Maurice "Chub" Eddy of Greenville, PA died on Dec. 30, 2022, one day after his 91st birthday.
While not a member of SDC, Chub worked from 1949-66 as a mechanic, and also sold some cars, at the Carl E. Filer Co., Greenville's longtime Studebaker/Packard/Mercedes/Simca dealer. Filer's received their 40-year plaque from Studebaker in 1966.
Chub was a very friendly fellow who always had a smile. He remained friends with the Filer family to the end, even though they had left Greenville in the late '70's.
Chub had two new Studes he bought at Filer's, both black--a '59 Lark VIII sedan, and a '64 Cruiser with the complete R2 Super package; black with red cloth buckets, Powershift, rear seat speaker, "Certified" speedometer, and no power steering ("Those cars didn't need it!"). Chub drove the '64 'til around '70 when he traded it at the Chevrolet dealer in town, which butted up against the back of the old Filer Studebaker property.
I could listen to him, and Ed Filer, his old boss, talk the 'garage days', all day long. In 2019 Chub and Ed's son Ted and I stopped at the old Filer building to take a pic out front, and the detailing business in the rear of the building was open and we visited. The old Service Dept. was largely unchanged and I got a pic of Chub playing with the controls of the old lift he had been assigned to there. There was still a sign on the men's room door in the shop that said "New Miracle Ride Studebaker".
Chub had no children and had outlived his wife Norma by six years.
He was involved in all the service and social clubs in Greenville and it looked to me to be every bit of 100 people at his calling hours. The pastor mentioned Chub's enjoyment of Studebakers. A 1951 color photo of the Filer Co. Christmas party was on display at the funeral home, with Chub all of 20 years old in it.
After Filer's he bought into a Wagner Wheel Alignment shop and an auto parts store. The original owner of a '64 Daytona Hardtop that I owned a little over a decade ago, had told me he had Chub do work on it at Wagner's after Filer's closed.
He was a fine man.
While not a member of SDC, Chub worked from 1949-66 as a mechanic, and also sold some cars, at the Carl E. Filer Co., Greenville's longtime Studebaker/Packard/Mercedes/Simca dealer. Filer's received their 40-year plaque from Studebaker in 1966.
Chub was a very friendly fellow who always had a smile. He remained friends with the Filer family to the end, even though they had left Greenville in the late '70's.
Chub had two new Studes he bought at Filer's, both black--a '59 Lark VIII sedan, and a '64 Cruiser with the complete R2 Super package; black with red cloth buckets, Powershift, rear seat speaker, "Certified" speedometer, and no power steering ("Those cars didn't need it!"). Chub drove the '64 'til around '70 when he traded it at the Chevrolet dealer in town, which butted up against the back of the old Filer Studebaker property.
I could listen to him, and Ed Filer, his old boss, talk the 'garage days', all day long. In 2019 Chub and Ed's son Ted and I stopped at the old Filer building to take a pic out front, and the detailing business in the rear of the building was open and we visited. The old Service Dept. was largely unchanged and I got a pic of Chub playing with the controls of the old lift he had been assigned to there. There was still a sign on the men's room door in the shop that said "New Miracle Ride Studebaker".
Chub had no children and had outlived his wife Norma by six years.
He was involved in all the service and social clubs in Greenville and it looked to me to be every bit of 100 people at his calling hours. The pastor mentioned Chub's enjoyment of Studebakers. A 1951 color photo of the Filer Co. Christmas party was on display at the funeral home, with Chub all of 20 years old in it.
After Filer's he bought into a Wagner Wheel Alignment shop and an auto parts store. The original owner of a '64 Daytona Hardtop that I owned a little over a decade ago, had told me he had Chub do work on it at Wagner's after Filer's closed.
He was a fine man.
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