2006
Wilbur Henry Eskite, 78, a senior executive at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who did planning work on
the Landsat and Seasat satellite systems, died Oct. 27 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He had lung cancer.
Mr. Eskite worked for NOAA and a predecessor agency in the Commerce Department from 1963 to 1987.
He was born in Gallup, N.M., and raised in Washington, where he graduated from McKinley Technical High School.
After serving with the Army military police in occupied post-World War II Japan, he graduated from George Washington University
in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.
He spent seven years as a cartographer for Cartographics Inc. in Washington and worked for other businesses before joining
the government.
Mr. Eskite, a Mount Airy resident, enjoyed woodworking, jewelry making, silversmithing and genealogy.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Betty Cameron Eskite of Mount Airy; three children, Richard C. Eskite of Pacifica, Calif.,
Susan J. Eskite of Gaithersburg and Ross A. Eskite of Monrovia; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandson.