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Peter Cavender Obituary
He is survived by his wife, Maria Lusyl Jabar Cavender; his mother, Diane Stearns Cavender, Hop Bottom; two sons: Alexander Cavender and Timothy Cavender, both of Vermont; a brother, Charles D. Cavender of Hop Bottom; a sister Barbara Cavender, of Holland, Pa.; a niece; a nephew; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was predeceased by his father Dr. John C. Cavender.
Peter graduated from Abington High School and attended Drexel University. He was gifted with technology.
Peter was formerly employed with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab where he worked on the Mars Orbiter Probe and currently employed with Comtech Mobile Data.
A private service was to be held at the convenience of the family at Round Cemetery, Uniondale.
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Sean Foley
February 23, 2024
Peter selflessly gave his own free time to me on Friday nights while I attended high school. He taught me programming and was patient, considerate, fun, funny, and brilliant. He helped light the fire in me that raised me up from being a C/D/F student to a straight-A student from mid high school through obtaining a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree. I just finished writing some networking code that defaults to using ports 14441 and 14442 in honor of Peter's favorite port numbers to use.
I still think of you, pal. I won't ever forget you.
Jesse Manzer
December 9, 2009
My family is sad to hear the news. Our prayers go out to the family.
Andy Morse
December 5, 2009
Peter was a dear friend. His outlook on life and his ability to enjoy it were inspiring. I think of him often and am saddened by his absence. Fare ye well dear friend
November 21, 2009
I am so sorry to hear the sad news of Peter's passing. We shared the same office for a year while Peter was at APL. He was always pleasant and we had several good conversations about technical and general maters.
He will always be remembered. My deepest condolences to his family.
Nicholas Paschalidis, Silver Spring, Maryland.
David Humm
November 20, 2009
I will miss Pete's intelligence, sense of humor, shyness, integrity, and commitment to excellence. My heartfelt condolences to his family and his other friends.
I was blessed to work closely with Pete at APL when he wrote the calibration pipeline software for the CRISM instrument of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. After final delivery, Pete's extremely complex software, which is still in use, processed terabytes of images of Mars with cast-iron reliability and almost no maintenance. This is a direct reflection of Pete's integrity and persistence when he wrote the software.
Robin Ghosh
November 20, 2009
I was shocked to hear of Peter's death. My heart goes out to you and my prayers and thoughts are with you.
Robin Ghosh
November 20, 2009
I am so sorry to hear of Peter's passing. He was my office mate at work and was a great office mate. He was so nice and funny and a pleasure to have around. He will be missed!
Martha Kusterer, Elkridge, MD
Tracey Young
November 20, 2009
I had the opportunity to work with Peter at APL. He was a very nice gentleman and I pray for the family during this time of grief.
November 20, 2009
From my bottom of my heart a very thankful for the condolences.My husband peter was good man and very good husband i will treasure him always here in my heart and mind i will never forget him.He is the best happen in my life.Im so blessed and lucky that he is my husband,a good mentor and good provider to me and to my family.And to my mother-in-law mommy diane,charlie,gordon and to all of you there who assist of peter funeral thank you so much.
Hon i'll be missing you so much by the time we talked eachday through online and sending message eachother,my heart is so painful and sad while reading his last letter to me before he died..
He was a good teacher/professor.he just want to share his knowledge to everybody who need his help and thats god said share what you have to other people that what he said to me always and think about future.It such a wonderful times being with him here in philippines in my hometown in bislig city.You always remain here hon a popular man here.Your the Great man hon my husband peter.
wife; Lusyl Jabar Cavender
November 19, 2009
condolence to the family of late peter john cavender, we will be missing you here in bislig city, from godfather lolong penados, councilor edgar corvera ,godmother inday recto and, licensing personnel, mother-in-law luz jabar , bislig city
November 19, 2009
we will be missing you here in bislig city, surigao del sur, philippines, condolence to the family, from ninong lolong penados, ninong edgar corvera and ninang marites recto
katherine dmccormack
November 19, 2009
Peter is a Good friend even in a little time he spend for us here in the philippines together her wife and also my fiancee...peter is a nice man,,,he made a memories here and make a good bonding we never forget you....we realy miss you a lot.....
November 16, 2009
Diane
Sorry to hearof your loss
Alison Owens Edwards
Homosassa, Florida
Kurth
November 12, 2009
Pete was a good friend, who was always willing to lend a helpful hand or provide a word of support. His late night calls and endless emails will be missed.
Kathryn Mathieson
November 11, 2009
Peter, we'll miss you! You are legend, dear man...
Kristine Jensen
November 11, 2009
My thoughts and prayers are with at this time of loss. Peter will be missed very much at Comtech Mobile Datacom. He was a very nice man.
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