Stanley Paul Reyle

Dr. Stanley P. Reyle, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Geneva College, died August 9, 2016 at the age of 84.

Born August 5, 1932, in Jersey City, NJ, the only child of the late Stanley and Florence Reyle, he grew up in Westwood, NJ and received the M.E. degree and also the M.S. degree in Applied Mechanics from Stevens Institute of Technology and the Ph. D. degree in Applied Mechanics from the then Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He taught Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, LeTourneau College, and came to Beaver Falls to teach at Geneva College in 1976 until his retirement in 1996. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and a number of honorary engineering societies and had two summer National Science Foundation fellowships at NASA Langley. He was an active member and served as deacon and then elder for a number of years in the College Hill Reformed Presbyterian Church where he occasionally taught Church School. In later years he and his wife delivered Meals on Wheels in the community. His interests were varied and included astronomy and telescope making, baroque music, photography, computer applications in engineering, reading and travel (U.S., Canadian and Mexican National Parks, and Europe).

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Margaret Gwynedd Norman Reyle; a daughter, Lorrie J. (Timothy K.) Meneely of Penn Hills, PA, a son, Walter A. (Serena) Reyle of West Grove, PA; nine grandchildren: Jennifer Meneely (Andrew Garcia), Joshua Meneely, and Jordan Meneely, and Jacob Reyle, Lydia (Brian) Corcoran, Caleb Reyle, Abigail (Thomas) Wise, Ethan Reyle, and Bethany Reyle.

Friends will be received Friday, August 12, 2016 from 2:00 to 4:00pm and 6:00 to 8:00pm at Hill and Kunselman Funeral Home, 3801 Fourth Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA. His life will be celebrated at a service on Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 3:00pm at College Hill Reformed Presbyterian Church, 3217 College Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 followed by a private interment at the Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery of New Galilee.

In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to the Reformed Presbyterian Home, 2344 Perrysville Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15214.