Ernest Rodrigues, Veteran

Ernest “Rod” W. Rodrigues, 84, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Rod was born July 26, 1928 in Mount Kisco, New York.

He graduated from the University of Miami in 1953. In September 1953, Rod married Mary Ann Varga. This year, they were going to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.

Rod served in the U.S. Air Force as a Crypto Security Officer 5th Air Force during the Korean War. He had been employed by the Reader’s Digest in Pleasantville, NY. He became the president of a unit of General Signal Corporation and left there to form his own company, Decision Concepts Information Inc, a management consultant firm which he ran until his retirement.

Rod was a member of the Metropolitan Club, New York City, Moselem Golf Club, Fleetwood, PA, and Marsh Landing Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL and a former member of Whippoorwill Country Club in Armonk, NY. He is survived by his loving wife of 59 ½ years, Mary Ann Rodrigues, his son, William E. Rodrigues, Birmingham, AL and predeceased by his son, David M Rodrigues, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Rod’s name to: The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer, 1111 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York 11714 https://www.lustgarten.org or to St. Mark’s Church Endowment Fund in, Mt. Kisco NY.