how it to lose a parent, and no matter their age, it still seems to soon for them to leave us.
Our mother, Alice R. Solis (d.-May 2002) was truly impressed by your father and all of his great accomplishments. Our grandmother, Celia S. Marroquin (d.-May 2009), also thought very well of...

Victor,
I never had the opportunity or the chance to meet or to work with you.. But everything that has been written about you here and from ARRL. You are an individual that has touched many lives.
I know amateur radio will miss you.
Ride the radio waves.
Richard Bosch
KJ4WWB

My heart is with you and your family.

A new life began for him full of peace happiness and love. We pray for the calm of his beloved ones, especially Dr. Poor. Blessings from Venezuela

Flo, Kathe and I were sad to hear the news. We had a wonderful 14 years at Datapoint together. We will always remember sailing with the two of you out of Corpus Christi.

Bob & Kathe Behrend

Sorry that I didn't get to know him in his later years, I remember him as my cousin that came to visit. Aunt Leona was a special person to me. I'll keep all of you in my prayers.

A brilliant and wonderful man, I worked with Vic Poor at Datapoint Corporation. What a fabulous life and legacy. Our hearts and prayers go out to Vic and his family, and we will hold him fondly in our memories. God Bless You. Susan Finch

Dear Noreen

Your loss is great indeed. Please accept my condolences.

The memories you have will last forever and I hope that that will carry you through this difficult time.

My very best regards to your family.

I was honored to work under Vic for more than nine years during my career in R&D at Datapoint Corporation. He was instrumental in changing the face of business data processing, helping the world move from the mainframe era of big monolithic computers to the modern era of distributed networks of smaller computers. I always had great respect for him, and his open-door policy always made me feel like I could share anything I wanted to with him. His technical contributions to the field will...