~ IN MEMORY ~
WC/RW/RC/NWA Capt. Dennis C.
Brannan
October 6, 1939 ~ January 1, 2014
The family of Captain Dennis C. Brannan write us of
his passing on New Years Day at the age of 74. Captain Brannan began his
commercial airline career 05-27-1968 and made the various mergers eventually
retiring with Northwest Airlines. Captain Brannan is
survived by
his daughters Alison and Jennifer as well as many other family and friends. A
Celebration of Life service for Dennis will be held on Thursday, January 9th,
2014, at 11:00AM at Evergreen-Washelli Funeral Home in Seattle WA.
Captain Brannan had most recently resided at
1532 NW Blue Ridge Drive , Seattle WA
98177-5419.
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Dennis passed away suddenly
on New Year’s Day, 2014. He was born October 6th, 1939 in Yakima, Washington,
where he graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1958. Dennis was an avid
athlete, playing football, basketball, and baseball. He graduated from the
University of Washington where he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity. In 1960
he married Anne Edinger. He began his career as a teacher at Hamilton Junior
High School in Seattle Washington. He then became an airline pilot for many
years, beginning with West Coast Airlines, which then became Hughes Airwest,
Republic Airlines, and eventually he retired from Northwest Airlines. Being a
pilot was the love of his life, and his favorite airplane to fly was the DC-9.
His other passions in life included golf, skiing, boating, fishing, traveling,
gardening, antiques, and spending time with his beloved daughters, sons-in-law,
and grandchildren. He loved watching his grandchildren play sports, attending
Jackson High School games, and he was a loyal Husky fan. Dennis was loved by all
who knew him, and he was quite a character. He will be dearly missed and he
will be forever in our hearts. He is preceded in death by his parents, Claude
and Lillian Brannan and by his sister, Nancy. He is survived by his daughters,
Jenifer Brannan Kontyko (Marty) and Alison Brannan Coacher (Tom) and four
grandchildren, Kaitlin and Molly Kontyko and Emily and Denny Coacher.
Services will be on January
9th at 11:00am at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home, 11111 Aurora Ave N, Seattle.
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