Mort Victorson, 86, of Charleston passed away on his birthday, Monday, July 27, 2009.
His career spanned over five decades in radio broadcasting with positions in sales, management and ownership for WTIP/WTIO, WBES, WQBE and WCHS.
Among his community services, he had been president of B'nai Jacob Synagogue, president of the Charleston Exchange Club, president of the Medical Eye Bank of West Virginia, and chairman of the board of the Charleston Civic Center and Municipal Auditorium.
Mort received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Advertising Club of Charleston/Huntington and was a 2007 inductee into the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
He was born in Clarksburg and graduated from Washington Irving High School. He earned his B.A. degree from Morris Harvey College and his M.A. from West Virginia University.
He was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps Reserve.
Additionally, Mort was a devoted WVU Mountaineer Fan!
He is survived by his wife, Deborah; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Janet of Charleston and their children, David and Sara; daughter, Rachel Sweet of Charleston and her daughter, Jessica; and daughter, Evie of Charlotte, N.C.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, July 30, at Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home, Charleston, with Rabbi Victor Urecki officiating. Burial will follow at B'nai Jacob Eternal Home, South Charleston.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to either B'nai Jacob Synagogue, 1599 Virginia St. E., Charleston, WV 25311, or HospiceCare, 1606 Kanawha Blvd. W., Charleston, WV 25312.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.barlowbonsall.com.
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.