Ervin Regal
Ervin Kenneth Regal, 85, passed away on March 23, 2017, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Ken was born in 1931 in Oconto Falls, Wi. He married his wife Sue in 1950, while at Emmanuel Missionary College (Andrews University) and they lived in Orlando, from 1959 to 2010. They were active members of Orlando Central Adventist Church and Forest Lake Adventist Church.
An aerospace engineer at Martin-Marietta for 13 years, he worked to design military hardware such as the Pershing missile system. He founded Alpha Manufacturing Inc. (AMI) in Orlando in the early 1980s and operated it for almost 30 years. Alpha was a metal fabrication business; designing and building industrial kitchens and custom metal products for companies such as Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Sunbelt Hospital Systems, Marriott Hotels, and Otis Elevator. AMI specialized for many years in building stainless steel toll booths for roads such as the Florida Turnpike & toll projects at Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Buffalo and Fort Erie Bridge, Santa Rosa Bridge, Skyway Bridge, Cross Island Parkway.
He contributed his engineering talents to church and school building projects; notably the cafeteria at Camp Kulaqua and the youth building at Forest Lake Church. He and his wife also owned and operated Regal Mobile Home Park. They retired to Apison in 2010 to be closer to family.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Sue McPeck Regal.
He is survived by his second wife, Ivy Brooks, and his children Ruth Regal, Montebello, VA; Connie (Gary) Walls, Apison, TN; David Regal, Orlando, FL; & Renee (Terry) Scott, Knoxville, TN. He was the proud grandfather of seven grandchildren, Richard (Shelly) Walls, northern Virginia; Heather (Jason) Ruffner, Greenville, TN; Ryan (Melissa) Walls, Salt Lake City, UT; Pieter (Caitlyn) Leffers, Portland, OR; Richie Rayburn, McDonald, TN; Robert Rayburn, Collegedale, TN; & Ryan Rayburn, Collegedale, TN; & six great grandchildren, Kaley Walls, VA; Connor Walls, VA; Zada Ruffner, TN; Ethan Walls, VA; Miles Ruffner, TN; Declan Walls, VA. His siblings: Owen Regal (deceased), Ocala, FL; Ardella Regal Wall, Sturgeon Bay, WI; Bill Regal, Chattanooga, TN; Neva Regal, Indianapolis, IN; Dave Regal, Berrien Springs, MI; & Austin Regal, Apopka, FL.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 26, at Collegedale SDA Church. Burial will follow at Collegedale Memorial Park.
Please visit www.heritagechattanooga.com to share words of comfort to the family.
Arrangements are by Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road.
Ervin Regal