~ IN MEMORY ~
Navy veteran, PAA/DL Capt. Robert Paul Gick
May 5, 1937 ~ February 8, 2014
Notification with the passing of PAA/DL retired pilot Captain
Robert P. Gick, age 76. Captain Gick joined Pan American Airlines 05-08-1967
and retired with Delta Air Lines in 1997 as F/O based JFK/030. Services were
held Monday in Warrington PA. Survived by his wife Janet personal condolences
may be sent to the family at
2363 Greensward S. , Warrington PA 18976-2004 ... (215)
343-2455
To view/sign the online guestbook please visit the funeral
home website at http://www.shellyfuneralhomes.com/
Thank
you,
~ Carol
~ Carol
Obituary : Robert Paul Gick, a 45-year resident of Warrington, passed
away early Saturday morning in his home. He was 76.
Gicker was a devoted husband and dedicated father. He is survived and
adored by his loving wife of nearly 50 years, Janet (Porter); his four children,
Bob (Jen), Jennifer Stevens (Michael), Dan, and Kevin (Adrienne); and his six
grandchildren, Serena, Winston, RJ, Alexis, Ryan, and Greta. He is also survived
by three of his four brothers, Harry, Steve, and Joseph. He will be sorely
missed by his family as well as by his many friends.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and raised by his mother, Gicker used athletics to
escape the city and went to Ohio Northern University on scholarship, where he
played both football and basketball.
After graduating from college, he joined the United States Navy and became
a Naval Aviator. Upon leaving the active duty Navy, he was hired by Pan American
World Airways where he had the opportunity to travel the world. In 1991 after
more than 30 years of active and reserve service, he retired from the Navy as a
Captain. He finished his airline career in 1997 after having flown with Pan Am,
Falcon Jet and Delta Airlines.
During his retirement, Bob and Janet traveled extensively, visiting their
children and grandchildren, spending their summers on the Jersey shore and their
winters in Hawaii, where they were married in 1964.
The visitation will be from 10 a.m. to Noon on Monday, Feb. 17 at the
Shelly Funeral Home, 1460 Easton Road, Warrington.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Michael J.
Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research at www.michaeljfox.org or the Heartland
Hospice Memorial Fund at www.heartlandhospicefund.org
To send condolences to the family or to make memorial contributions, please
visit the funeral home's Web site below. Shelly Funeral Home, Warrington www.shellyfuneralhomes.com
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