COUNCIL #7612 - ARCHBISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN REMEMBERS
JOSEPH HOOPER METTLE

 

Joseph Hooper Mettle Jr., 77, of Eldersburg, died Saturday, July 30, 2011, after a long illness. Born Jan. 13, 1934, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Joseph Hooper Mettle Sr. and Frances Lenore Owens Mettle. He was the husband of Rose Marie Mettle, his wife of 57 years. He was a Marine Corps veteran. He retired in 1989 after 32 years of employment with the Department of Defense, National Security Agency, as a communications systems engineer. He represented the NSA in Europe, Asia and the Mediterranean. He also represented the NSA on the American Banking, ANSI X9.17 Committee and was the agency representative to the Executive Office of President Reagan, on telecommunications systems for the president's personal security. After federal service he was employed with Computer Sciences Corporation. He was elected to the Republican Central Committee in 1990, and also ran for the Maryland House of Delegates. He enjoyed the outdoors, the Baltimore Orioles, football, language and traveling. He was a member of the Phoenix Society, Westminster Elks, and was also a member of the Carroll County Amateur Radio Club as an Extra Class member and ARRL Examiner. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are children Kathryn D. Bauer, Joseph H. Mettle III, Vincent D. Mettle and Angela F. Rusch; a sister, Marlene C. McNair; and grandchildren Adrienne and Brent Bauer, Joseph, Kathleen and William Mettle, Matthew, Nicholas and Austen Stevens, and Easton and Aniston Rusch.