EAL/NWA/DL Capt. Charles Allen SWENSON

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

Military veteran, EAL/NWA/DL Capt. Charles Allen SWENSON

January 12, 1951 ~ January 29, 2021

 

Notification with the passing of retired Eastern/Northwest/Delta pilot Captain Chuck SWENSON, age 70.  Obituary notes that Captain Swenson joined Eastern Airlines in 1979, left Eastern to join Northwest Airlines in 1989 and retired with Delta Air Lines in 2006 (2006? Note: NWA/DL merger was completed in 2009).  He is survived by his wife Leslie, his children and his grandchildren.

To view the obituary online please visit https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/charles-swenson-obituary?pid=197674126

Or  https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000381887/?fullname=charles-allen-chuck-swenson

Having lived in many places, whitepages lists the most current mailing address for the family as

2052 E Cavalry Road,  New River, AZ 85087

If anyone can add to Captain Swenson’s work career, please let us know and we will then update our memorial sites.

Thank you,

~ Carol for the PCN 

 

Obituary : Charles Allen SWENSON

was born in Minneapolis, MN on 1/12/1951 to Charles H. Swenson and Gloria E. Rommel. After suffering a stroke on January 4th, Chuck passed away in Phoenix, AZ, on January 29, 2021 at the age of 70. He graduated from Alexander Ramsey H.S. Roseville in 1969, and went on to graduate from the Univ. of MN where he met his future wife, Leslie Ann Selgeby. They would marry in 1972 and have two beautiful children, Matthew ('75) and Michelle ('77).

Chuck began his career in aviation in 1972 to become a Naval Officer and a Gentleman in Pensacola, FL and went on to earn his Wings in Corpus Christi, TX in 1975. Starting out as a P-3 Orion pilot, commander, and mission commander in Brunswick, ME, he would eventually end his Navy career as a test pilot in Pensacola, FL before being hired as a commercial pilot for Eastern Airlines in 1979. Chuck left Eastern to join Northwest Airlines in 1989 and ultimately retired as a Delta Airlines pilot in 2006.

Chuck and his family would call many places home during his career as an aviator. Wherever they went, Chuck would take with him his perpetual love for gardening. His final transfer to Minnesota, where he and Leslie would spend 20 years on 10 acres in Prior Lake, allowed him to expand his love for gardening and also pick up hunting, fishing, and skeet shooting. He even spent a few years raising a few peacocks and as many as 500 pheasants each summer in his many fly pens. Having lived life to its fullest in Minnesota, Chuck would eventually make his final move to New River, AZ, where he created his own little "Oasis" in the desert and truly enjoyed the good life.

He is survived and missed by his loving wife Leslie, son Matt (Jennifer), daughter Michelle (Chris), grandchildren Jackson, Michael, Soren and Sydney, stepgrandchildren Tyler (Kayla) and Mandy, brother Jeff (Louise), sisters-in-law Julie (Todd), Lee (Henry) and Libby (Mark), many nieces and nephews, his aunt Simone and many cousins. He is preceded in death by parents Charles H. and Gloria and parents-in-law Vernon and June. Chuck's wishes were that he be cremated and a private memorial will be held with immediate family. All who wish to honor his life are encouraged to plant a hydrangea in his honor, as that was one of his favorite plants.