Obituary: Stephen Chaika, November, 2015

June 10, 2016
Stephen Chaika, 93, of Long Island, N.Y., passed away in Nov. 2015, according to Herb Slater, one of Chaika's friends and co-workers from their days at Herb’s company, Slater Electric Co.

Stephen Chaika, 93, of Long Island, N.Y., passed away in Nov. 2015, according to Herb Slater, one of Chaika's friends and co-workers from their days at Herb’s company, Slater Electric Co. Chaika was a long-time executive in the electrical field who worked for Federal Pacific, General Switch, Zinsco/American Electric before coming to Slater Electric.

He continued working for the Slater business after it was acquired by Pass & Seymour in 1984. Slater said Chaika was a World War II veteran who did research on torpedoes for the U.S. government. According to www.prabook.org, Chaika was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1940-1946, and after the war he worked for Sperry in Garden City, N.Y., for several years before signing on as a sales engineer with Federal Pacific.