~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, DL Capt. Donald R. Cundieff
June 14, 1938 ~ Sept. 16, 2020
Notification with the passing of retired Delta pilot Captain
Donald Ray Cundieff, age 82. Captain Cundieff
joined Delta Air Lines 04-11-1966 and retired with Delta in 1998, based
031/ATL. He is survived by his wife, his
daughter, plus step children and grandchildren.
To view the obituary online, share memories and view family photos,
please visit the funeral home website at
https://www.mcnuttfhlufkin.com/obituaries/Donald-Ray-Cundieff?obId=18377928
Obituary information is also available at
https://obits.dallasnews.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=don-cundieff&pid=196825345
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary……………. CUNDIEFF, Don
Don Cundieff was born on June 14, 1938 in Brownwood, TX to
Vivian Richardson and John Cundieff. He served in the Korean War as a Captain
in the US Army; he then went on to work as an airline pilot for Delta Airlines
for thirty-four years, the last of which he flew internationally. He is
survived by his wife, daughter, four sons, step-daughter, six grand-children,
two brothers, and a sister. He is preceded in death by his parents. He loved
plants and animals, peace and calm, practicality, remembering the past,
envisioning the future, and caring for with complete dedication the people he
knew best. Don Cundieff died in Lufkin, TX of Alzheimer's complications on
September 16 with his daughter and his caretakers both holding on to and
ushering him. He was 82-years-old. He will be greatly, greatly missed.
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