~ IN MEMORY ~
Navy veteran, DL Capt. Thomas Orrin
Pugh
June 30, 1941 ~ August 25,
2015
Please forgive belated notification with
the passing of retired Delta pilot Captain Thomas Orrin Pugh, age 74. Captain
Pugh joined Delta Air Lines 02-13-1970 and was based ORD and CVG. Survived by
his wife Carolyn Sue, the family can be reached at (360)
546-3052.....
15809 NE 29th
Ave., Vancouver WA 98686.
Arrangements were entrusted to Evergreen
Memorial Gardens of Vancouver, WA 98684 ... (360) 892-6060
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary..............
Thomas Orrin Pugh was born to Helga J. and Gilbert O. Pugh on June 30,
1941, in Kansas City, Missouri. He died of complications of Parkinson's on
August 25, 2015. We will miss the twinkle in his eyes and his indomitable
spirit.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Sue (Hendricks) Pugh and their children, daughter Kirstin L. Pugh (Scott Romer), and son Michael A. Pugh (Allison Reynolds). He will be missed by grandchildren Eleanor and Henry and by his brothers, Randy and Dennis, plus many family members and friends.
Tom had a great childhood and has many lifelong friends from Northeast Kansas City, Missouri.
He attended the University of Kansas on a Navy ROTC scholarship and graduated from KU in 1964.
Tom was a Vietman-era Navy pilot and a commercial pilot for Delta Airlines. He was a speaker of Chinese and Japanese, an eager traveler, an observer of all things political, and he loved to engage in discussions. He was a friend of old people and small children.
Tom, we will always treasure you.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dwight G. Rickman Navy Scholarship Fund at the University of Kansas or to the OHSU Parkinson's Center.
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He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Sue (Hendricks) Pugh and their children, daughter Kirstin L. Pugh (Scott Romer), and son Michael A. Pugh (Allison Reynolds). He will be missed by grandchildren Eleanor and Henry and by his brothers, Randy and Dennis, plus many family members and friends.
Tom had a great childhood and has many lifelong friends from Northeast Kansas City, Missouri.
He attended the University of Kansas on a Navy ROTC scholarship and graduated from KU in 1964.
Tom was a Vietman-era Navy pilot and a commercial pilot for Delta Airlines. He was a speaker of Chinese and Japanese, an eager traveler, an observer of all things political, and he loved to engage in discussions. He was a friend of old people and small children.
Tom, we will always treasure you.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dwight G. Rickman Navy Scholarship Fund at the University of Kansas or to the OHSU Parkinson's Center.
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From: "Homestead" <no-reply@hs-support.homestead-inc.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 8:28 PM
Deceased full name Thomas Orrin "Tom" Pugh
Date of Birth 6/30/1941
Date of Death 8/25/2015
Relationship Pilot
Active Retired Retired
Domicile ORD & CVG
Age at death 74
Cause of death Stroke
Living Spouse Sue
Address 15809 NE 29th Ave
City Vancouver
State WA
Zip 98686
Airline DAL
Contact Name Chad Ervin
Contact Email chaderv@bellsouth.net
Contact Phone 770-578-9674
---------- Forwarded message
----------From: "Carolyn Pugh" <carolynpugh@mac.com> Date: Sep
22, 2015 8:05 PM Subject: Tom Pugh's obituary .......... I think many of Tom's friends from his Chicago years are
aware of his passing. However, one of the things on my Delta Survivor
checklist is to share his obituary with your readers. I wrote this a couple of
days after he left us and it is a very simple obituary. We miss his humor and
his smile. I have the links to his memorials, if anyone wants them. Thanks,
Sue Pugh
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Regarding illness of Capt Tom Pugh.
I wish to thank Ken Thomas and Dave Skjerven for sharing this information
about longtime ORD based Capt Tom Pugh. Our thoughts and prayers are with Tom
and Sue as they deal with this illness. Mark
Dave;
Just got off the phone with Tom & Sue Pugh; Not sure if any on the guys have contact with him. Tom has Vascular Parkinson; Sue says he gets around with a walker and they use a wheel chair when getting out; he said his eye sight is being affected. I talked with Tom and ask if he wanted to get on the ORD e-mails list and he did; Sue will retrieve and relate the information to him; I am sure he would appreciate the contact with the guys of his ORD days. Sue's e-mail address is carolynpugh@me.com ; their ph is 360-546-3052. Ken Thomas=
Just got off the phone with Tom & Sue Pugh; Not sure if any on the guys have contact with him. Tom has Vascular Parkinson; Sue says he gets around with a walker and they use a wheel chair when getting out; he said his eye sight is being affected. I talked with Tom and ask if he wanted to get on the ORD e-mails list and he did; Sue will retrieve and relate the information to him; I am sure he would appreciate the contact with the guys of his ORD days. Sue's e-mail address is carolynpugh@me.com ; their ph is 360-546-3052. Ken Thomas=
Sent: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 9:14 am
Subject: Re: Tom Pugh
Subject: Re: Tom Pugh
Hi Dave,
This was a kind gesture. I just wanted to correct the typo on our
phone number. The area code here is 360 so the whole number is 360-546-3052.
Thanks.
Tom's condition is one of the -isms. Symptoms like those of idiopathic
Parkinson's Disease but without essential tremor. His neurologist diagnosed
"Vascular Parkinsonism" about three years ago, by using MRI results. I think
George Schindelar suffered from the same syndrome.
We have fond memories of our Chicago years. Hope you are doing well.
I keep up with some of the Chicago area news via a couple of "facebook friends"
who are from our kids' generation. (Social media for the 70+ generation! Who
knew?)
I'm sure Tom would enjoy being on the ORD e-mail list. He may have
been on it for a while. He had an earthlink.net address but no longer uses that address or
his office computer - actually cannot even get upstairs to his office. Guess
that's it. Thanks, Dave. Sue Pugh
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark Sztanyo
PCN Dir
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