THE DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
Daytona Beach, Florida
Saturday, January 7, 2006


Memorial service for Samuel Mottel, 77, Palm Coast, who died Friday, Jan. 6, 2005, at Grand Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center after a brief illness, will be 3:15 p.m. today (Sunday, Jan. 8) in the chapel of Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home, 511 Old Kings Road S., Flagler Beach. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Sunday at the home of his daughter, Joy Mottel, 18 Lakeview Lane, Grand Haven, Palm Coast.

Mr. Mottel was born in New York City and moved from Lake Worth, Fla., to Palm Coast in 2003. He worked as a mechanical engineer for Bell Laboratories for 32 years and retired in 1986. While at Bell Laboratories, Mr. Mottel earned several patents and was involved in designing and installing the first underwater transatlantic communications cable.

Always eager to learn and keep himself active, Mr. Mottel spent his retirement traveling, reading, "inventing and designing" gadgets at home, and becoming involved in his homeowners' association where he lived. He was a member of ASME and B'nai Brith.

Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Sylvia; daughter, Gail Hoenig, East Brunswick, N.J.; daughter, Joy Mottel, Palm Coast; brother, Dave Mottel, Port St. Lucie; and two grandsons, Eitan Hoenig, Cambridge, Mass., and Tomer Hoenig, New Brunswick, N.J.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Florida Hospital Memorial HospiceCare for the Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House, 770 W. Granada Blvd, # 319, Ormond Beach, FL 32174.

Arrangements are in the care and trust of Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home.

FLAGLER/PALM COAST NEWS-TRIBUNE
Palm Coast, Florida
Wednesday, January 11, 2006

PALM  COAST  -  Samuel  Mottel,  77,  of  Crosstie  Court,  a  retired  mechanical  engineer   for  Bell  Laboratories,  died  Friday  at  Grand Oaks  Health  and  Rehabilitation  Center.

Born  in  the  Bronx,  N.Y.,  Mr. Mottel,  an  Army  veteran,  moved  here  from  Lake  Worth,  in  2003.  He  was  a  member  of  B'nai  Brith,  the  American  Association  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  the  Home  Owners  Association  of  Grand  Haven  and  he  also  was  an  AARP  tax  preparer.  Mr.  Mottel  enjoyed  travel,  designing  and  inventing  in  which  he  held  two  patents.  He  worked  on  and  aided  in  the  design  of  the  first  underwater  cable  between  the  United  States  and  Europe  while  he  was  with  Bell  Laboratories.

Survivors  include  his  wife  of  54  years,  Sylvia;  two  daughters,  Joy  Mottel,  Palm  Coast,  and  Gail  Hoenig,  East  Brunswick,  N.J.;  a  brother,  David,  Port  St.  Lucie; and two grandchildren. 

Memorial  donations  may  be  made  to  Florida  Hospital  Memorial  HospiceCare,  c/o  Stewart  F.  Meyer  Hospice  House,  770  W. Granada  Blvd.,  Suite  319,  Ormond  Beach,  FL  32174. 

Craig­Flagler Palms, Flagler Beach, is in charge.