NWA Capt. Robert Irvin Bromschwig

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

NWA Capt. Robert Irvin Bromschwig

May 24, 1924 - March 6, 2023

 

This news comes to us from Northwest Airlines pilot group: 

Dear Friends and Colleagues,  

I regret having to inform you that Captain Bob Bromschwig died Monday March

6, 2023, at age 98. Bob did everything full term. Hired as a pilot by NWA on

July 5, 1949, Bob retired on October 1, 1989 - a full forty years at NWA.  

With great memories and respect,  

Bill Day

 

Obituary is available online at

https://www.gillbrothers.com/memorials/robert-bromschwig/5153509/index.php

Robert Irvin Bromschwig

May 24, 1924 - March 6, 2023

Robert I. Bromschwig age 98, formerly of Gull Lake, MN and Naples, FL. A Northwest Airlines pilot from 1949-1989. Preceded in death by wife, Margaret. Survived by children, Marlena (Robert Barnett) Bromschwig, Marta (Mitchell) Galnick, Kurt (Lisa) Bromschwig; grandchildren, Eric (Katie), Michelle and Monika. Mass of Christian Burial Friday March 10, 2023, 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Paul, 239 Selby Ave., St. Paul MN. Visitation I hour prior to Mass at Church only. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

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military info : media-395578.jpg | American Air Museum   

P-51 Mustang (L2-L, serial number 44-14423) nicknamed "Kraut Knocker" of the 479th Fighter Group flown by Lt. Robert Bromschwig.

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In Memory of Margaret Joan Bromschwig (Copp)

https://www.gillbrothers.com/memorials/margaret-bromschwig/3081875/obituary.php

Margaret Copp Bromschwig, formerly of Golden Valley and Wayzata, MN; Naples, FL; and Gull Lake, MN passed away September 16, 2015 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

She was born August 23, 1926 in Springfield, IL to John and Apollona Copp, the oldest of 7 children. She grew up in an active household where family, ideas, adventure and education were prized. She graduated from Ursuline Academy and attended Springfield Junior College where she caught the eye of Bob Bromschwig, whom she married in 1949. He flew her away to Minneapolis, where she landed her plum job as Assistant to the Director of the Walker Art Center.

………………….. survived by her husband, Robert Bromschwig, her daughters, Marlena “Muffie” (Bob Barnett) and Marta “Ginger” Galnick (Mitchell) and her son Kurt (Lisa) and their children Eric, Michelle and Monika…………………………