~ IN MEMORY ~
NWA Capt. Harvey T. Engen
April 24, 1926 ~ September 8, 2013
Notification with the passing of Air Force veteran, retired
NWA pilot and RNPA member Captain Harvey Theodore Engen, age 87. Captain
Engen joined Northwest 06-11-1951 and retired at the mandatory age 60 in
1986. Captain Engen was also a volunteer pilot with Mercy Medical Airlift...read more at http://www.treasuresoflearning.com/about-the-authors.html
Captain Engen was widowed last October with the death of
his wife Shirley. Services for Captain Engen will be held in Wisconsin. His
obituary reads: “A funeral service will be held
for Harvey at the Clam Falls Lutheran Church, at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday,
November 30, 2013. A graveside service for both Harvey and Shirley will be held
immediately after the funeral service.”
Captain Engen had most
recently resided at 12744 Blueberry Way, Culpeper VA
2701.
Thank you,
~ Carol
~ Carol
Harvey Theodore Engen: Newspaper Obituary
Daily Progress, The (Charlottesville, VA) - Tuesday, October
8, 2013
Harvey Theodore Engen was born April 24, 1926, in Clam Falls Township on a
farm near Frederic, Wisconsin to Lars and Myrtle Nykreim Engen - the first of
seven children. Harvey attended Frederic Elementary and High Schools. After
graduation he worked as a shipyard welder in Superior, Wisconsin. While there,
he learned to fly. But it was also in Superior, while enjoying an ice cream at
the local ice cream parlor that he noticed Shirley Biederman, a classmate from
Frederic High School whom he had admired. He and Shirley began dating and
eventually married in Frederic on June 10, 1948. Harvey and Shirley had four
children, Sherrie, Steve, Marcia, and David. In 1946, Harvey joined the Air
Force and obtained his commercial pilot's license. In 1951 he obtained his
instrument rating and started working for Northwest Airlines loading baggage and
fueling planes. Later he began flying for Northwest Airlines as copilot,
eventually flying all over the world as captain on the DC10 and B747. He retired
in 1986 after 35 years with Northwest. Harvey always said he thought he had "the
best job in the world." In their 64 years of marriage, Harvey and Shirley
enjoyed their family, church work, traveling, and photography. They took many
"photo safaris" to photograph and explore natural wonders and American history.
Shirley preceded him in death last October. Harvey's last day on earth may have
been one of his most enjoyable. He went camping at Claytor Lake, Virginia with
son, Steve, and his family - four generations. Harvey spent the day happily
photographing the family as they canoed and swam and great-grandson, Cedric's
baptism in the lake. That evening, they talked by the campfire and Harvey was
the last to leave, staying to watch the fading embers. Later that night he
suffered a fatal heart attack. Harvey enjoyed his work, home, family, nature,
and his active retirement. He was friendly, generous, hospitable, loved to
laugh, loved ice cream, had a deep faith in God, and was a man of strong work
ethic and high integrity. He continually prepared for the future. He had the
gift of acceptance and the courage to change what he could, and a gift for
enjoying life. He inspired us. A funeral service will be held for Harvey at the
Clam Falls Lutheran Church, at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 30, 2013. A
graveside service for both Harvey and Shirley will be held immediately after the
funeral service.
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Harvey Theodore Engen, 87, of Christiansburg, passed away on Sunday,
September 8, 2013. Arrangements with Horne Funeral Home of Christiansburg, Va.,
540-382-2612.
.Published in Roanoke Times on September 11, 2013
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Shirley Ann Engen
August 12, 1925 ~ October 25, 2012
Mrs. Shirley Ann Engen, 87, Culpeper, Virginia, went home to be with the
Lord on Thursday, October 25, 2012.
Mrs. Engen was a former teacher and as such, she had an innovative,
faith-based lesson plan for life. Mrs. Engen was born on August 12, 1925, in
Wisconsin, to the late Arnold and Ruth Johnson Biederman. In addition to her
parents, she was predeceased by brothers and sisters. Mrs. Engen was a beloved
wife, mother and grandmother and is survived by her husband of 64 years, Harvey
Engen of Culpeper, Virginia; daughters, Sherrie Mack of Chicago, Illinois,
Marcia Vixie of Wenatchee, Washington; sons, Steve Engen of Culpeper, Virginia,
and David Engen of Ogden, Utah; five grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at the Culpeper Christian
Fellowship, 15460 Bradford Road, Culpeper, Virginia, 2 p.m. Sunday, October 28,
2012.
It is the family's desire that memorial contributions be given to the
Culpeper Christian Fellowship Building Fund. Clore-English Funeral Home has been
entrusted with these arrangements.
.Published in The Culpeper Star-Exponent on October 27, 2012
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Harvey & Shirley Engen
Harvey and Shirley Engen spent more than 50 years traveling,
photographing and researching in the pursuit of Shirley's passion of writing a
Christian homeschool curriculum centered around the language arts.
Harvey & Shirley met in high school and married shortly
after college. Harvey, who served in the Air Force, was a pilot for NorthWest
Airlines for 34 years. During his last year with NorthWest, Harvey began
volunteering as a pilot with Mercy Medical Airlift, eventually logging over
28000 hours.
Shirley graduated from Superior State Teachers College in
Superior Wisconsin with a Bachelors Degree in the major of Education, and minors
in Art and Music. She has a Masters in Photojournalism from Regent University,
and published her thesis, “Vision Airborne”, a photo-documentary of Mercy
Medical Airlift, for whom Shirley functioned as photographer for a number of
years. Some of her photographs were used in the book "Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic"
by Suzanne Rhodes. Shirley taught for a number of years and was especially
successful with learning-challenged children by engaging their interests with
visually-based teaching. Shirley published “Greenhouse Unit for the
Kindergarten” in Instructor Magazine during the time she was teaching.
In the early Sixties, Shirley had a passion for teaching and a
vision for a Christian-based curriculum that would help people of all ages to
learn and understand the English language. Harvey, who also has a passion for
photography, completely supported, encouraged, and assisted in making her vision
a reality, and together they have traveled all over the United States, as well
as to Norway, Canada, Japan and China.
Sadly, for all who loved her, Shirley went to be with the Lord
on October 25, 2012. She is missed terribly.
Harvey is doing well, and continues to pursue publishing
Shirley's work.
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