tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100589272965653152024-03-17T23:03:38.242-04:00PCN Flight WestRepresenting all pilot families now under the Delta umbrella.....created by DL Capt Mark Sztanyo, retAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362981948554630243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2698125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-45019136102931212292024-03-17T13:36:00.004-04:002024-03-17T13:36:46.812-04:00NWA Capt. Wayne Leon Spohn<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Military veteran, NWA Capt. Wayne Leon Spohn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">October 6, 1932 ~ March 5, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">From family and friends, we have learned that
retired Northwest Airlines pilot Captain Wayne Spohn has passed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Captain Spohn joined Northwest Airlines
12-13-1958.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is survived by his wife Elizabeth
“Betty”, and had most recently resided in Bellevue, Washington. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">No other information is available at this time….please
look for updates in the days ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ Carol for the PCN<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-28811028520882320332024-03-17T11:50:00.001-04:002024-03-17T11:50:08.062-04:00NWA/DL pilot David Allen Mercer<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">NWA/DL pilot David Allen Mercer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">June 27, 1962 ~ March 8, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MpOHhGjgKWYaNEglxCaml43PqQQHeosHMlvm6kZAasEiIjNsVeodfEP9b-2jAN-Je0W76B9Xi3kaIJHvrGcovxDKHTuHSFGdWLxtfEUwwM1gcuYsTjhgsRO5r2lWVsTZHUVSmW2WMiETyzRWMwE1TFlauXAcfJmG-YUKFoGsMRCFxgg8fbxIfAsDj4dd/s440/mercer%20nwa%20dl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="301" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MpOHhGjgKWYaNEglxCaml43PqQQHeosHMlvm6kZAasEiIjNsVeodfEP9b-2jAN-Je0W76B9Xi3kaIJHvrGcovxDKHTuHSFGdWLxtfEUwwM1gcuYsTjhgsRO5r2lWVsTZHUVSmW2WMiETyzRWMwE1TFlauXAcfJmG-YUKFoGsMRCFxgg8fbxIfAsDj4dd/s320/mercer%20nwa%20dl.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing….. Northwest Airlines/Delta Air
Lines pilot David Allen Mercer, age 61.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>David joined Northwest Airlines 06-15-1998 and was Detroit based with
Delta Air Lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is survived by his
sister Deborah and her family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information is available online at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/david-mercer-obituary?id=54649874">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/david-mercer-obituary?id=54649874</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PCN
memorial site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">David Mercer Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">David Allen Mercer, 61, passed away unexpectedly
on March 8, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dave was born on June 27, 1962 to his parents,
Maurice and Nancy in Flushing, New York, and was raised alongside his sister,
Deborah in Miami, FL. He graduated from Palmetto High School in 1980, and went
on to earn his Masters degree in Accounting from the University of Miami. Dave
started his career as an accountant at KPMG, before setting out in pursuit of
his pilot license. Becoming an airline pilot was Dave's dream, and his career
at Northwest/Delta Airlines was the perfect way for Dave to do what he enjoyed
most.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Besides spending time with family and friends,
Dave loved to explore the world. He embraced each destination with an open
heart and curious mind, immersing himself fully in the culture, sites and
sounds of every place he visited. Dave found joy in forging connections with
people from all walks of life, and would take long walks in local towns and
parks, always making friends along the way. One of Dave's favorite places to
visit was New York City. Being born in Flushing, he had a special bond with the
surrounding areas and made sure to try to visit every year for his birthday. He
frequently visited Romania to visit with his girlfriend's family, and in winter
months, he would go on family ski trips to Colorado.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dave was a regular contributor to his alma mater
as well as Saint Jude Children's Hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dave is preceded in death by his parents, Maurice
and Nancy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He will be dearly missed by those who survive him:
sister, Deborah (Bill), and their children, Alexa, Will, Sam; aunt, Alice;
cousins, Kris, Eric, and Jeff; significant other, Georgeta; and many extended
family members and friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Per Dave's wishes, cremation has taken place and a
private family celebration will be held at a later date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"For once you have tasted flight you will
walk the Earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and
there you will long to return"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ Leonardo Da Vinci<o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-78398731671678788272024-03-14T21:38:00.002-04:002024-03-14T21:38:16.320-04:00DL Capt. Richard "Dick" Dwight Ward<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">USAF veteran, DL Capt. Richard "Dick"
Ward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">March 29, 1935 - March 12, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iyTSy1FIebQqMlM72ofuJXOQ-3S-k-ae-2dJkbjEYPEoWRJy0wTfb1BcDG4iaXJudSsO79vsZdKNDukvFqf9notedfQ6r1BEz-ViL3GklbofKmWU91-LmX32yMUP0O-C6NHcisxFw_CYlcb4NQgCFA7gTbt4NDuumKgXTcsTnnoI0kSO_buy3r0Y0sWL/s200/dick%20ward%20dl.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iyTSy1FIebQqMlM72ofuJXOQ-3S-k-ae-2dJkbjEYPEoWRJy0wTfb1BcDG4iaXJudSsO79vsZdKNDukvFqf9notedfQ6r1BEz-ViL3GklbofKmWU91-LmX32yMUP0O-C6NHcisxFw_CYlcb4NQgCFA7gTbt4NDuumKgXTcsTnnoI0kSO_buy3r0Y0sWL/s1600/dick%20ward%20dl.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing….retired Delta Air Lines pilot Captain
Richard "Dick" Dwight Ward, age 88. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dick joined Delta Air Lines 12-18-1961 and was
based Atlanta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is survived by his wife
Jeanine, and by his children and their families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information is available and share
memories online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.moodydaniel.com/obituary/richard-dick-ward">https://www.moodydaniel.com/obituary/richard-dick-ward</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Richard "Dick" Ward obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mr. Richard Dwight Ward, Dick, age 88 of
Williamson, passed away March 12, 2024, at Brightmoor Hospice. He was born in
Patton, Missouri and was the son of the late George Alexander Ward and Freda
Miinch Ward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dick married the love of his life, Iris Jeanine
Knight, and the two soon move from Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Georgia when
Dick became a pilot for Delta Airlines. He loved to fly with his whole being
and saw his job as his playground in the sky instead of work. Between trips, he
farmed his land and was an active member of Williamson Methodist Church and
served on the Pike County Board of Education for approximately 13 years. He was
a staunch conservative and an extraordinary man and role model for his family.
He also served in the Air Force for four years during peace times and was
stationed in Okinawa, Japan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dick Ward checked off all the boxes of his bucket
list and left this world “with his boots on.” No regrets. A novice photographer
he photographed 1000 beautiful sunsets and sunrises and took pictures around
the world to include the Irish Cliffs of Moher, the Vatican, the Kremlin,
Barcelona, Germany, Paris, England, Korea, Hawaii, and many more—taking Jeanine
on many international trips before his retirement. He was a Captain with Delta
Airlines for 33 years. Beside the airstrip on the family property, there is now
a remote control aircraft field named for him—Ward Field—launching a few new
lovers of flight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dick is survived by his devoted wife of 63 years,
Jeanine; sister, Sandy Smith, and her husband, John. He was a dedicated and
loving father to his children, Terri Ward Patterson, and her husband, John;
Rick Ward, and his wife, Julie; Tammy Ward Deluzio, and her husband, Greg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a great inspiration and role model to
his surviving grandchildren: Taylor Hardy, Daniel Deluzio, Gavin Ward, Preston
Ward, Jake Patterson, and Allie Patterson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is also survived by his niece Rebecca Smith and his nephew John Smith
as well as several step great grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends may join the family for the visitation at
Williamson Methodist Church on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 1 PM. The funeral
will also be at the church beginning at 2:00 PM. The burial will follow the
service in the church cemetery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We were blessed to have Dick Ward in our lives,
even though he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s some 13 years ago. He began
medication which slowed the progression of his disease, allowing us many more
good years with him. We encourage everyone who is concerned with memory issues
to get checked out and utilize medication—both holistic and prescription—and
continue to pray for an end to this horrific robbing disease. Perhaps one day
early prevention will be the cure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the
Williamson Methodist Church.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-10190958784866802172024-03-14T13:09:00.000-04:002024-03-14T13:09:03.459-04:00Eleanor May "Trixie' Roedema, wife of DL Capt. Chuck Roedema<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Eleanor May Roedema, wife of DL Capt. Chuck
Roedema<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">May 6, 1935 – Mar 11, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIY5PfuoKot2-aoJviAAgLfKCQe0OGw5oJXPaQJoi1c6VmASLwR_Inbwp31T7m3fsMpZew_sCKAqprq6AKbojhRSg9wGOfGKsYgMWYdmguW3uSM3NyhlpUeSudDwsprMq302beHHllrw5K6OYmUoVAt0zxq_XMKXLqbW7PB_hIPeY-WB0S8GQD9CUx-8x/s793/roedema%20mrs%20dl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="793" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIY5PfuoKot2-aoJviAAgLfKCQe0OGw5oJXPaQJoi1c6VmASLwR_Inbwp31T7m3fsMpZew_sCKAqprq6AKbojhRSg9wGOfGKsYgMWYdmguW3uSM3NyhlpUeSudDwsprMq302beHHllrw5K6OYmUoVAt0zxq_XMKXLqbW7PB_hIPeY-WB0S8GQD9CUx-8x/s320/roedema%20mrs%20dl.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing…. Mrs. Eleanor May “Trixie” Roedema,
wife of Dallas based retired Delta Air Lines pilot Capt. Charles L. “Chuck”
Roedema.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information for Mrs. Roedema is available
online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.billdeberry.com/obituary/eleanor-roedema">https://www.billdeberry.com/obituary/eleanor-roedema</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>also at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/eleanor-roedema-obituary?pid=206541759">https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/eleanor-roedema-obituary?pid=206541759</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For those wishing to send condolences, I see the
family’s address listed in whitepages as <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1004 Lynhurst Lane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Denton, TX 76205<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Eleanor Roedema known to all as Trixie passed away
on March 11, 2024, in Corinth, Texas. She battled vascular dementia for years
and regrettably dementia took her. She was born to Rinaldo and Alice Antinone
on May 6, 1935, in Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas. She grew up in Del Rio,
Texas where many of her relatives had settled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her ancestry on her maternal side dates back to the 1800’s, she loved
Texas. Trixie was a striking woman, six feet tall, a natural born red-head and
a lady. Trixie was an artist, she is a published poet, she never met a dog she
didn’t like, and she had a special place in her heart for bloodhounds. She
supported the humane treatment of all animals including wildlife. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Trixie was patriotic and loved our country. Her
father, brother and husband were and are combat veterans, she was deeply
devoted to them. She genuinely cared about people, never missed someone’s
birthday, advocated for animals who were abused, suffered or abandoned. She was
kind, considerate, compassionate, thoughtful and extra sassy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Trixie was married almost sixty years to Chuck
Roedema who was an AirForce pilot and retired from Delta Airlines. Their home
was the beloved “ Lynhurst Lane “in Denton Texas a favorite spot to drive by at
Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">People drove from miles away to see the beautiful
lights, decorations and animated Christmas villages and many times they were
featured in the Denton Chronicle back in the day when people subscribed to the
paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">She will always be remembered for her kindness and
strength, her love of her family and traditions, she was a Christian and I pray
she is in heaven in a new body with her family sharing a glass of the best iced
tea I ever had.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A Graveside service will be held at 1:00 PM,
Friday, March 15, 2024, at Roselawn Memorial Park in Denton, Texas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Eleanor is survived by her husband Chuck Roedema,
her daughter Catherine White, her son-in-law Robert Wunderlich and her sister
Toni Roman.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-25722729125043745372024-03-14T12:34:00.001-04:002024-03-14T12:34:13.405-04:00WA/DL Capt. Wilbert Clinton “Bill” Joslyn<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">WA/DL Capt. Wilbert Clinton “Bill” Joslyn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">March 25, 1935 - August 17, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qUVxudJGL_vDmprzyjiFZQoZ_Pr7XnUoX3KiJtDokSkt9kvPbVXz0F_T7bRxYh6O-8em9vw6vYtdbv_uFyF0lBv1PfOFlrsHIi1ECVH7e02DnrZZJrlIgcERA3t27wN2J1IHBDQsn9yjFF13Vo9mat6k1Xl6zfCoZH03xJfetzBd5LyVIjCy12bGEbX3/s923/joslyn%20dl.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="773" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qUVxudJGL_vDmprzyjiFZQoZ_Pr7XnUoX3KiJtDokSkt9kvPbVXz0F_T7bRxYh6O-8em9vw6vYtdbv_uFyF0lBv1PfOFlrsHIi1ECVH7e02DnrZZJrlIgcERA3t27wN2J1IHBDQsn9yjFF13Vo9mat6k1Xl6zfCoZH03xJfetzBd5LyVIjCy12bGEbX3/s320/joslyn%20dl.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">We have just learned that retired Western/Delta pilot
Captain Bill Joslyn passed last summer.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Captain Wilbert Clinton “Bill” Joslyn joined Western Airlines 01-20-1964
and was Dallas based at the time that he retired with Delta Air Lines. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Bill is survived by his wife Kay, and by his
sons and their families.</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information with a family photo album is
available online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.memorialchapelsandcrematory.com/obituaries/Wilbert-Joslyn/#!/TributeWall">https://www.memorialchapelsandcrematory.com/obituaries/Wilbert-Joslyn/#!/TributeWall</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gravesite information:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258134043/wilbert-clinton-joslyn">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258134043/wilbert-clinton-joslyn</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary for Wilbert Clinton "Bill"
Joslyn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wilbert Clinton “Bill” Joslyn, 88 of Nixa,
formerly of Lebanon, a retired commercial airline pilot, passed away Thursday
morning, August 17, 2023, in The Castlewood Senior Living Center, Nixa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A memorial gathering will be held from 2:30 to
4:30 p.m., Sunday, September 10, 2023 in The Castlewood Senior Living event
room. Private family burial will be in the Atchley-Blackfoot Cemetery, Lebanon,
Missouri. Arrangements under direction of Memorial Chapels and Crematory
Waynesville/St. Robert.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bill is survived by his wife, Kay Joslyn; four
sons, Bill (Kristin) Joslyn of Bear Lake, Michigan, Bob (Krystal) Joslyn of
Nixa, Ray (Stacy) Joslyn of Olathe, Kansas and Allen (Vicky) Joslyn of
Camdenton; six grandchildren, Clinton (Kami) Joslyn, Marina Joslyn, Johnna
Joslyn, Riley (Lauren) Joslyn, Reid and Ayden Joslyn; one great grandchild,
River Joslyn; two sisters, Sallie Dickinson and Edwina (Ken) Braboy all of
Lebanon; sister-in-law, Beverly Joslyn of Lebanon; brother-in-law, Don Notham
of Cudahy, Wisconsin; sister and brother-in-law, Jan (Bob) Neuser of
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin; several nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews;
cousins and many friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Memorial contributions may be made in memory of
Bill Joslyn and sent to Memorial Chapels and Crematory of Waynesville/St.
Robert. Please make checks payable to Kay Joslyn, as she will be donating to
several organizations that are important to the family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-87031891649773065572024-03-11T13:09:00.002-04:002024-03-11T13:09:29.097-04:00BN/NAL/PAA/DL Capt. Donald Frank McCredie<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">USAF veteran, BN/NAL/PAA/DL Capt. Donald Frank
McCredie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">June 5, 1939 ~ March 8, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hQF77MOpAnmFF7FOvPTYzy87xLgs-AkQWEuC7fXIITq7-_P_ZkqeHMvExOvv83IYtm1gZXdqNrK5VKB2lf2wsaV6v9CHkVBvEalbcD7r8kOl58mXHXyrtIEFydnzpFZhyTdp7TDrRzAgiOKHlcW-dXObrm2fEuVEV-h4ItpwzddK7X3WlJAX32TZpVoM/s466/mccredie%20nal%20paa%20dl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="372" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hQF77MOpAnmFF7FOvPTYzy87xLgs-AkQWEuC7fXIITq7-_P_ZkqeHMvExOvv83IYtm1gZXdqNrK5VKB2lf2wsaV6v9CHkVBvEalbcD7r8kOl58mXHXyrtIEFydnzpFZhyTdp7TDrRzAgiOKHlcW-dXObrm2fEuVEV-h4ItpwzddK7X3WlJAX32TZpVoM/s320/mccredie%20nal%20paa%20dl.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing….retired Braniff/National/Pan Am/Delta
Air Lines pilot Captain Donald Frank McCredie, age 84.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe Don joined National Airlines
10-01-1967.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He retired with Delta Air lines
June 1999 based 030/ATL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Widowed in June
of 2023 with the passing of his wife Annette, Don is survived by his children
and grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information can be found online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.tmralph.com/obituaries/donald-mccredie">https://www.tmralph.com/obituaries/donald-mccredie</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>also at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/donald-mccredie-obituary?id=54584220">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/donald-mccredie-obituary?id=54584220</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Donald McCredie Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Donald Frank McCredie, born on June 5, 1939, in
Port Arthur, Texas, departed peacefully on March 8, 2024, in Plantation,
Florida, leaving behind a legacy of integrity, dedication, and love. He lived a
life of quiet strength and unwavering commitment to his family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 1949, Donald's path intersected with that of
his life long love, Annette, in Auburn, Illinois. Their marriage, flourished
for 62 years until Annette's passing in June 2023, and was a testament to the
enduring power of love and partnership.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Donald's career as an airline pilot spanned
decades, encompassing Braniff, National, Pan Am, and Delta Airlines. His steady
hand and calm demeanor in the cockpit earned him the respect of his colleagues
and the confidence of the many travelers who entrusted their journeys to his
care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Before his career with the airlines, Donald served
his country in the Air Force and pursued his education at Southern Illinois
University. His dedication to duty and pursuit of excellence set a standard for
those who followed in his footsteps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Donald's love for his family knew no bounds. As a
devoted husband to Annette and a loving father to Bradley (Penny) McCredie and
Sharon (Steve) Brasgalla, he provided a steadfast anchor at all times. His
grandchildren, Austin McCredie, Madison Tsai and Elizabeth Brasgalla, were the
light of his life, and he cherished every moment spent with them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In his passing, Donald is reunited with his
parents, Elizabeth and Edward McCredie, and his beloved Annette. He is survived
by his brother Roger McCredie who still resides in their hometown of Auburn
Illinois. Though his physical presence may be gone, his spirit lives on in the
memories of those who knew and loved him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 19 from
4:00-7:00pm at T.M. Ralph Funeral Home, 7001 NW 4th St, Plantation, FL 33317.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
are invited to join the family for a celebration of Donald's life on Wednesday,
March 20 at 11:00am at Plantation United Methodist Church, 1001 NW 70th Ave,
Plantation, FL 33313.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In lieu of
flowers, donations may be made to Plantation United Methodist Church in his
memory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">…………………………………………….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.tmralph.com/obituaries/annette-mccredie">https://www.tmralph.com/obituaries/annette-mccredie</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Annette Louise McCredie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">April 8, 1939 — June 3, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Annette Louise McCredie, age 84, of Plantation,
Florida passed away on June 3, 2023, surrounded by the love of her family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was born on April 8, 1939 in Auburn,
Illinois, to the late George and Chassa Bartolazzi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is survived by her devoted husband of 62
years, Donald Frank McCredie; her loving children Sharon (Steve) Brasgalla,
Bradley (Penny) McCredie; her grandchildren Elizabeth Brasgalla, Austin and
Madison McCredie; and her siblings Donna Bartolazzi, Tom (Kathy) Bartolazzi,
Jean (Bob) Grosso………………………………<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-16586764381887696222024-03-10T14:15:00.001-04:002024-03-10T14:15:43.594-04:00WA/DL .. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Mallory “Mal” Hope Ferrell<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">USAF veteran, WA/DL pilot/author Lt. Col. (Ret.)
Mallory “Mal” Hope Ferrell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">November 23, 1935 ~ December 25, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing…..retired Western/Delta Air
Lines pilot and author Lt. Colonel Mal Ferrell, USAF (Ret.), age 88, of
Peachtree City, Georgia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Captain Ferrell
joined Western Airlines 04-22-1968 and retired with Delta Air Lines in 1995
based 030/ATL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is survived by his
wife Gloria, and by his children and their families. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Please see links below to read more of Mal’s life
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For those who may wish to send a personal note,
the Ferrell’s address is listed in whitepages as <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">103 ST. ANDREWS SQUARE, PEACHTREE
CITY GA 30269-1441<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://thecitizen.com/2024/01/08/mallory-hope-ferrell-jr-88-of-peachtree-city-ga/">https://thecitizen.com/2024/01/08/mallory-hope-ferrell-jr-88-of-peachtree-city-ga/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lt. Colonel Mal Ferrell, USAF (Ret.), 88, passed
peacefully into the presence of his Savior on Christmas evening, 2023, in
Peachtree City, Georgia. He was 88. His devoted wife, Gloria, kept vigil at his
bedside for weeks before his passing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">During his long and productive life, Mal was many
things — a decorated Air Force fighter pilot who flew more than 100 missions
over North Vietnam in his F-105D Thunderchief, the author of 21 books on
narrow-gauge trains, a pilot for Western and Delta airlines, and a photographer
whose work graced the pages of LIFE magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But to those who knew him — his family and friends
— he was among the best of men: a loving husband to Gloria; a devoted father to
Susan, Mallory 3rd, Kimberly and Eric; a doting grandfather to his
grandchildren, and a wonderful brother to Joan. He said his greatest
achievements in his life were his children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mallory Hope Ferrell, Jr. was born to Laura Evelyn
Bunn Ferrell and Mallory Hope Ferrell, Sr. in Portsmouth, Virginia, on November
23, 1935. His mother cared for the family as a loving homemaker, and his father
worked as an underwater welder at the Norfolk Shipyard during World War II.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The war shaped young Mallory’s childhood. He
remembered watching planes attack German U-Boats off the coast of Virginia. He
and his playmates salvaged material from a military equipment dump, flying
imaginary missions in their fighter aircraft created from the canopy of an F4U
Corsair pulled from the junk pile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Aviators were his heroes: Claire Chennault and his
“Flying Tiger” P-40 Warhawk pilots who fought as volunteers defending China
against Japanese invaders prior to America entering the war; Jimmy Doolittle
and his B-24 Liberator pilots who launched their land-based bombers from an
aircraft carrier to execute the first U.S. bombing of Tokyo; Chuck Yeager, who
broke the sound barrier in his Bell XS-1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In the ’50s, Mal would sweep up at the local
airport in exchange for airplane rides. He earned his pilot’s license at 15,
before he earned his driver’s license. Years later he would teach his
15-year-old son, Eric, to fly in a Cessna 152 rented from the local airport.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mal said that all pilots carried two bags which
prevent crashing — a bag of luck and a bag of experience. He said that the luck
bag grows smaller over time while the experience bag grows larger. In filling
his bag of experience, Mal would draw heavily from his bag of luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As a young flier, Mal took his baby daughter,
Susan, up for a ride in a light aircraft. He noticed that she had closed her
eyes and gone quiet. His new daddy instincts went into overdrive. Fearing that
she suffered hypoxia or otherwise lost consciousness, he declared an emergency
and cut a couple of other planes out of the traffic pattern to set down and
attend to his little girl. As soon as the plane’s wheels touched the runway,
baby Susan woke up from her peaceful nap, to Dad’s relief.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To support his new wife and their baby daughter —
and to help pay for college — Mal put to work his experience from high school
writing and shooting photos for his local newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot. He
found freelance work for the Blackstar photo agency and Life Magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Assignments took him to Cuba where he covered
dictator Fulgencio Batista’s execution of revolutionaries. Hiding rolls of film
kept authorities from confiscating them, but Mal still did a short stint in a
Cuban jail. A journalist colleague working for the Associated Press convinced
his captors it was not in their best interest to continue detaining the young
photojournalist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mal’s writing career began years earlier in junior
high school. Fulfilling a class assignment, he wrote a short story of which he
was particularly proud. The teacher gave the story a “C.” Not lacking in
confidence, the student writer requested that his teacher please submit the
story to a state-wide writing contest. The teacher declined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The junior high kid retyped his story — so there
was no “C” visible on it — and submitted the story to the contest
independently. He won first place. The teacher who had rated the story as
merely average also won a prize in that contest, although it would have to be
delivered years later. She won a complimentary, autographed copy of Mal’s first
book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Young Mal joined the Air Force through ROTC at the
University of Miami and completed flight training in 1959. He flew missions
during the Cuban Missile Crisis and in Vietnam. He and another pilot briefly
held an altitude record. They established the record in an F-106 Delta Dart
while testing to see how high Soviet radars in Cuba could track aircraft.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">During those suspenseful days in October of 1962
when the United States and the Soviet Union waited to see who would blink first
in a stalemate over Soviet missiles in Cuba, the young fighter pilot was part
of a flight sent to sink a Soviet ship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">En route to their objective, headquarters radioed
the flight leader to discontinue the mission and return to base. As
headquarters failed to give the proper authentication code to confirm the
recall order, the flight leader radioed that he and his pilots were continuing
the mission as originally tasked. A general seized the mic from the airman at
the radio and, citing his authority, ordered the flight to return.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“I don’t care who you are, general,” the flight
leader responded. “Unless you come up with the proper authentication code,
we’re going to sink that Russian ship as ordered.” Fortunately, the airman
working the code book quickly got on the correct page — literally — and
referenced the correct recall code sequence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Within a year of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Mal
would begin the first of three combat tours in Vietnam. There he would fly a
sampling of aircraft including the: C-123 Provider, A-1 Skyraider (Spad), F-5
Tiger, F-100 Super Sabre, and F-105D Thunderchief.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">While fiercely proud of his military career as a
fighter pilot, Mal told his family that his most meaningful mission was flying
a C-123 cargo aircraft to rescue Marines in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In describing his time in combat, Mal borrowed a
quote from the World War II saga “Band of Brothers”: “I was not a hero. But I
served in a company of heroes.” He offered, for example, the time that his
F-105D aircraft was badly shot up and leaking fuel. It was the hero crew of a
KC-135 Stratotanker that bravely nursed his aircraft home across the contested
skies of North Vietnam. They faced danger from enemy MiG-17 and MiG-21 fighter
aircraft, anti-aircraft fire, and flames from Mal’s F-105D. Jet fuel and fire
do not a good combination make.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mal’s decorations from service in Vietnam include:
The Distinguished Flying Cross, five Air Medals, the Bronze and Silver Stars.
He flew more than 100 missions over North Vietnam in his F-105D, going
“downtown” taking the fight to the heart of the enemy over Hanoi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Following Vietnam, Mal continued flying with
Virginia and Colorado Air National Guard units. To earn a living, he went to
work — ever so briefly — for his father and uncle in the family business,
Ferrell Linoleum and Tile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He described shuffling along on his hands and
knees measuring the bathroom of a vacant house for new flooring. Catching sight
through the window of an airliner sailing through the blue sky, he instantly
decided on his next career move. Within a few months he landed work for Western
Airlines as a flight engineer on the Boeing 707.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He would retire three decades later with Delta
Airlines as an international captain on the Boeing 767. Along the way he flew
his beloved Boeing 737, a plane he said was so rugged and durable that it could
climb trees, and the Boeing 727, the first equipment on which he sat in the
left seat, flying as captain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">His wife, Gloria, supported his career, moving
four times around the country for him to move up in equipment. Outdoor hockey
tournaments in the subzero temperatures of Minnesota were not an easy
adjustment for a Georgia girl, but the Minnesota move permitted Mal to fly as a
captain with the airline for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends and family recall throughout Mal’s life
that he loved old railroad lines. Mal wrote hundreds of magazines articles and
21 books on the topic of old steam-engine rail lines. He also scored wins in
modeling contests displaying engines and rail cars which he built from scratch,
frequently making his own parts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">At every phase of life from his teen years on, and
wherever he lived, he would research the steam-engine lines. Whether on a
layover with the airlines or vacationing with family, he would take the
opportunity to find railroad artifacts, collect old photos, or shoot his own.
He specialized in black-and-white photography, developing his own pictures in
his home darkroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mal’s two oldest children recall their father
listening to an LP recording of trains. Their dad could identify the type of
engine on a rail line based on its whistle and the sound of its boiler chugging
along.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Many of his children’s fond memories with their
Daddy come from trips chasing old locomotives. His two youngest children, Kim
and Eric, recall the family camping next to a stream in the Rocky Mountains.
Kim also remembers she and her brother, Mal 3rd, bumping their heads on the
ceiling of their Ford Bronco as the father bounced the vehicle over mountain
trials. Mal 3rd remembers flood waters carrying the family’s Volkswagen Beetle
downstream on one outing. No one was hurt and the little Bug made it the far riverbank,
and where it resumed trudging along, going places only a 4×4 should venture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mal 3rd also recalls the same little VW breaking
down after dark in The Great Dismal Swamp on the border of Virginia and North
Carolina. Dad jumped out to make repairs while his son nervously noticed
multiple pairs of red eyes peering at them through the darkness — alligators.
Mr. Fix it promptly had the little VW up and running and no one was eaten.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mal is survived by his beloved wife of 48 years,
Gloria Gaskins Ferrell of Peachtree City. He has three children from his
marriage to Alice M. Moore: Susan (Gary) Waters of Friday Harbor on the San
Juan Islands, Washington; Mallory (Michelle) Ferrell of Pace, Florida; Kimberly
(Tim) Imberi of El Mirage, Arizona. His youngest son is Eric (Susan) Ferrell of
Sharpsburg, Georgia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He has five grandchildren: Lenna (Travis) Cherry
of Yakima, Washington, Heather Ferrell of Longmont, Colorado, Anna Ferrell of
Denver, Colorado, Nicholas Ferrell of Surprise, Arizona, and Katherine “Katie”
Ferrell of Sharpsburg, Georgia; and two great-grandsons via Nicholas: Oliver
Ferrell, and Jordan Ginnetti………………………………….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.signaturepress.com/authors/mhf.html">https://www.signaturepress.com/authors/mhf.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mallory Hope Ferrell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A former combat fighter pilot and international
airline captain, the Virginia native has authored hundreds of articles and
written 21 books. He majored in Architectural Engineering at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and graduated from the University of Miami.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mal was a photographer for the Black Star Agency
and Life magazine before turning to a professional flying career. He still does
photographic work the “old-fashioned way” in his own darkroom. His picture
collection on railroads and the Old West numbers well over 120,000 prints. His
other interests include award-winning finescale model building and collecting
historic annual passes………………<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/remembering-mal-ferrell-railroad-author-aviator/">https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/remembering-mal-ferrell-railroad-author-aviator/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Anyone who doubts that
aviation and railroading are often a shared affinity should consider the life
of Mallory Hope Ferrell, a skilled photographer and writer, decorated military
and commercial pilot, and the author of at least 21 railroad books, mostly
concerned with narrow-gauge and shortline steam railroads.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lt. Colonel Mallory Hope Ferrell (USAF-retired), a
former pilot for Western and Delta Airlines, died Dec. 25, 2023, at his home in
Peachtree City, after a long illness. He was 88.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Along with his many books, Ferrell had dozens of
bylines in Trains, Classic Trains, and other railroad periodicals. One of the
most notable stories was his portrait of Colorado narrow-gauge preservationist
Robert W. Richardson, “Uncle Bob and the 346,” the cover story for the February
1988 issue of Trains. In it, Ferrell described how legions of narrow-gauge fans
grew up in Richardson’s shadow; the same could be said of the author himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ferrell’s books touched on nearly every aspect of
narrow-gauge and steam short-line history. They included such classics as
“Silver San Juan: The Rio Grande Southern,” for Pruett Publishing in 1973;
“West Side: Narrow Gauge in the Sierra,” for Pacific Fast Mail in 1992; and
“The South Park Line,” for Hundman Publishing in 2003.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ferrell also had a special place in his heart for
a Class I railroad, the Virginian, located near his childhood Tidewater home in
Portsmouth, Va. He wrote: “I would go to sleep each night listening to the
sounds of a Virginian 2-8-2 switching the yards. The gentle sounds and pungent
aroma of smoke would drift through the night air and into my bedroom window
like a soothing gauze.”……………………………………………….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-29744886396304724552024-03-07T16:15:00.002-05:002024-03-07T16:15:20.903-05:00DL Capt. Bennie M. McDade<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">USAF veteran, DL Capt. Bennie M. McDade<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">MARCH 29, 1938 – FEBRUARY 20, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyTNNHir3Ad1fzr2lyNa5QZ50s9qi4CUipUosmVe2wItnqKCUT8aZyqYDE9LR8Qm5v0IpOJDrbwUenNfwLzZEKDNDGclWzhbRT-wLdgHOw609C2oYD0b5C75mvc2KQrEG5aF7zEFFzW-zzNQspuSHiOcP-ijvNhj2re28MFbEv26o76gByy2OSEjplJyAA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="360" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyTNNHir3Ad1fzr2lyNa5QZ50s9qi4CUipUosmVe2wItnqKCUT8aZyqYDE9LR8Qm5v0IpOJDrbwUenNfwLzZEKDNDGclWzhbRT-wLdgHOw609C2oYD0b5C75mvc2KQrEG5aF7zEFFzW-zzNQspuSHiOcP-ijvNhj2re28MFbEv26o76gByy2OSEjplJyAA" width="173" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">From friends and colleagues, we learn of the
passing of retired Delta Air Lines pilot Captain Bennie Maurice McDade, age
85.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bennie joined Delta Air Lines 05-03-1965
and was based DFW/030.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is survived by
his wife and former Delta F/A Sandra Whitt McDade, and by their children and
grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information can be found online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/shreveport-la/bennie-mcdade-11677455">https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/shreveport-la/bennie-mcdade-11677455</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">IN THE CARE OF Centuries Memorial Funeral Home
& Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bennie Maurice McDade, age 85, passed away due to
chronic illness on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at Christus Highland Hospital in
Shreveport, Louisiana.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He is preceded in death by his parents Oliver
Benjamin and Mildred Melton McDade, his brother Oliver Wilton McDade, and his
father-in-law Earl Edward Whitt Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He is survived by his beautiful and loving wife of
53 years, Sandra W. McDade; their six children and spouses: Carla McDade Koob
and husband Tim, Tracy McDade Sauvie and husband Jeff, Andrea McDade, Dusty
McDade and wife Tanya, Matthew McDade and wife Jessica, and Patrick McDade;
their innumerable grandchildren: Halie, Dustin, Austin, Ashleigh, Addison,
Kourtney, Baileigh, Mason, Joshua, Jackson, Sydney, Dylan, Gavyn, Hunter,
Landry, Madeline, Ayva, Griffyn, Preston, Charlotte, and Abigail; his four siblings
(and spouses) Carol Lloyd of Wauwatosa, WI, Bruce McDade (wife Pat) of Irmo,
South Carolina, and Neal McDade (wife Joyce) of Union, South Carolina; his
sister-in-law Rosa LaMaster McDade Estes; and his mother-in-law Helen Sue
Whitt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mr. McDade was born on March 29, 1938, in Union,
South Carolina. He graduated from Union High School and attended Carson Newman
College before joining the United States Air Force. He completed preflight and
pilot training at Lackland Air Force Base, Spence Air Base, and Reese Air Force
Base. As a commissioned Second Lieutenant he was assigned to the B-47 as a
bombardier and flight navigator. 2nd Lt. McDade served active duty for over 5
and a half years stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, AR,
and Lincoln Air Force Base in Nebraska. While serving a TDY stint at Zaragoza
Air Base in Spain, he was placed on high alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
In March of 1965 he was honorably discharged from the USAF.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In May of 1965 he began a 31 year career as a
commercial airline pilot with Delta Airlines. This career path led him to meet
his future wife, flight attendant Ms. Sandra Sue Whitt. They were married in
May of 1970 in Bossier City, Louisiana, and began their family in Irving,
Texas. In 1977 the family relocated to Shreveport, Louisiana, where Captain
McDade lived the rest of his days. He retired from Delta in 1996 as a senior
727 Captain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bennie McDade was strong in his Christian faith as
a member of Huntington Park Church of Christ in Shreveport, LA, and Blanchard
Church of Christ in Blanchard, LA. He was an avid Major League Baseball and
college sports fan. He loved the LSU Tigers, the South Carolina Gamecocks, the
Texas Rangers, and the Shreveport Pirates. He enjoyed reading, traveling,
telling old stories, tending to his yard, and pouring himself into his loved
ones. He was happiest when spending time supporting and providing for his kids,
grandkids, and wife.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A visitation for Bennie will be held Sunday,
February 25, 2024 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home
& Park, 8801 Mansfield Road, Shreveport, Louisiana 71108. A celebration of
life will occur Monday, February 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Centuries Memorial
Funeral Home & Park.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bennie will be laid to rest in Forest Park West,
4000 Meriwether Rd, Shreveport, LA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The service with be conducted by his son Matthew,
with remarks by his other two sons Dusty and Patrick.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pallbearers: Dusty McDade, Matthew McDade, Patrick
McDade, Mason McDade, Joshua McDade, and Jackson McDade. Honorary Pallbearers:
Neal McDade, Bruce McDade, Lenny Whitt, Ed Whitt, and Scot Decker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-67603886163032113982024-03-07T15:37:00.003-05:002024-03-07T15:37:46.015-05:00Richard C. Timothy III, son of DL Capt. Richard “Tim” C. Timothy<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Richard C. Timothy III, son of DL Capt. Richard “Tim”
C. Timothy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">NOVEMBER 8, 1960 – JANUARY 17, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The hardest news to share is that of the death of one
of our children…..with our sympathy to Captain “Tim” and “Pat” and the Timothy family,
we share this news that Richard Clement Timothy III, age 63, has passed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Condolences may be sent to the Timothy family at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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RIVERWOOD DR. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">COVINGTON
LA 70433-4722<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Please see obituary information below for more
information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/covington-la/richard-timothy-11631910">https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/covington-la/richard-timothy-11631910</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">also at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/richard-timothy-iii-obituary?id=54158058">https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/richard-timothy-iii-obituary?id=54158058</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">IN THE CARE OF Grace Funeral Home & St.
Lazarus of Bethany Memorial Garden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Richard C. Timothy, III, passed away at the age of
63 on January 17, 2024. Richard was born on November 8, 1960, in Newport News,
Virginia, and welcomed into the loving and joyful arms of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard C. Timothy, Jr. (“Tim” and “Pat”), both of whom survive him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Richard, who was the oldest of Tim and Pat’s five
children, is survived by his daughter, Erin Timothy Tomme (Adam), and his four
siblings: J. Gregory Timothy, Catherine Noel Eppling (Tommy), Elizabeth Timothy
(Edward Cangelosi), and Patrick Timothy. He is also survived by his niece and
nephew, Grace Noel Kerr and Timothy Noel; his fiancée, Anne Mesman Montalbano;
and numerous cousins, step-grandchildren and great nieces and nephews, all of
whom adored him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Richard was preceded in death by his wife, Irene
Trujillo Timothy, and his stepson, Daniel Renteria.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is difficult to describe Richard within the
small confines of an obituary because he was larger than life, in so many ways.
He had an amazing ability to make, and keep, friends, and once you were
Richard’s friend you were a friend for life. Richard grew up in Covington,
Louisiana, after the growing family moved there in 1967. Richard formed and
maintained life-long friendships during his grade school days at Our Lady of
the Lake, and his high school days at St. Paul’s, not to mention the
relationships he formed in the Riverwood and Country Club neighborhoods, the
“CCC” swim team, and little league teams, to name just a few. After graduating
from college at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Richard’s career
brought him to Houston, Texas. There, as before, Richard developed long-lasting
and deep friendships with so many people, whom he considered to be his “Houston
family” because they were in fact like family to him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If you asked Richard’s friends and family to
describe him, you would most certainly, and probably universally, hear the word
“funny.” Although Richard was indeed very funny, he rarely completed a joke
without laughing at the punchline before he got to it, often with a bodily
twitch of either a leg or hand. It really didn’t matter what the punchline was
because everyone laughed before Richard got to it—at, or with, him. Richard was
also a punster and the master of “dad jokes”—much to Erin’s chagrin. But even
more important than being humorous, Richard was loyal, generous, dependable,
kind, caring, and a devoted son.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Richard was taken too soon, and his passing has
left a terrible void in the lives of his family and friends. But there is
comfort in knowing he is at peace and no longer suffering from the rare form of
cancer that he fought so valiantly to beat. If you feel sad, think of one of
his silly jokes. And if you wish to feel his presence, take a walk on the
Pontchartrain lakefront, cruise down the Tchefuncte River (preferably in a
“float boat”), pop into Ruby’s Roadhouse for a cold one and some music, grab a
Big Bear po-boy (roast beef, of course), attend Wurstfest in New Braunfels, or
frequent any of the bar-b-que joints, Mexican restaurants, or bike trails in
Houston—all of which he enjoyed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Family and friends are invited to visit with the
family on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church,
312 Lafitte Street, Mandeville, LA 70448 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. A
funeral mass will immediately follow the visitation, commencing at noon. A
private burial will occur in the coming weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of
Richard C. Timothy, III, may be made to The Annual Fund at St. Paul’s School,
917 Jahncke Ave., Covington, LA, 70433, or UTHealth Houston, P.O. Box 20268,
Houston, TX 77025-9998 (or giving.uth.edu/memorial).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If you would like to share a memory or picture of
Richard, you may do so at <a href="http://www.gracenorthshore.com">www.gracenorthshore.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-89889070231468209252024-03-07T12:21:00.004-05:002024-03-07T12:21:55.441-05:00NEA/DL Capt. Robert J. Fraser<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ret. Lt Col USAF, NEA/DL Capt. Robert J. Fraser <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">April 11, 1932 ~ March 4, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPt0TocbLHcfapkYHCzZAQZW_xmc1FFPi_Z_aAXnORqyv1WETkQBMz4FA3vxp9cVnap-Njo9D7Pl1kZS8mc1yzbkdH4JKF-yIyFymrzItbSs7tsyXQvOBss8CML8skJMmonObd7VgNGlX_MYxSedwC80Tlq1ToT_bzZVvB6Mvp4l3sI4nW23KcY5G4fCx/s300/fraser%20dl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPt0TocbLHcfapkYHCzZAQZW_xmc1FFPi_Z_aAXnORqyv1WETkQBMz4FA3vxp9cVnap-Njo9D7Pl1kZS8mc1yzbkdH4JKF-yIyFymrzItbSs7tsyXQvOBss8CML8skJMmonObd7VgNGlX_MYxSedwC80Tlq1ToT_bzZVvB6Mvp4l3sI4nW23KcY5G4fCx/s1600/fraser%20dl.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing….retired Northeast/Delta pilot ret.
Lt Col USAF Robert “Bob” J. Fraser, age 91.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bob joined Northeast Airlines 05-01-1967 and retired with Delta Air
Lines in 1992, based Boston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Widowed in
May 2016 with the passing of his wife Greta, Bob is survived by his daughter
and his stepdaughter and their families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information can be found online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.gfdoherty.com/Obituaries.html">https://www.gfdoherty.com/Obituaries.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>also at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/robert-fraser-obituary?id=54559437">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/robert-fraser-obituary?id=54559437</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">FRASER Robert J., Ret. Lt Col U.S. Air Force, of
Needham, originally of Lawrence, passed away on March 4, 2024. Beloved husband
of the late Margaret “Greta” (Fullerton) Fraser, Ret. Lt Col U.S. Air Force.
Predeceased by his first wife Joan Marie (Balezentes) Fraser. Loving father of
Regina Fraser Crisman and her husband Barry of AZ. Step-father of Susan Woodman
and her husband Ned of Gloucester and Stephen Pitman of Salisbury, MA. Dear
Brother of Dean G. Fraser and his surviving wife Linda of Salem, NH. Also
survived by several loving nieces, nephews and step-grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bob proudly served his country in the U.S. Air
Force, he was a veteran of the Korean War and of Vietnam. After his service he
transitioned into a career as a pilot for Delta Airlines which lasted over 30
years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bob was very proud of his Scottish Heritage, and
along with Greta was an active participant in the Scottish Highland Games, in
NH. Bob and Greta were devoted to their faith. They were avid travelers and in
retirement enjoyed snow-birding to the Fort Myers area and also enjoyed their
time in NH.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A visitation will be held at the George F. Doherty
and Sons Funeral Home 1305 Highland Ave. Needham on Monday, March 11th from
9:00-10:15am, followed by a Funeral Service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 59
Court St. Dedham at 11am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment St.
Mary’s Cemetery, Needham. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Robert’s
memory to woundedwarriorproject.org. For online guestbook gfdoherty.com<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">……………………..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">FRASER Margaret S. "Greta"
(Fullerton), May28, 2016. Beloved wife of Robert J. Fraser for 43 years.
Stepmother of Regina A. Crisman of Phoenix, AZ. Sister of Frank Fullerton of
Norwood, and the late William, Robert and Daniel Fullerton. Also survived by
several nieces and nephews. Greta was retired Director of Nursing at the Lemuel
Shattuck Hospital, Boston. Retired Lt. Col. USAF and Vietnam Veteran. Funeral
from The George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 1305 Highland Avenue,
NEEDHAM</span>………………..<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-20764693841165042092024-03-06T17:50:00.004-05:002024-03-06T17:50:53.576-05:00RC/NWA Capt. David William Greene<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Military veteran, RC/NWA Capt. David William
Greene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">FEBRUARY 15, 1951 – MARCH 4, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sharing this news received from Northwest Airlines
friends and colleagues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Captain
Greene began his commercial flying career 02-03-1986.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm sorry to say, but David Greene's heart stopped
beating this morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">March 4th, as he spread his wings to fly West.
Following a Whipple operation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2 years ago, he had other complications that he
and his medical team tried<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">to conquer. David was 73. His joy was flying, as
he flew for Northwest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Airlines, and previously Republic Airlines. Also,
as his off time would<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">allow, he flew for Kenmore Air, and privately for
some clients. He moved to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">LaConner, WA, where he planned to live during his
retirement. Dave will be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">missed by his friends and Dorie More. May he rest
in peace. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://neptunesociety.com/obituaries/lynnwood-wa/david-greene-11696527">https://neptunesociety.com/obituaries/lynnwood-wa/david-greene-11696527</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David
William Greene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">FEBRUARY 15, 1951 – MARCH 4, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">David William Greene, age 73, of La Conner,
Washington passed away on Monday, March 4, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-19616781946393924482024-03-06T16:07:00.003-05:002024-03-06T16:07:31.384-05:00DL Capt. Wayland "Buddy" Alexander Brooks<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">DL Capt. Wayland Alexander Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">DECEMBER 5, 1934 – FEBRUARY 29, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing…..retired Delta Air Lines pilot
Captain Wayland “Buddy” Alexander Brooks, age 89.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see his seniority date as 08-01-1956 and
that he retired June 1987, and that he was Dallas based.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Captain Brooks is survived by his wife Nita,
and by his children and their families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information can be found online….please
see links below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Visitation:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mar. 13, 2024…..from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Moore Funeral Home<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">IN THE CARE OF Moore Funeral Home & Memorial
Gardens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wayland Brooks passed away peacefully on February
29, 2024, in Las Colinas, Irving, Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/arlington-tx/wayland-brooks-11695577">https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/arlington-tx/wayland-brooks-11695577</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">also at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/palopintopress/name/wayland-brooks-obituary?id=54548658">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/palopintopress/name/wayland-brooks-obituary?id=54548658</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wayland Brooks Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">WAYLAND BROOKS passed away peacefully on February
29, 2024. Wayland was born in Dallas, Texas on December 5, 1934. Wayland
attended Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas; graduated from Allen
Military Academy, Bryan, Texas; and attended the University of Texas, Austin. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wayland was a pilot for Delta Air Lines and flew
for them for 31 years, retiring in 1987. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He loved working on his farm in the Ozark
Mountains in Arkansas for 33 Years. Family interests brought him to Palo Pinto
County, Texas, which brought him to Possum Kingdom Lake. He soon learned to
love Possum Kingdom Lake. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In the earlier years, he enjoyed boating and
fishing. He soon became interested in ranching. He would spend days mowing and
working and his pleasure was looking back and seeing what had been
accomplished. Having family and friends out to the lake was the best lake
experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wayland is survived by his wife of 41 years, Nita
Porter Brooks; four children Karen Markum, Donny Brooks (Traci), Shelly Johns
(Dan), and Dotchie Warren (James). Wayland is also survived by 8 GrandChildren:
Lee Markum (Lacey), Doug Markum (Patrice), Spencer Markum (Katie), Taylor
Johns, Mathew Johns, Amy Haskins, Ryan Brooks, and Reagan Brooks; Great
Granddaughter Rheyanna Markum, and Great Grandson Harrison Markum. Also, Godson
Brian Bolton, extended family members, and many friends. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wayland was preceded in death by his parents Flora
Belle Smith and Douglas Brooks and his Aunt Doris Brooks. A Celebration of Life
will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the Moore Funeral
Home, 1219 North Davis Drive, Arlington, Texas 76012. Burial will follow that
afternoon at Pickwick-McAdams Cemetery, Possum Kingdom Lake, Graford, Texas.
Pallbearers will be his Grandchildren. The family will receive guests at a
visitation on Wednesday, March 13th at Moore Funeral Home from 4:00 to 7:00
p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to your charity
of choice. Wayland Brooks will be remembered as a Loving Husband, Father,
Grandfather, Great Grandfather and friend. His warmth, wisdom, joy, and sense
of humor he brought to every gathering will be deeply missed by all who knew
him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-90627496126215760772024-03-04T16:28:00.003-05:002024-03-04T16:28:41.199-05:00NWA Capt. Richard D. Tener Sr.<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Navy veteran, NWA Capt. Richard D. Tener Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">July 12, 1946 - March 1, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing….retired<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Northwest Airlines pilot Captain Richard “Dick”
D. Tener Sr., age 77.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dick joined
Northwest Airlines 01-06-1989.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
survived by his wife Melba, and by his children and grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information can be found online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.fcfhs.com/obituaries/Richard-Tener/#!/TributeWall">https://www.fcfhs.com/obituaries/Richard-Tener/#!/TributeWall</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>also at <a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/richard-tener-obituary?id=54523928">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/richard-tener-obituary?id=54523928</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memoriam site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary for Richard D. Tener<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On Friday, March 1, 2024, Richard D. Tener, Sr.,
known to his friends and family as Dick, passed away peacefully in his sleep at
home. Dick was born on July 12, 1946, in South Bend, Indiana. He was the eldest
son of Donald Tener and Betty Waage. After graduating from the University of
Iowa, he joined the United States Navy and was stationed in Pensacola, Florida,
for flight school. While in Pensacola, Florida, Dick would meet and marry his
wife, Melba (Mickey) on December 20, 1968.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dick would later be stationed in Corpus Christi,
Texas, where he would receive his wings and began his 20-year career as a P-3
pilot. Dick and Mickey would be stationed in Virginia Beach, Virginia; Pax
River, Maryland; Brunswick, Maine; Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; Moffett Field,
California; Jacksonville, Florida; and New Orleans, Louisiana. He retired from
VT-10 in Pensacola, Florida as a P-3 pilot. Dick was deployed into Sigonella,
Sicily, and Bermuda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Just ten days after retiring from the United
States Navy, Dick was employed by Northwest Airlines as a pilot on the A-320,
727, and 737 aircraft and visited countries all over the world. One of the
greatest thrills in his life was being a pilot. He often told stories of his
many adventures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">While stationed in Brunswick, Maine, Dick and
Mickey welcomed their son, Richard D. Tener, Jr. (Rich), and three years later
the small family of three would welcome a little girl, Katherine Tener (Katie),
in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. While home from deployment, Dick could often be
found with his son bass fishing on lakes throughout south Florida even if this
meant playing a day of hooky from school. Dick taught his son to play baseball
as a young boy and would continue until his son reached high school. Dick later
introduced the game of golf to his son which they both enjoyed playing together
over the years. To ensure that his son was able to attend Q school for golf,
Dick sold his favorite guitar to secure the funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dick raised a daddy’s girl in Katie. He drove
overnight from California to Florida to make it to his daughter’s first dance
recital. Together, father and daughter would share a love of cooking and
history. He was always the loudest voice during award ceremonies and
graduations. There was never any wrong his daughter could do in his eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There was no prouder moment in Dick’s life than
when he learned that he would be welcoming his first granddaughter, Katelyn to
the world. Twelve years later, on the exact date and exact same time, Dick
welcomed his second granddaughter, Olivia. Three years later, Dick welcomed his
third granddaughter, Amber, and three years later his first grandson, Ethan.
Being a grandfather was the final feather in his cap to make his life complete.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dick is preceded in death by his father, Donald
Tener; mother, Betty Waage; brother, Larry Tener; and sister, Pat Harold.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Melba
Tener; son, Richard (Jenea) Tener of Green Cove Springs, Florida; daughter,
Katherine Tener of Cantonment, Florida; granddaughters, Katelyn Tener, Olivia
Tener, and Amber Tener; grandson, Ethan Tener; brother-in-law, Alex Doty of
Dothan, Alabama; and many nieces and nephews.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Visitation will be held Thursday, March 7, 2024,
from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North. Graveside
service will be held at 2:00 PM at Barrancas National Cemetery, NAS Pensacola.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In lieu of flowers, the family has requested
donations be made to the American Cancer Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 South
Highway 29, Cantonment, is entrusted with arrangements. You may express
condolences online at <a href="http://www.fcfhs.com">www.fcfhs.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-64502011142436600862024-03-01T21:44:00.002-05:002024-03-01T21:44:29.576-05:00DL Capt. William F. Kalil<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Military veteran, DL Capt. William F. Kalil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">AUGUST 11, 1935 – FEBRUARY 27, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing ….Delta Golden Wings member retired
Delta Air Lines pilot Captain William “Bill” Francis Kalil, age 88.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bill joined Delta Air Lines 07-03-1967 and
retired in 1995, based 031/ATL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information is available online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/west-palm-beach-fl/william-kalil-11686057">https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/west-palm-beach-fl/william-kalil-11686057</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Quattlebaum Funeral, Cremation and Event Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN Memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary : William “Bill” Francis Kalil, 88,
passed away in West Palm Beach, FL on February 27, 2024. He was born on August
11, 1935 to the late Wardi and Laba Kalil in West Palm Beach, FL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bill was preceded in death by a brother, George
Kalil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He is survived by his sisters, Helen Grady,
Rosanne Bush, Jeanne Kalil and brother, Tom Kalil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bill graduated from Riverside Military Academy in
Gainesville, GA in 1953. He served in the Army from 1954-1957 (Korean War era)
as an aircraft mechanic. Bill graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University in the top 10 of class, in 1958, with an Aircraft & Power Plant
License.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Delta Air Lines hired Bill in 1959 as a mechanic
and he moved to Atlanta, GA. He learned how to fly while being a mechanic,
earned all his pilots ratings and gained experience. Delta hired Bill as a
pilot in 1967.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bill proved himself to be a great asset and well
respected pilot for Delta. He flew, at least, 10 different aircraft models to
countless cities and countries around the world. (He did this without any
violations or mishaps.) Bill retired from Delta Air Lines in 1995.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bill moved from Atlanta back to West Palm Beach,
FL in 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Family will hold a Graveside Service at 12:00,
on Friday March 8, 2024 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery in West
Palm Beach, FL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Any memorial contributions can be made to Saint
Jude Children's Hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-81040297806004229192024-03-01T15:17:00.004-05:002024-03-01T15:17:59.108-05:00NC/RC/NWA Capt. Harold Eugene Thibault<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Military veteran, NC/RC/NWA Capt. Harold Eugene
Thibault<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">November 17, 1933 ~ August 12, 2023 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing …..commercial airline pilot with
North Central Airlines/Republic Airlines/Northwest Airlines….. Captain Harold
Eugene Thibault, age 89.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information is available online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.billmanhuntfuneralchapel.com/obituary/Harold-Thibault">https://www.billmanhuntfuneralchapel.com/obituary/Harold-Thibault</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Harold Eugene Thibault Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Harold “Harry” Eugene Thibault, age 89, of
Shoreview, MN, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 12, surrounded by his
loving family. Harry was born on November 17, 1933 in Eau Claire, WI, the son
of Joseph Francis and Mary (Horan) Thibault. He moved to St. Paul, MN at age 5.
In his youth, he regularly roamed the grounds of Como Park and loved sneaking
into the MN State Fair. He attended St. Thomas Academy, where he played hockey
and baseball, and later the College of St. Thomas. Fulfilling a childhood dream
to fly, Harry enlisted in the United States Navy and became a naval aviator
serving on the U.S.S. Hancock aircraft carrier based in Coronado, CA, where he
flew the AD-4 Skyraider, A4 Skyhawk, and the F-9 Cougar. In ensuing years, he
served and flew in the U.S. Naval Reserve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In 1960, he began a career as a commercial airline pilot with North
Central Airlines which later became Republic Airlines and Northwest Airlines,
flying the DC-3, Convair 580, DC-9, and MD-80.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Harry was a loving husband, carefully cultivating
a life-long commitment to his high school sweetheart and wife, Molly, whom he
married in 1957. Together, they raised six children within a close knit,
Christ-centered home focused on loving and assisting each other as well as
those around them. They wholeheartedly embraced life with their eldest son
Greg, who had Down Syndrome, and made unconditional love a lived family
priority. Together they enjoyed 60 years of family time on Turtle Lake in
Shoreview, MN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although soft-spoken, reserved and disciplined in
nature, Harry was well known for his wonderful sense of humor which he warmly
shared with those he encountered. He had special relationships with the young
people in his life, connecting intentionally with a twinkle in his eye. Above
all, Harry was deeply rooted in his Christian faith. He attended daily mass and
spent dedicated time in prayer each day, unifying himself with the love of God
which fortified his life of quiet service. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For decades, Harry and Molly quietly and directly
sponsored the resettlement of refugees from war torn communities. They opened
their home to dozens of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, Bosnian, and
Bhutanese families. Harry became a driving instructor, career counselor,
financial advisor, spiritual guide, and lifelong father figure to each of these
families. Over the past 20 years, Harry organized life-saving cardiac surgery
for Central American children; while housing and transporting a sick child and
parent back and forth from Mayo Clinic, he was already lining up surgery for
another.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In retirement, he volunteered as a pilot flying
medical teams in Central America, enjoyed flying vintage aircraft including the
Ford Tri-motor, and often could be found in the sky piloting his prized 1956
Piper Pacer airplane- later donated to charity when he could no longer fly
himself. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Harry is survived by his beloved wife, Winifred
“Molly” (Hilger) Thibault; children, Mark (Carole), Laura (Kevin) Twohy,
Stephen (Monica), Daniel (Gretchen), and Michael (Rhonda); grandchildren, Nick,
Claire, Nadine, Peter, Jack, Colleen, Meghan, John, Matt, Joe, Annie, Tim,
Mike, Rosemary, John, Mark, Cate, Andrew, Bobby, Lizzy, Jimmy, Chuck, Jenny,
Maggie, Ricky, Stas, Susha, Sara, Jake, Rachel; great-grandchildren, Henry,
Audrey, Emilia, Dahlia, Lucas, Leo, Connor, Calvin, Grant, Vivienne, Sandie, Jack,
and 3 soon-to-be-born babies; siblings, William and Sr. Jane SSND;
sisters-in-law, Gina and Barbara; and a large loving extended family. He was
preceded in death by his parents; beloved son, Gregory; and siblings, Margaret
(Roy) Cade, Mary Ellen (Don) Mullaney, and Frank (Pat), Joseph, and James
Thibault. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Mass of
Christian burial will be held at 11:00am, Thursday, August 17th, 2023, at St.
Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, located at 2739 NE Stinson Pkwy, St. Anthony,
MN, 55418. Visitation begins at 9:30 am before Mass. Interment will take place
at Fort Snelling National Cemetery on Tuesday, August 22, at 9:30am, to which
all are welcome. Please arrive 15 minutes early (9:15) in assembly Isle # 4 at
Fort Snelling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The family would like to thank the incredible
staff at Heart to Home Mendota Manor and Our Lady of Peace Hospice for
providing attentive and dignified care for Harry throughout a difficult Lewy
Body Dementia diagnosis. In lieu of flowers, time commitment and/or memorials
can be sent to Feed My Starving Children, 401 93rd Avenue NW, Coon Rapids, MN
55433 or online at FMSC.org. <o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-42030300906537135792024-03-01T15:00:00.002-05:002024-03-01T15:00:21.506-05:00NEA/DL Capt. Joseph Paul Gurnick<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Navy veteran, NEA/DL Capt. Joseph Paul Gurnick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">May 16, 1942 - March 1, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing…..retired Northeast/Delta pilot
Captain Joseph Paul Gurnick, age 81.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Joseph joined Northeast Airlines 09-03-1968 and was Boston based when he
retired with Delta Air Lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
survived by his wife Marie, and by his children and their families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information is available online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://tributearchive.com/obituaries/30909474/joseph-paul-gurnick/wilmington/quinn-mcgowen-funeral-home">https://tributearchive.com/obituaries/30909474/joseph-paul-gurnick/wilmington/quinn-mcgowen-funeral-home</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Joseph Paul Gurnick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Joseph Paul Gurnick Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Joseph Paul Gurnick, age 81, of Wilmington, NC
passed away on Friday, March 1, 2024 peacefully at home surrounded by his loved
ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was born on May 16, 1942 in
Worcester, MA to the late Joseph C. Gurnick and Sophie R. Jakubowicz Gurnick.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Joseph was a retired Captain at Delta Airlines for
27 years. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and an avid sailor. Joseph and his wife,
Marie, lived on a sailboat for many years in the Florida Keys. Joe, a dedicated
Boston (New England) sports fan, loved scuba diving, exercising, and playing
basketball until he was 75 years old. Joseph loved nature, hiking, camping, and
animals, especially cats and dogs. Most of all, he loved his family. He was a
bright light to many people, and he will be dearly missed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Joseph is survived by his loving wife of 59 years,
Marie Calcagni Gurnick; sons, Joseph C. Gurnick (Lisa) and Jonathan F. Gurnick;
daughters, JeanMarie Gurnick (Sheldon Campbell) and Jennifer Anderson (Sean);
grandchildren, Tirzah Hedman, Zara Campbell, Noah Gurnick, Nathanial Gurnick,
and Markus Anderson; great-grandchild, Genesis Vargas; and many other loving
nieces, nephews, and other family members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Joseph was preceded in death by his sister, June
Shields.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This was a quote that Joseph lived by - "I
keep six honest serving men, They taught me all I knew; Their names are What
and Why and When, And How and Where and Who..." - Rudyard Kipling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Quinn McGowen Funeral Home – Wilmington<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>910-794-7171<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To share a memory or send a condolence gift,
please visit the Official Obituary of Joseph Paul Gurnick hosted by Quinn
McGowen Funeral home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-61891528590903159382024-03-01T14:33:00.006-05:002024-03-02T20:36:02.864-05:00DL Capt. Neil Gibson Gatewood<p> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Capt. Neil Gatewood obituary and services:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Neil Gatewood Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary published on Legacy.com by Northside
Chapel Funeral Directors and Crematory on Mar. 2, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Neil Gibson Gatewood, Age 87, of Roswell, passed
away peacefully on February 27, 2024. Funeral services will be held at
Northside Chapel, 12050 Crabapple Road, Roswell, GA on Friday, March 8 at 12
pm. Family will receive visitors beginning at 11 am.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Neil served in Vietnam as a Naval fighter pilot
before beginning his 30-year career as a pilot for Delta Airlines. Neil was a
voracious reader, history buff and riveting storyteller. He was a talented
artist who also enjoyed woodworking, music, animals, tending to his garden,
daily coffee klatches with friends and spending time with family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Neil is preceded in death by his wife, Nancy
Chance Gatewood; he is survived by three daughters, Linda (Mike) Lapresi of
Tucker, GA; Kim Gatewood of Lawrenceville, GA; Hope Spetnagel of Yukon, OK;
stepdaughter Beverly (Scott) Friesz of Woodstock, GA; nine grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The family requests that in lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, the Tiger Flight
Foundation or have trees planted in his honor. For information on ways to give,
visit support.woundedwarriorproject.org, tigerflightfoundation.org or
arborday.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Military veteran, DL Capt. Neil Gibson Gatewood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">July 26, 1936 ~ February 27, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">From friends and family comes word that retired Delta
Air Lines pilot Captain Neil Gatewood has passed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neil joined Delta Air Lines 06-13-1966 and
was based ATL/030 at the time of his retirement in 1996.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had most recently resided at 1015
Brooksglen Drive , Roswell, GA 30075.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Arrangements are not yet known….please look for
more information to follow in the days ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ Carol for the PCN<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-70194124328077118262024-02-29T15:06:00.001-05:002024-02-29T15:06:20.133-05:00WC/RW/NWA Capt. James Blaine Frazier Jr.<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Military veteran, WC/RW/NWA Capt. James Blaine
Frazier Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">July 18, 1930 ~ February 23, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing…..retired West Coast Airlines/Hughes
AirWest/Republic/Northwest Airlines pilot Captain James Blaine Frazier Jr., age
93.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim joined West Coast Airlines
10-21-1957 and retired with Northwest Airlines in 1990.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Widowed in 2017, Jim is survived by his
children and their families.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information is available online at <a href="https://www.cremationsociety-idaho.com/tributes">https://www.cremationsociety-idaho.com/tributes</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Also at <a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/james-frazier-obituary?id=54484134">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/james-frazier-obituary?id=54484134</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">James Blaine Frazier</span> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">James
Frazier Obituary, Cremation Society of Idaho - Boise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Born July 18, 1930 in Yakima Washington. Died
February 23, 2024 in Boise Idaho. Son of James (Pop) Blaine Frazier Sr. and
Minnie Hess Frazier.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jim was raised during the depression in the Yakima
Valley, learning to drive taking the produce to market. He grew up listening to
radio shows and working with his father in the family orchard. In 1949 he
graduated from Naches Valley High School in Naches Washington. He then obtained
his bachelor degree from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa. Jim was very
athletic and participated in high school and collegiate sports. His main focus
was track as a sprinter. He was a lifelong athlete and in his 70s ran in the
National Association of Senior Games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jim remembered WWII as a teenager and the warnings
of the Japanese fire ballons from the submarines on the West Coast. He also
recalled his teachers telling him not to pick up any suspicious items and not
to reveal any information to the media.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Always fascinated by airplanes, he joined the
Idaho Air National Guard and graduated from pilot training in 1953. He received
the combat readiness medal in 1965 and was discharged as a major in the Air
Force Reserves in 1968.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jim started his work life as a school teacher and
coach in Boise and then McCall. Seeking a better life for his family, Jim went
to work for West Coast Airlines in October of 1957 and remained with the
organization as it transitioned to Air West, Hughes Air West, Republic, and
finally Northwest Airlines. He retired as a commercial airline captain in 1990
after 33 years of successful flying. He survived various incidents including
lightning strikes and a complete engine failure. To remember it by, he had a piece
of the turbine engine that came apart in flight. He also had to land a jet not
knowing if the landing gear was down and locked (it was).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jim married Janice Ahrens in 1960 and adopted her
two sons, Rodney and Rex. Jan passed away in 2017 after a brief illness. They
spent many years together travelling the United States in their Airstream motor
home, playing tennis, and actively walking with various walking groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jim is predeceased by his wife, parents, two
sisters and one granddaughter. He is survived by his six children: Jeffrey B.
Frazier (Claudia), Rodney Frazier, Susan Allen (Dennis), Linda Walker (Don),
Rex Frazier and Lisa Troxel (Steve), 16 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren,
and 1 great-great grandchild.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Graveside services will be held at Dry Creek
Cemetery on March 5th at 1 pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-28435173117078620192024-02-27T12:04:00.003-05:002024-02-27T12:04:56.069-05:00PAA/DL Capt. Jack G. Thomas<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Navy veteran, PAA/DL Capt. Jack G. Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">March 10, 1941 ~ February 6, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing….retired Pan Am/Delta pilot
Captain Jack Grant Thomas, age 82.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jack
joined Pan American 8-26-1968 and retired with Delta Air Lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is survived by his wife Deanna, and by his
children and stepchildren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information is available online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyinterlake/name/jack-thomas-obituary?pid=206431235">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyinterlake/name/jack-thomas-obituary?pid=206431235</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jack Thomas Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jack G. Thomas, age 82<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jack G. Thomas passed away on February 6, 2024, in
Kalispell, Montana, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle
with multiple myeloma. He was born on March 10, 1941, in Charleroi,
Pennsylvania, to the late Jack and Katharine Thomas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Growing up as the son of a WWII Marine and a
nurse, Jack embraced a childhood filled with sports, hunting, and fishing in
the Pennsylvania mountains. It was during his years at Pennsbury High School
that Jack's passion for aviation took flight. Enlisting in the United States
Navy at the age of 17, Jack embarked on a journey that would shape the rest of
his life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jack, along with two friends, attended basic
training between his junior and senior year of high school. Jack and one of
those friends trained as jet engine mechanics. The other friend trained in
parachute packing which later earned the three boys some headlines in the
Fairless Hills newspaper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One of the boys knew a guy who owned a small
airplane. They convinced the pilot to take them up in the plane and let them
jump out using three parachutes that one of the boys brought back (with
permission) from Navy parachute school. Jack said they had to pull the rip
cords immediately upon departing the plane. This brought local traffic to a
standstill and not long after a newspaper crew arrived and began taking
pictures of the boys. Needless to say, there were three sets of very upset
parents by the time the story hit the press the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">After graduating from Pennsbury High School in
1959, Jack pursued higher education at Slippery Rock University, majoring in
education with a focus on math and physics. His achievements on the track and
soccer field garnered him recognition, earning him a spot in the Slippery Rock
University Soccer Ring of Honor in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Accelerating through college, Jack was immediately
accepted into Navy pilot training at NAS Pensacola. Graduating first in his
class, he went on to complete advanced fighter school in Texas, followed by
training in the A-4C Skyhawk in California. Serving as a fighter pilot in the
United States Navy from 1963-1970, Jack amassed an impressive record, including
238 combat missions over North Vietnam and 400 carrier landings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 1970, Jack transitioned to a new chapter in his
life, relocating his family to Reno, Nevada. As a high school math and physics
teacher and wrestling coach, he continued to make a difference in the lives of
his students. Persistence paid off when he earned a pilot position in the
Nevada Air National Guard, eventually reaching the rank of Colonel. Jack truly
admired and cared for the flight deck, crew chiefs and maintenance personnel on
the carriers from which he flew and in the Air Guard. They were friends and on
a first name basis at work and afterward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jack's passion for flying extended beyond military
service, as he became a pilot for Pan American Airways and Delta Air Lines.
Additionally, his involvement in the Reno National Championship Air Races,
where he served as "Air Boss" for 16 years, highlighted his enduring
commitment to aviation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Settling in Kalispell, Montana, with his wife
Deanna, Jack embraced a life surrounded by the beauty of Flathead Lake. A man
of few words, Jack's love for family, friends, and flying spoke volumes. His
dedication to his faith was evident in his active role at Polson Community
Church, where he served until illness intervened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jack's legacy lives on through his wife Deanna,
son Reed (Ingrid), daughter Julie (Tom), stepchildren Gary, Don, and Dionne,
sister Carol Hellings (Ed), brother Craig (Mary), and a blended family of
nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. Jack is also survived by Sally Thomas, the
mother of Reed and Julie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A Celebration of Life will be held at a later
date, honoring the life of Jack G. Thomas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Acknowledging the outstanding care he received,
the Thomas family extends heartfelt gratitude to the oncology staff at
Kalispell Regional Medical Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-46575256677272702442024-02-25T18:29:00.000-05:002024-02-25T18:29:09.078-05:00NWA/DL Capt. Geoffrey John Brock<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">NWA/DL Capt. Geoffrey John Brock<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">April 16, 1965 ~ February 16, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing….Northwest Airlines/Delta Air
Lines pilot Captain Geoffrey John Brock, age 58.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Geoffrey joined Northwest Airlines 09-01-1995
and was NYC based with Delta Air Lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is survived by his wife Patricia, and by his children and his grandson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For those who may wish to send a personal note, I
see the family’s address listed in whitepages as <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">39 Broman Way, Lyndeborough,
NH 03082.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information can be found online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/unionleader/name/geoffrey-brock-obituary?id=54466531&fhid=3870">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/unionleader/name/geoffrey-brock-obituary?id=54466531&fhid=3870</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Geoffrey Brock Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Geoffrey John Brock, age 58 of Lyndeborough, New
Hampshire passed away unexpectedly February 16th, 2024. Geoffrey graduated from
Mascenic High School in 1983. He attended University of Texas, Arlington, and
received his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics. Geoffrey followed in his
father's footsteps and learned to fly when he was 15. He turned this passion
into a lifelong career.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Shortly after college graduation, he was hired as
a pilot with Suburban Airlines, and soon thereafter upgraded to captain. While
at Suburban he served as the ALPA Central Safety Chairman. During 1995, Geoff
was hired by Northwest Airlines that eventually merged into Delta Airlines. At
Northwest, Geoffrey upgraded to captain on the DC-9. After the Delta merger,
Geoffrey was asked to serve as a line-check airman on the MD-88 & 90. He
was then asked to participate in the initial cadre to bring the Airbus 220 on
line and flew the first revenue flight on that aircraft for Delta between New
York and Boston. At the time of his passing, Geoff was a Boeing 767-400 captain
flying throughout the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Geoffrey truly lived life to the fullest. He
especially enjoyed traveling the world with his soulmate Trisha Brock, spending
days on lakes in his boat or on a kayak, having game nights, entertaining,
skiing, and was an avid hiker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To know Geoffrey was to love him. He was an
immensely positive and optimistic spirit. He touched and influenced countless
people, taking on any role for which he was most needed, whether that be
friend, father figure, or brother.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He was involved in his community, serving for 16
years on the Lyndeborough Central School (LCS) and Wilton-Lyndeborough
Cooperative School (WLC) Boards. As Chairman at LCS, he was involved with the
approval of public kindergarten and oversaw the building addition for the new
program. Geoffrey was instrumental in the consolidation of the two elementary
school districts and the middle / high school district into one district, WLC.
As Chairman of the WLC school board he helped to bring both towns to approve the
renovation of the Florence Rideout Elementary School.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He was a member of the Saint Lawrence Catholic
Church, Goffstown.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He is survived by his devoted wife of 35 years,
Patricia (nee Thompson), children Timothy (fiancee Samantha) Brock, Ashley (and
husband Nick) Barnes, grandson James Barnes, sisters Christine (and husband
Roger) Stearns and Jenifer (and husband Joseph) Zylwitis. Brother-in-Laws David
Thompson, Sean (and wife Caydee) Thompson, and Ryan (and wife Noelle) Thompson.
Mother Kathleen Brock and father Robert (and wife Barbara) Brock, Mother-in-Law
Freida Rosen, Step Mother-in-Law Jane Thompson, along with an extensive
extended family of numerous cousins, aunts, nieces, and nephews. He is preceded
in death by his father-in-law Max Thompson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends may greet the family on Thursday February
29th from 10am-12pm with a Funeral Service beginning at 12pm. Services will be
held at the French and Rising Funeral Home, 17 S Mast St, Goffstown, NH 03045.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Harry Dailey Memorial
Scholarship (through a check written out to the Memorial Tournament Fund sent
to 657 Abbot Hill Rd, Wilton, NH 03086 or Venmo: @Gisele-Dailey). For more
information or to sign an online guestbook please visit <a href="http://www.frenchandrising.com">www.frenchandrising.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-60095365415870651212024-02-24T13:53:00.002-05:002024-02-24T13:53:34.732-05:00DL Capt. John Asher Thompson<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">~
IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Navy
veteran, DL Capt. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">John Asher Thompson</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">December 6, 1942 ~ February 19, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCTZAOKWLBXvN-WX8rW2cEz2vXn29lmZridRzzrKUCphzx5ylFyHIx37YceWt4mMV2lnZsBthtiLx08k-B4HBU32y8nSEYsOK6I8rho2fkaVgm60L-CMyFnav-G_qhYHyaDTTqER5o9WEHwk27zmjHGeItCBWtaieEjJNfKC2Zuyrz2bZgq_bMxxTO_ws/s650/john-thompson-dallas-tx-obituary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="597" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCTZAOKWLBXvN-WX8rW2cEz2vXn29lmZridRzzrKUCphzx5ylFyHIx37YceWt4mMV2lnZsBthtiLx08k-B4HBU32y8nSEYsOK6I8rho2fkaVgm60L-CMyFnav-G_qhYHyaDTTqER5o9WEHwk27zmjHGeItCBWtaieEjJNfKC2Zuyrz2bZgq_bMxxTO_ws/s320/john-thompson-dallas-tx-obituary.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Notice
of passing…..retired Delta Air Lines pilot Captain</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> John
Asher Thompson, age 81.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John joined
Delta Air Lines 07-17-1970 and was Dallas based, then based 031/JFK prior to his
retirement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John is survived by his wife
Nina, and by his children and grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Obituary information can be found online at <a href="https://www.lubbockonline.com/obituaries/paco0734019">https://www.lubbockonline.com/obituaries/paco0734019</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">also at <a href="https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/dallas-tx/john-thompson-11677073">https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/dallas-tx/john-thompson-11677073</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">also <a href="https://theobituaryapp.com/obituaries/john-asher-thompson/4688346">https://theobituaryapp.com/obituaries/john-asher-thompson/4688346</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">PCN Memorial site </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">John Thompson Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">John Asher Thompson, servant of Jesus Christ, war hero, loving and
beloved husband, father and grandfather, died on Monday, February 19, 2024 at
the age of 81. He was born on December 6, 1942, to Barbara Ann Read and Asher
James Thompson in New Orleans, LA, where his father, a naval officer, was
preparing to embark for the Pacific during World War II. After his father's
deployment, John and his mother returned to their hometown of Lubbock, Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Growing up in Lubbock, John ("Johnny") was a good student
and athlete. He played several sports, including golf for Lubbock High School,
and he boxed Golden Gloves. He attended Culver Military Academy during the
summers and graduated with honors from Lubbock High in 1961. John received a
congressional appointment to the United States Naval Academy, which John
credited with transforming his life, both in terms of direction and the
friendships that he treasured until his last breath.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">John graduated from USNA in 1965 and earned a coveted spot in the
Navy flight training program. On February 24, 1967, John received his U.S.
Naval Aviator "Wings of Gold" at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. During
the Vietnam War, John served with distinction while on two carrier
deployments-aboard the USS Ticonderoga and the USS Oriskany-completing 220
combat missions and 280 carrier landings in his A-4 Skyhawk, the Navy's
first-line carrier-based single seat jet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In June 1967, John married his wife Nina Stinson Still. He left the
Navy as a decorated combat veteran in 1970 but continued to fly in the Naval
Reserves for two more years. During this time, John and Nina moved to Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida with their two children, where John began his career as a
pilot with Delta Air Lines. It was here that John met Jesus Christ, and his
life was changed fundamentally and forever. They became active members of Coral
Ridge Presbyterian Church, where John became an elder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">John moved his family to Dallas, Texas in 1978. They were active
members at Highland Park Presbyterian Church, and in 1992, they became founding
members of Park Cities Presbyterian Church, where John continued to teach and
lead. John was also a friend and student of RC Sproul and served for 20 years
on the board of Ligonier Ministries, which proved to be one of the great
blessings of his life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">John and Nina moved to Austin, Texas in 1999 to be near their
children and grandchildren. After over 32 years of flying, John retired from
Delta as a Captain on the Boeing 777, the largest passenger aircraft in the
world at the time. He loved this airplane. He loved seeing the Northern Lights
from the dark sky; he loved exploring places like Paris, Istanbul, Mumbai and
Moscow. And he loved sharing these experiences with his wife and family, both
in person and by sending hundreds of postcards to each of his grandsons. Words
are insufficient to capture what an extraordinary husband, father and
grandfather John was.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Throughout his life John remained active and athletic. He was up by
6 am most mornings of his life, and after a devotion and prayer, would hit the
ground running. In his later years he ran, worked out, played golf and trained
in Krav Maga until his body would no longer cooperate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In 2009 John was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, yet thanks to
God's grace, his tireless determination and great medical care, John persevered
and thrived for 15 years. He became very involved in ministries related to PD;
for example, he was an early member of Rock Steady Boxing and other PD-related
fitness and outreach programs. In 2018 John and Nina moved back to Dallas to be
closer to his medical providers, his beloved Naval Academy Alumni group, and a
host of life-long friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">John died peacefully, with his wife and children at his bedside. He
was present and responsive to the end, smiling at a family photo 15 minutes
before God called him Home. He is celebrating now in the presence of Jesus
Christ, and is reunited with his heroes and friends, while he waits to be
reunited with the family he loved so well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">John is survived by his wife Nina, son John Asher Thompson, Jr.
(wife Sheridan), daughter Amanda Thompson Wier (husband Keith), and his six
grandsons: John Campbell Wyse, Henry Read Wyse, Wynn Hasson Wyse, John Asher
Thompson III, Boone Gilkerson Thompson and Charles Hollingsworth Thompson. He
is also survived by his younger sister Barbee Thompson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Services to honor John's life and legacy will be held on Tuesday,
February 27. A graveside service with full military honors will be held at 9:15
am at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, 2000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas,
TX 75211 (Cemetery Lane 2). The funeral service will be held on Tuesday
afternoon at 1 pm at Park Cities Presbyterian Church, with a reception to
follow in Fellowship Hall. The service will be live streamed at
https://pcpc.org/live/memorial-services/ .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts honoring John's life may be sent
to: Ligonier Ministries, PO Box 947595, Atlanta, GA 30394 or Parkinson's Voice
Project, 646 N. Coit Road #2250, Richardson, TX 75080.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-31404669422231019982024-02-22T16:50:00.004-05:002024-02-22T16:50:41.269-05:00DL Capt. Donald Ray Zamora<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">~
IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">DL
Capt. Donald Ray Zamora<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">April
2, 1943 ~ June <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
noted in the Jan-Feb 2024 issue of the Air Line Pilot magazine on the In
Memoriam page, the passing of retired Delta Air Lines pilot Captain Donald Ray
Zamora, age 80.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don joined Delta Air
Lines 01-05-1970 based Dallas in his early years, then LAX/030 in the later
years and at time of retirement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe
that Captain Zamora had most recently resided in Lake Forest, California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our
information is limited as I was not able to find an online obituary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">If
you have more information, please do let us know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thank
you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">~
Carol for the PCN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">PCN
memorial site <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-77379365112874799882024-02-22T16:16:00.001-05:002024-02-22T16:16:08.200-05:00PAA/DL Capt. Gerald A. Dion<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">~
IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Military
veteran, PAA/DL Capt. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Gerald A. Dion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">May 20, 1937 ~ November 17, 2023</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccTkZ1qwQP_Ywf1OQAR_mUh-foZwsitGmlaO6Upb3ZXSlos_KAGviic5YCUz78MOsEY9MLefrRPZlh1KbiBOm8rcXWXZrobIWK8VtYVmo7nrOerBYFGbf-v87VqcbAx5KKI_Qi67xVZxxqpRmLAJteNjhm5wepA1lGiFqQBHTtq2kDwqh5HfEEyjRsWc5/s500/dion%20paa%20dl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccTkZ1qwQP_Ywf1OQAR_mUh-foZwsitGmlaO6Upb3ZXSlos_KAGviic5YCUz78MOsEY9MLefrRPZlh1KbiBOm8rcXWXZrobIWK8VtYVmo7nrOerBYFGbf-v87VqcbAx5KKI_Qi67xVZxxqpRmLAJteNjhm5wepA1lGiFqQBHTtq2kDwqh5HfEEyjRsWc5/s320/dion%20paa%20dl.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
noted in the Jan-Feb 2024 issue of the Air Line Pilot magazine on the In
Memoriam page, the passing of retired Pan Am/Delta pilot Captain</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Gerald “Jerry”
Allen Dion, age 86.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jerry joined Pan
American 08-06-1964 and retired with Delta Air Lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is survived by his wife Dana May.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Obituary information can be found online at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pressdemocrat/name/gerald-dion-obituary?id=54025478">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pressdemocrat/name/gerald-dion-obituary?id=54025478</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Gerald Dion Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Gerald "Jerry" Dion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">May 20, 1937 - November 17, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Jerry Dion was born as a fourth-generation San Franciscan and grew
up in the Sunnyside district, the son of a milkman and a department store
worker at The Emporium on Market St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">As a youth, with his brother "Buzz", he often vacationed
on the Russian River, where he developed his love of Sonoma County. As a
teenager, he made a deal with his Catholic mother that he could transfer from
Archbishop Riordan to the public Lincoln High School, if he would give up
playing football. It was worth it "for the girls".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Upon graduation, he enrolled at UC Berkley to study accounting, but
in a fortuitous decision, he left the thrilling world of P&Ls to join the
United States Navy and became a pilot, where he flew off of the aircraft
carrier Hancock, and had some of the last non-combat missions over Vietnam. His
official call sign was "Straight Arrow", but he was affectionately
known to his Navy buddies as "Oink". When he met gorgeous Navy nurse
Joy Sandling in a bar, he claimed to be a plumber named Clyde, not wanting to
let on at first that he was, in fact, an officer in the same branch of service.
He would marry her within the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In what would prove to be the defining decision of his life, he
joined Pan Am Airways, and thus began his ascension into the ranks of Sky Gods,
from which he never descended. "The Baby Captain" as he was known for
his boyish looks, rose quickly and flew the largest passenger aircraft in the
sky, the 747.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Living in the suburbs of Moraga with his wife and two sons, Jerry
Jr. and Danny, proved too mundane for this self-made man, and the family moved
to Kenwood, CA to plant a vineyard and make wine together. The Valley of the
Moon was the perfect place to pay homage to Bacchus- which he did most days,
beginning early on the tractor, and again each evening around 5:30 before
dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">He retired to Oakmont, but his was not a sedentary life. He
enrolled at Dominican College, studying history and becoming the oldest
graduate in the class of 2008. He was a generous host, a lifelong 49ers fan,
kind to his Labradors, and loved nothing more than to be surrounded by friends
and family on holidays.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">He passed away, peacefully in his sleep in November, with his wife
Dana May by his side.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">A celebration of his life and high-flying spirit will be held on
January 13th, 2024, in Oakmont.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">For details, contact Dana May Dion at danamay@mycci.net<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-53887155899720662542024-02-20T23:21:00.001-05:002024-02-20T23:21:06.010-05:00NWA Capt. Karl Marvin Kunz<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">NWA Capt. Karl Marvin Kunz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">April 29, 1936 ~ February 20, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzV_fzWBYy61m2oTV5nN91k_Ll7ArNhkiECMdzclLzIIF3A9mEUrgzgFtKUaCOIY-OR_FpOi8LpV_Kx65dLLZHaFq1-2dZbNaOk2Lbjk6KsARSHVEiCdVQgb6XVgJdUSurotQ3GwosH-NvPZz6pmaeEfEj-O5V6R5fCcwG9g6w_pKN-5ETR5eV0Iwyx2G3/s380/Karl%20Marvin%20Kunz%20nwa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzV_fzWBYy61m2oTV5nN91k_Ll7ArNhkiECMdzclLzIIF3A9mEUrgzgFtKUaCOIY-OR_FpOi8LpV_Kx65dLLZHaFq1-2dZbNaOk2Lbjk6KsARSHVEiCdVQgb6XVgJdUSurotQ3GwosH-NvPZz6pmaeEfEj-O5V6R5fCcwG9g6w_pKN-5ETR5eV0Iwyx2G3/s320/Karl%20Marvin%20Kunz%20nwa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1DROz6TIop0J7Q1FqA5IPaCPvTK-vSvyn4FfsxCSoly1J2iSnEdohUEJk62OxG5BvqlRapnULRJ9VOy27TznYHpF_esMiwnt-gum8BCeOW5SIYIBRtFfEJ7w-vJMyqsdkJkpDKlT7PeXj7D5bpe4GesarBagHbIGMqLyyY-NchrNu8NvUGEDrk5M9T7B/s380/kunz%20nwa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1DROz6TIop0J7Q1FqA5IPaCPvTK-vSvyn4FfsxCSoly1J2iSnEdohUEJk62OxG5BvqlRapnULRJ9VOy27TznYHpF_esMiwnt-gum8BCeOW5SIYIBRtFfEJ7w-vJMyqsdkJkpDKlT7PeXj7D5bpe4GesarBagHbIGMqLyyY-NchrNu8NvUGEDrk5M9T7B/s320/kunz%20nwa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing…..retired Northwest Airlines
pilot Captain Karl Marvin Kunz, age 87.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I believe that Karl first hired on with Northwest Airlines as a mechanic
05-06-1959 as he earned his qualifications to fly commercially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Karl is survived by his wife Virginia, and by
his daughter Denise along with his grand- and greatgrandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information can be found online at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://oconnellfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/karl-marvin-kunz/">https://oconnellfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/karl-marvin-kunz/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">also at <a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/karl-kunz-obituary?id=54429891">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/karl-kunz-obituary?id=54429891</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN memorial site <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary : Karl Marvin Kunz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Karl Marvin Kunz, age 87, of Hudson, Wisconsin,
passed away on February 20, 2024, at Hudson Hospital in Hudson, Wisconsin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Karl was born on April 29, 1936, to parent's
Alfred and Mary (Jensen) Kunz in Menomonie, Wisconsin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Karl was united in marriage to Virginia (Thibado)
on August 26, 1954 in Downsville, Wisconsin. Together they raised two children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As a young family, Karl and Virginia moved from
Downsville to the Hudson area settling in a home on Lake Mallalieu. Karl
enjoyed spending time with his family on the lake boating and fishing. Golfing
and cars were other hobbies of Karl's. The local car dealership knew Karl quite
well as he would often be found buying a new GMC every couple of years. Through
the years, Karl was very proud to be a commercial pilot for Northwest Airlines,
later becoming Delta Airlines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Karl is survived by his wife of 69 years Virginia
Kunz; daughter Denise (William) Eberspacher; grandchildren Patrick (Patty)
Tufte, Anthony (Susan) Eberspacher, Brian Eberspacher; great-grandchildren
Willa Eberspacher, Micah Eberspacher, Ezra Eberspacher, Luke Eberspacher and
Calliope Tufte.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He was preceded in death by his son Duane Kunz;
parents Alfred and Mary Kunz; and sister Beverly Dahms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A private family interment will take place at a
later date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Funeral services entrusted to O'Connell Family
Funeral Home of Hudson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">FUNERAL HOME<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">O'Connell Family Funeral Homes and Cremation
Services - Hudson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">520 11th Street South, Hudson, Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>deathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05715352696615145983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810058927296565315.post-61839063286711713762024-02-16T18:38:00.001-05:002024-02-16T18:38:11.085-05:00Pinnacle/Endeavor/DL pilot Michael David O'Leary<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ IN MEMORY ~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pinnacle/Endeavor/DL pilot Michael David O'Leary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">November 26, 1982 ~ February 15, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Notice of passing…..Delta pilot Michael David
O'Leary joined Delta Air Lines 5-2-2022.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is survived by his wife Christina, and by his son and his
stepchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Obituary information can be found at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.kroeze-wolffis.com/obituary/Michael-OLeary">https://www.kroeze-wolffis.com/obituary/Michael-OLeary</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>also at <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/michael-o-leary-obituary?id=54397157">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/michael-o-leary-obituary?id=54397157</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PCN Memorial site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">FUNERAL HOME<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Kroeze-Wolffis Funeral Home, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">637 E. Main Street, Fremont<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Michael O'Leary Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Michael David O'Leary, age 41, passed away on
Thursday morning, February 15, 2024 from an aggressive form of cancer at his
home in Fremont Michigan surrounded by his family. Mike was born on November
26, 1982 in Edina, Minnesota to Mark David and Suzanne Kay (VanDeMore) O'Leary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mike graduated from O'Gorman High School in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota in 2001. He received his Bachelor of Arts in History from
Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2010, and his Juris
Doctorate from Cooley Law School in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 2007, following flight training in Arizona and
Florida, Mike began flying for Pinnacle Airlines, later to become Endeavor
Airlines, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. During his fifteen years at Endeavor
Mike worked as a Captain and became a senior flight instructor. In 2022, Mike
began working for Delta Airlines at JFK Airport in New York City, flying
domestic and international routes throughout the United States and the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 2020, Mike was admitted to the practice of law
in South Dakota. Until the sudden onset of his illness in December, 2023, Mike
was practicing law with his father at O'Leary Law Office located in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mike is survived by his wife Christina, and son
Charles (age 8) both of Fremont, Michigan; stepchildren: Taylor (future
son-in-law Javier Michael), Arabella, and Harrington Cummings all of Fremont,
Michigan; mother and father, Mark and Suzanne O'Leary of Sioux Falls, South
Dakota; sister, Katie O'Leary of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; In-laws, Debra and
Gary Owen of Arcadia, Florida; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends
throughout the world. Mike was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Betty
and Charles (C.J.) VanDeMore of Hudson, South Dakota; and by his paternal
grandparents, Betty and Paul O'Leary of Virginia, Minnesota and Brownsville,
Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A celebration of Mike's life will be held at a
later time. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the American Heart
Association, American Cancer Society, or Dream Flights. You can sign the online
guest book at www.kroeze-wolffis.com. Arrangements are by Kroeze-Wolffis
Funeral Home, Inc. of Fremont, Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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