~ IN MEMORY ~
RW/RC (NWA) Capt. Louis John ‘Jack’ Furrer Jr.
August 28, 1928 - September 28, 2013
To view/sign the online guestbook please visit http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Louis-Furrer&lc=7015&pid=167247321&mid=5682547 Obituary below mentions Captain Furrer hired on with Southwest
Airways. I believe his hire date was 08-02-1948. (Pacific Air Lines was called
Southwest Airways when it was founded in 1941 and was based in San Francisco.)
Captain Furrer would have made the various mergers and retired with NWA
predecessor Republic.
Survived by his wife Margaux, their current address is shown
as
1851 E Carver Road, Tempe AZ 85284-2509 ... (480)
839-3696
Thank you,~ Carol
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Louis John "Jack" Furrer Jr. was born August 28, 1928 in San Mateo, CA. He
started his early love of flying by soloing in June 1946 in a 65 horse power
Taylor Craft and ended his career in an 80,000 pound thrust B-757. He was hired
as a Flight Purser by Southwest Airways in 1948. He served in the USAF from 1950
to 1954 as an Electronic Counter Measure Operator on the RB-36. Returning to
SWA, he was hired as a pilot in 1955. Rapid expansion led to his promotion to
DC-3 Captain in 1959, then on to the M-404, F-27, DC-9 and B757. Southwest
became Pacific Air Lines, Air West, Hughes Air West and Republic Airlines. Over
the years he held various management positions, Chief Pilot in San Francisco and
Denver, Regional Flight Manager and Director of Flight Operations. Overseas
assignments for Hughes Air West included Air Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia and
Ghana Airways in Accra Ghana. He is survived by his loving wife Margaux, brother
Richard, son David and daughter Julia Panelli, two step sons Earl and Robert
Norwood, 3 grandchildren and 4 step grandchildren & 3 great grandchildren.
Jack flew the last leg of his trip on September 28th at 8:15 a.m.
Arrangements entrusted to Carr-Tenney Mortuary, Tempe, visit www.carrtenneymortuary.com to
leave condolences and memories for Jack's family.
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