~ IN MEMORY ~
USAF veteran, NWA Capt. Lowell Schroeder
March 4, 1939 ~ October 17, 2017
Word has been received with the passing of RNPA member retired
Northwest pilot Capt. Lowell J. Schroeder, age 78. Captain Schroeder joined
Northwest Airlines 02-12-1968 and retired in 1999. Captain Schroeder’s
obituary may be viewed online at http://www.flintofts.com/obituary/Lowell-J.-Schroeder/North-Bend-Washington/1759247
Survived by his wife Dorothy, whitepages lists the family
residence as
19221 SE 46th St., Issaquah WA 98027-9372.
If more information is received regard services, we will be
sure to pass it along.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary................... LOWELL J. SCHROEDER
Born: March 4, 1939 in Sadorus, Illinois
Passed Away: October 17, 2017 in North Bend,
Washington
Lowell was born on a Champaign county, Illinois Holstein dairy
farm on March 4, 1939. The farm raised corn and soybeans, baled hay, and also
presented calves at the county fair for show. He graduated from Unity High
School at Tolono, Illinois in 1957. He then attended the nearby Univ. of
Illinois, graduating with a degree in agriculture. Soon after graduation he
entered U.S. Air force Officers School at Lackland AFB in Texas. From there he
attended Pilot School at Craig, AFB in Selma, Alabama. He flying assignment was
for the C-130 cargo plane, stationed at Dyess AFB, Abilene, Texas. While in
Abilene, Lowell went to buy a car at the Fred Hughes Buick dealership. At the
dealership, he met secretary Dorothy Darden, a local farm girl. and they married
on Aug 14, 1965. Soon after, he was sent to serve in Viet Nam for 19 months. In
Nam' as a c-130 pilot, he flew out of Naha AFB, CCK, Taiwan and Nha Trang. Upon
returning to Abilene, baby Jennifer arrived in September 1967. Upon his
discharge from the Air Force, Lowell joined Northwest Airlines in MSP. Son Carl
(aka Carlos) was born there in October 1974. In 1983, the family moved to
Issaquah WA, where he eventually became Captain on the B-747. (also, having
flown up to that point the B-707, B-727, and the B-757) He retired March of
1999, where after he entertained himself with hobbies of his corn and bean farm,
boogie-woogie piano playing, and extensive travel and cruises with Dorothy. He
belonged to Calvary Lutheran Church in Bellevue, Washington and to the Northwest
Airlines Retired Pilots Association. He is survived by his wife Dorothy,
daughter Jennifer and her husband John Malzewski of Fox Point, Wisconsin and
also survived by his son Carlos, from Detroit, Michigan. Also, Survived by his
brother Dale and wife Mary Lynne of Walla Walla, WA, and brother Hal of
Wawautosa, Wisconsin, brother-in-law Junior and Elizabeth Wallace of DeRidder,
LA., brother-in-law Robert and Marsha Darden of Tulsa,OK., aunt Martha
Whisenhunt of Abilene, TX., and numerous delightful nieces and
nephews.
Subject: RNPA News: Lowell Schroeder Has Flown
West.
Dear
Friends and Colleagues,
With
great regret I must inform you that NWA pilot Lowell Schroeder passed away in
the early hours last night. Lowell’s internment this Saturday is for FAMILY
ONLY. There may be a memorial service at some later date to be announced.
Lowell was profoundly impacted by his Central Illinois rural upbringing.
We all delighted in his rock solid mid-west qualities, his resourcefulness and
his unbounded friendship toward all.
A
special thanks to fellow pilot B.J. Mole for his friendship and caring role with
Lowell in these last weeks.
Respectfully,
Bill
Day
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