I knew David when we were both at Penn State University. I was recently searching for old classmates when I came upon his memorial . I am very sad to see that he is no longer with us . He was  the first name I thought of hen I stated to reach out for old classmates . We used to work little side gigs at PSU to do audio for parties . He always had the best   equipment to work with .He used to joke around a lot and was fun to work with . I do not know if any of his family will ever see this post but while we were at PSU I considered him to be a good friend .

Gary Crilley      Phoenix , Arizona

David was a great friend. He was taken from us too soon. 

Peace to all his friends, family and colleagues.

Dave was a good friend I knew in high school. He was a talented and proud member of the award winning Bethel Park Band.  To his family: please accept my sympathy and prayers.

My first memory of David was when I was about 7 or 8 years old at Pam and David's wedding.  I don't know what they thought of all of us kids running around, but I do know David loved being part of the Murray family, and we loved him too. David and I shared our love of dogs, labs in particular. He was always kind and generous and we had great conversations during our family reunions. David was always the one the family counted on to take pictures and document our gatherings. This was of course because he was always up to date on the newest technologies and had the best equipment. He took pictures and videos at my wedding as our gift.  
The world has lost a loving and caring soul. Kris and I send our heartfelt condolences to Pam, Andrew, and Jennine.

My heart is breaking hearing of Dave's passing.  What a wonderful man who definitely cherished his family ~ Pam, Andrew and Jennine and of course Crosby!  One Christmas he actually sent me pizzelles in the mail!  Such a thoughtful and caring man who I had the pleasure of knowing growing up in Bethel Park.  My thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time.

I am saddended by Dave's passing but I get to keep the memories.

Ordering a Bender Schmender Sandwich at Roy's Place in Gaithersburg back in the IBM days.

Visiting while travelling thru North Carolina.

Bumping into Dave and Pam, finding out were on the the same Cruise.

I am proud to have been able to call David a mentor, a team lead, and a friend.  In fact, he was one of the most important people to me during my 14 years at IBM.  He helped me to become a Master Inventor at IBM myself, which set me upon the path to ultimately becoming a Patent Attorney and Partner at the IP law firm Coats & Bennett. 

Dave and I worked together on some of the coolest patents in my portfolio.  My favorite was a multi-dimensional crossfader for mixing audio (U.S. Patent No. 9,277,344, and others).  He just loved audio technology and music generally.  He was always so kind, encouraging, and enthusiastic.  Just one of the best people I met during my time at IBM.  I'm so grateful that he saw something in me and encouraged me to bring my software ideas to his invention disclosure review board in IBM Software Group instead of the one in my hardware focused organization.  

I also had the privilege of working for him as my team lead when I worked for IBM's IP Licensing and Assignments team.  We investigated all kinds of interesting technology together.  He was the best kind of person:  super smart, and always genuine and kind.  I had the best time of my IBM career working with him.  I will miss him greatly.

I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear of David's passing.  He as a tremendously friendly guy, and a pleasure to talk about inventions and music with.  

I worked with him many times at IBM when he was directly in the patent engineering group, but what I remember most was his smiling, laughter, and good nature.  When he moved into the source code licensing group at IBM, I actually took over his previous role (a very cool role where he traveled all over Asia working on patent deals).  He shared with me very valuable guidance and support during the role transition.  

Dave was very innovative!  He could always come up with a new invention in a matter of minutes -- one of the first Master Inventors I ever met at IBM.

My condolences to his family, he will be greatly missed and always remembered...

I was shocked and saddened to hear of David's sudden passing.  

I have known David for close to 20 years.   He has been my friend, my mentor and colleague. I know he loved Pam, Jennine and Andrew dearly.   He would always be quick to bring up their accomplishments.   He was very proud of his family.

Also,  of course there was Penn State.  Our shared love of all things Penn State were always part of the conversations we would have.   I believe it was that we were both Penn State grads that started our friendship.

He was proud of his professional accomplishments.  He also found energy and excitement in helping others with their careers.  A number of us got our first patents with his guidance and encouragement.  

I wish he had more time on this world to see the wonderful things his loving family will experience.  I know his love will be part of all they do and that their love will reach up to him.     


I have had the pleasure of knowing David for many years through patenting and then as a teammate.  I would avoid walking by his office because I could spend hours talking to him about gadgets and problems and solutions instead of doing my work.  Haha.  Seriously, I enjoyed working with him and welcomed him to any project he could assist with.

David was a warm, kind, personable human being.  He took pleasure in work and family.  He was a lifelong learner with a zest for knowledge.  

I am glad that I got to know David.  I wish his family the best.





Pamela and family, my sincere condolences. 

David was a long-time IBM colleague and friend. I will miss his intelligence, wit, wisdom and willingness to teach and help others.

I have so many great memories of David, who I first met working on a new smart phone (we called them PDAs at that time) project at IBM nearly 30 years ago.  His strong enthusiasm for new gadgets and technologies was so contagious, and he was also such a great work mate - so positive, witty, and willing to help others.  

We co-invented roughly a dozen patents together.  One of the zaniest ones was a Track Point that would pop-up above the keyboard and become a 3D input device - plenty of jokes about that one!  We've remained good friends and colleagues over the years, so I'll truly miss him.  My deepest heart-felt sympathies to Pam, Jennine, and Andrew for your huge loss.

I first met Dave when he was part of  Work Study program at Penn State. Smart, curious, outgoing, friendly, eager, etc. are all traits that stood out immediately. He was a great friend over the years, and actually made the connection that eventually led to my being hired by IBM.  His love of new hardware and software was obvious from the start, but only seemed to get larger over the years. But his love of his wife and children was even greater and he was always quick to let me know what was going on his life and theirs. He will be greatly missed..... 

Dave worked with me at my first job out of college at IBM, after previously having worked with my dad at Penn State. He was always curious and engaging and had a lot of time for myself and the other people just starting out in their career. He was a great guy and I appreciate his guidance and friendship. Sincere condolences to his family.

My good friend David Lection.  Whether it was in pursuit of good ribs, a coffee to chat over, or a football game, the times were good.   The time we spent working together at IBM were delightful.  Pam, Jennine, Andrew, my thoughts are with you.

David was a great team member and colleague.  We relied on his technical expertise, leadership, and insights.  I looked forward to seeing him at our lunches and catching up.  I enjoyed and appreciated his humor, straight forwardness and wisdom.

My thoughts and prayers are with David's family.

I worked with David for about five years.  He was always a pleasure to work with; creative, aggressive, enthusiastic, positive, constructive, and always pitching in and volunteering to do the hard work needed to get the team through many challenging projects.  He is greatly missed.

My thoughts and prayers are with his family and I offer my deepest condolences.

David was a great friend, colleague and mentor. He was a wonderful man and caring human being. I wish Pamela, Jennine, Andrew and all his friends, family and colleagues peace in this horrible time. David will be dearly missed by all who knew him. 

Joe

David and I worked together on several projects.  It was a pleasure to work with him.  I'll miss our good-natured back-and-forth.  Please accept my deepest condolences.

I am so sorry to hear of this unexpected loss. Please accept my heartfelt condolences.
 

I had the privilege of working with David for 3 recent years at IBM. He was always willing share his expertise with me, lend a hand if necessary, and make me laugh with a quick joke. I am very saddened to hear of David's passing, and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this sad time. Carrie Finneran

I am very saddened to hear of David’s sudden passing. My thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time.
 I’ve had the privilege to work with David on various projects for the last 5 years. He was always ready to lend a hand, encourage  and help others achieve success. A very valuable team member, he will be missed.
Rest in peace my friend.
Guylaine

I'm glad to have had the opportunity to work with David and get to know him as a person. He was a great mentor and his excitement for technology was infectious. He was part of our team at IBM that still meets for lunch now and then nearly 20 years later, which is pretty rare.
He was such a fun guy to be around and a genuinely nice person.
To David's family - I'm so sorry for your loss.


I shed a tear when I heard David is no longer with us. He made me laugh and I  will miss his company. I wish the best for his family.


David was very beloved by our amazing team at IBM.  He was as kind as could be and so supportive.  I cared dearly for him and enjoyed our lunches and posts. My heart and I shall kiss him dearly.  God speed my friend

Leslie stoudt

I am so sad to hear about David's passing. David was always very kind to me. He was an inspiration in my professional career at IBM and I have my patents because of his support. I always enjoyed ours chats during lunch and I am already missing him a lot. Rest in peace, my friend. 

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David Bruce Lection

December 3, 1956 – September 10, 2020

Mitchell Funeral Home at Raleigh Memorial Park

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