~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, DL Captain Peter de Lanoy
Welles
January 15, 1944 ~ April 29, 2017
Belated notification with the passing of retired Delta pilot
Captain Peter ‘Pete’ de Lanoy Welles, age 73. Captain Welles joined Delta Air
Lines 02-08-1973 and retired with Delta, based FLL. He is survived by his
wife Anna, his daughter and grandson. Captain Welles’ obituary may still be
viewed online at http://www.mdislander.com/obituary/peter-pete-de-lanoy-welles
Notices below indicate that services for Captain Welles were
held July 1st in Southwest Harbor, Florida.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary..............................
Peter “Pete” de Lanoy Welles, 73, died peacefully April 29,
2017, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., after a courageous battle
with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born Jan. 15, 1944, in New York City, the son
of the Rt. Rev. Edward R. Welles II and Catharine van Alstyne
Welles.
Pete attended Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Conn., and
graduated from South Kent School in 1962 and from Long Island University in
1966. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a naval aviator from 1968 to
1972.
He married his wife, Anna Roberts Welles, on Aug. 12, 1972, in
Minden, La.
Pete lived in Florida for most of his adult life, receiving
his Navy AOCS training in Pensacola. He lived in Miami and Fort Myers for most
of his later career as a commercial airline pilot. Pete worked for more than 30
years as a pilot for Delta Air Lines, ending his career as a Boeing 767 captain
flying routes to Europe, South America and India.
His passion was sailing. He enjoyed sailing his Bullseye
Silver with the Southwest Harbor Fleet. One of his great thrills was winning the
Hayward Cup as crew for his son, Peter Jr., and later with niece Laura
Welles.
From age 5, Pete spent all but one of his summers (during the
Vietnam War) in Manset. He enjoyed hiking all the trails of Mount Desert Island.
He was proud to have reached the summit of Mount Katahdin with his family and to
have climbed Mount Rainier with his son. He enjoyed attending St. John’s
Episcopal Church in Southwest Harbor — the church where he was confirmed. Pete
also was a member of Iona-Hope Episcopal Church in Fort Myers, Fla., where he
served on the Vestry and as a member of the Stewardship Committee.
Pete was predeceased by his son, Peter Jr.; siblings Katrina
Swanson, Harriet Foresman and Edward R. Welles III and nephew William
Swanson.
In addition to his wife of 44 years, Anna, Pete is survived by
his daughter, Suzanne Welles Shahnavaz, her husband, Nikrad, and their son,
Andrew, of Atlanta. His is also survived by nephews Olof Swanson and Will Welles
and nieces Catharine McKibbin, Susan Peterson and Laura Welles.
A funeral service is planned Saturday, July 1, 2017, at 2 p.m.
at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Southwest Harbor. Rev. Tim Fleck will
officiate. Pete’s ashes will be interred in the Newman Cemetery in
Manset.
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Peter de Lanoy Welles, 73, of Fort Myers, Fla., and Southwest
Harbor, April 29 at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., Funeral service 2
p.m. Saturday, July 1, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Southwest Harbor. Interment
Newman Cemetery, Manset.
Published on: June 28, 2017.
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