Passed away on Saturday, July 26th, 2025 at 75 years old.
John leaves behind his siblings, Eileen (John) Giambalvo, David Novak, and Margie (Bill) Price and many nieces and nephews.
Passed away on Saturday, July 26th, 2025 at 75 years old.
John leaves behind his siblings, Eileen (John) Giambalvo, David Novak, and Margie (Bill) Price and many nieces and nephews.
Love you Uncle John.
May his memory be a blessing.
Did Mr. Novak work at the Defense Mapping Agency?
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I remember John when we worked at NGA.
We weren’t in the same office, but I enjoyed seeing and talking to him over the years!
For several years, I worked with John in the G&G mathematics branch of DMAAC.
John was really into Sci-Fi. He attended many Sci-Fi conventions across the country. He’d always return from such a trip with many lively stories to tell!
He was an extremely pleasant person to know and to work with; i.e. the kind of person that will be missed.
Hello Dave, I was looking for another friends Obituary and saw your note… Hope you are doing well. I’m still in St. Louis, been retired for 8 years now, I live on the Hill… if your ever back in STL or wish to contact . Take Care
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RIP, dear brother.
John and I started at DMAAC in the same carto training class in 1974. We worked together briefly before we both moved to different Departments. I always enjoyed listening to his many stories related to his pastime of Sci-Fi trips. He had a sense of humor that was uniquely his own. A friend for many years who will be missed.
May he rest in eternal peace with the Lord!
John was a longtime member of the St. Louis Science Fiction Society (and, I think, one of the original founders) and a regular attendee at the Archon Science Fiction and Fantasy convention in the St. Louis area. He will be missed by a lot of people.
I would appreciate it if a member of his family could contact me; I and my late wife are the people who gave him a pair of tickets to a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game near his birthday every year for the last several years. John and I would talk on the telephone a few times each year, and on rare occasions share a group restaurant meal with other local SF fans.
I was just made aware of John’s passing today. John was a member of the Archon Science Fiction committee for years. He was hard-working, reliable, and always a kind and friendly presence at our event. I’m so very sorry that we were not informed of his passing so that more of us could share our wonderful memories of him. He was a great guy and an asset to the con. I am truly sad that he is no longer with us.
I just found out about John.. He will be missed for sure. I wish we had know. We would have shown up and paid our respects. He was a good friend.
John was my friend and a friend of my family for close to 50 years through our mutual interests in things like movies and science fiction.
He had an amazing encyclopedic knowledge of so many things – movies and baseball in particular. He also could be relied on to always have a good joke to share. And long before foreign and craft beers were trendy, you could always count on John to find the most interesting beers to bring to picnics, parties, etc.
Many years ago, John left his car at my family’s house for safe-keeping while he was on a trip (our house was not far from Lambert Airport.) John drove a blue Datsun B210 at the time and I can still remember how I always got a chuckle seeing someone so tall (he also had an afro in those days which added to his height) climb out of such a small car. I was a teenager without my own car at the time and John, without prompting, offered to let me drive his car while he was gone! I can’t say that I would have done the same had our ages and situations been reversed, but John was generous that way and willing to put his trust in people.
He was a caring person, too. When my 89 year old mother broke her hip and was in a rehab facility, John went out of his way to come visit her as soon as he found out.
I last saw John at the end of April when we grabbed a bite to eat and a few beers in Soulard, then went to a St. Louis Cardinals game to celebrate his birthday (a mutual friend, Rich Zellich was nice enough to give John a pair of tickets each year for John’s birthday.)
I’m very sad to learn of his passing. He will be missed.
My condolences to his family and other friends.