William Marvin MADDEN

1924 - 2017

MADDEN, William Marvin William Marvin Madden, born September 10, 1924, Dallas, TX, passed in Tampa, FL at 92 and called to his Lord and Savior, May 22, 2017. Professionally at work known as Bill, to family and friends known as DD, to nephews and nieces known as Uncle DD and to an extended family of 29 great-grandchildren as Grandpa DD. DD and first wife Patricia lived in Lake Worth, FL from about 1959 to 2008. He had many friends from work, at the First Christian Church "Disciples of Christ" and in their neighborhood. In August 1938 the family arrived in Tampa, FL with four young boys, William 13, Jack 11, Robert 7 and James 5. Their father Derrel Dea Madden died in June of the next year after opening Madden's Furniture Store on Franklin Street. Marguerite Madden now a single mother with four boys in a strange town struggled to survive. Somehow they did survive and achieved productive lives. William was a brilliant inventor and designer. He worked for a number of engineering firms but most of his career was with Pratt and Whitney in West Pam Beach, FL. For the US Airforce's SR 71, F16, F15 and the F22 airplanes, he created advanced jet engine mechanical systems never done before. In the mechanical design world he was considered a design genius. His schooling was in Tampa at Hillsborough High School and the University of Florida in Gainesville. He was a man of God with honor, integrity and responsibility. We will miss the wit and times of this good man.. Predeceased by parents, son William L., first wife Patricia, brothers Jack F., and James D. Survived by wife Hellen Ennis Madden of Tampa; step children, Jeannie, Chris, Cindy, Howard, Kelly and Jimmy; brother Robert P. of Palm City, FL; nephew Joel P. Madden of Palm City, FL, nephew James D. Madden of Gainesville; niece Karen Lofgren of Gainesville and niece Sandra Lewis of Rolla, MO. Internment and Funeral Services were held at the Florida National Cemetery north of Tampa in Bushnell, FL on June 2, 2017.