TITLE:  Irving Williams Tourtellot

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, August 3, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, August 2001

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TOURTELLOT, Irving
Irving Williams Tourtellot, age 87, of Bermuda Village in Advance, NC.,
formerly of Greenville SC., and Charlotte, NC., died July 27, 2001 at 
a local hospital in Winston-Salem, NC., after a brief illness. Born 
April 25, 1914 in Hope Mills, NC., Mr. Tourtellot was the son of the 
late Carl Thurston & Irene Laraway Tourtellot. He was also preceded in 
death by his sister, Jeanne Tourtellot Currier. Mr. Tourtellot spoke 
many times of his pride in the members of his ancestral, his immediate,
and his extended family. Survivors include his beloved wife of almost 
69 years, Louise Bentz Tourtelllot; sons and daughters-in-law, Robert 
Chester and Janet Graven Tourtellot, William Lawrence and Sandra Queen 
Tourtellot of Charlotte, NC; three grandchildren and six 
great-grandchildren. In addition, Mr. Tourtellot is survived by three 
brothers, Carl Thurston Tourtellot, Jr., of Greenville, SC., Richard 
Chester Tourtellot of Hampton, NH., and Raymond Bernon Tourtellot of 
Burlington, MA., as well as 13 nieces and nephews, 22 grand nieces and 
nephews and 4 great-grandnephews. Mr. Tourtellot attended The Citadel, 
Charleston, SC., and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
Cambridge, MA., graduating with a BS degree in Civil Engineering. He 
was a registered engineer in seven states and was active as an officer 
in the local, state, and national levels of the American Society of 
Civil Engineers and also in the Consulting Engineers Council. Mr. 
Tourtellot had retired in 1974 as a Vice-President, Southern Division 
of Charles T. Main, after a long civil engineering career which took 
him all over the world to 42 countries on four continents. This 
included working with Crandell Dry Dock Engineers in Cambridge, MA., 
and in Canada for many years, designing and managing construction in 
shipyard around the world. Graveside funeral services will be held at 
11:00 o'clock am on Saturday, August 4th, 2001 in the Evergreen 
Cemetery, 4426 Central Avenue, Charlotte, NC. In lieu of flowers, 
memorials may be made to The Huguenot Society of South Carolina, 138 
Logan Street, Charleston, SC 29401. Arrangements are in the care of 
VOGLER & SONS FUNERAL HOME, 120 South Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC.
(The Post and Courier August 3, 2001)
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