~ IN MEMORY ~
USAF, NEA/DL Lt. Col. Capt. Albert James ‘Jim’ Tagg
Sr.
April 21, 1934 ~ March 25, 2017
Notification with the passing of retired Northeast/Delta pilot
Lt. Col. Capt. Albert James ‘Jim’ Tagg Sr., age 82. Captain Tagg joined
Northeast Airlines 12-18-1958 and retired with Delta Air Lines in 1994, based
031/NYC. Widowed four years ago, Captain Tagg is survived by his children and
grandchildren.
To view/sign the online guestbook please visit the funeral
home website at
Captain Tagg’s obituary is also available online at
Services were private.
Should we receive further information we will be sure to pass
it along.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary........................
Lt. Col. and Captain Albert James "Jim" Tagg Sr.
HAMPTON FALLS - Lt. Col. and Captain Albert James "Jim" Tagg,
Sr., 83, of Hampton Falls, N.H., passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017, in Tampa,
Fla., surrounded by his loving family. Jim was born on April 21, 1934, in
Beverly, Mass., the son of Thomas and Nora Freer Tagg.
He graduated from Topsfield High School in 1952. After
graduation he joined the Air Force and learned to fly over a dozen military
aircraft before retiring as a Lt. Col., flying the F101 Voodoo jet fighter and
part of the First Intercept Squadron based out of Bangor, Maine. While Based at
Loring AFB, he obtained a Bachelor's Degree from Husson College and met his wife
Sue. He married Susan Files Tagg at All Souls Church, Bangor, on September 25,
1964. Jim and Sue enjoyed raising their family in Hampton Falls, N.H. Before
retiring from the Air Force Jim began a long career in the commercial airline
industry at first flying DC-3s for Northeast Airlines and eventually retiring as
a Captain with Delta Airlines, flying Boeing 767 ER's around the
world.
After Jim and Sue retired, they spent time maintaining their
home in Hampton Falls, N.H., and riding motorcycles, wintering and traveling on
their motor coach in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and sailing the coast of Maine out of
Boothbay Harbor where Jim enjoyed being a member, and Past Commodore, of the
Down East Yacht Club.
Jim was predeceased by his wife Susan Files Tagg; his father,
Thomas Tagg; his mother, Nora Tagg; brother, George Tagg.
He is survived by his three sons; Jim Tagg Jr., and wife,
Kimberly of Tampa, Fla., Richard Tagg of Walnut Creek, Calif., Steven Tagg and
wife, Keri Tagg, of Newmarket, N.H.; granddaughters McKenna and Paige Tagg;
grandsons, James Tagg III and Clark Tagg; his sister and brother-in-law, Diana
and Ralph Titus of Rowley, Mass.; sisters-in-law Liz Tagg of Seabrook, N.H.,
Judi Stevens of Yarmouth, Maine and Debbie Dumas of Scarborough, Maine; and
brother-in-law Kip Files of Rockland, Maine.
SERVICES: A private memorial services will be held in N.H. and
Maine this summer. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim's name to
Moffit Cancer Center in Tampa. www.blountcurrymacdill.com
.Funeral Home : Blount & Curry Funeral Home - Macdill
Chapel
605 S MACDILL AVE Tampa, FL 33609 ... (813) 876-2421
.Published in Seacoastonline.com from Mar. 30 to Apr. 2,
2017
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Wife’s obituary............Susan Files Tagg
(1943-2013)
HAMPTON FALLS, N.H. - Susan Files Tagg, 69, of Hampton Falls,
N.H., passed away April 9, 2013, in Tampa, Fla., surrounded by her loving family
after a courageous battle with cancer. Susan was born Dec. 4, 1943, in Bangor,
the daughter of Richard and Ellen Files.
She graduated from Bangor High School in 1962 and received an
associates degree in early childhood development from Westbrook Junior College,
Portland. Susan was a member of Bangor Junior League and loved horseback riding
and spending time with her grandchildren. Susan married Lt. Col. Albert "Jim"
Tagg, retired, at All Souls Church, Bangor, Sept. 25, 1964. Susan and her
husband raised three sons, James Jr., Richard and Steven in Hampton Falls, N.H.
After Jim retired they spent much of their time on their motor home in Port St.
Lucie, Fla., and on their boat in Boothbay, as members of The Down East Yacht
Club.
Susan was predeceased by her mother, Ellen Hathorn Files; and
brother-in-law, Greg Stevens. She is survived by her father, Richard Files of
Falmouth; husband of 47 years, Albert "Jim" Tagg; three sons, Jim Tagg and wife,
Kimberly Tagg, of Tampa Fla., Richard Tagg of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Steven
Tagg of Hampton Falls, N.H.; grandaughters, McKenna and Paige Tagg; grandsons,
AJ and Clark Tagg; sister, Judi Stevens of Yarmouth; and brother and
sister-in-law, Kip Files and Lorraine DuBeau of Rockland; sister and
brother-in-law, Deb and Peter Dumas of Scarborough; and several nieces and
nephews.
