Via Scoop.it – ALS Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Fred Pirkle’s inventive mind was still cranking out ideas for new creations even as the rest of his body had virtually shut down due to a fast-moving form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more familiarly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Lately, those efforts were focused on ways to help those like him whose motion was limited by disease or stroke. On Friday, March 9, three weeks after Mr. Pirkle turned 66, the founder of Therm-Omega-Tech Inc., a manufacturer of temperature-control valves in Warminster, died at his home in the township. At the ALS Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, executive director Jim Pinciotti praised Mr. Pirkle Friday for working “diligently to invent items to help himself and others living with this devastating neurodegenerative disease. . . . He was and remains an inspiration to us all.”
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