NC/NWA Capt. Roy W. Nordstrom

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

NC/NWA Capt. Roy W. Nordstrom

July 30, 1934 ~ December ? , 2020

 

From the March issue of the ALPA magazine’s In Memoriam Column, we learn of the passing of retired Northwest Airlines pilot Captain Roy Wieland Nordstrom, age 86.  I was not able to locate an online obituary for Roy but please see below the other details that I could find.

From this online site  https://airandspace.si.edu/support/wall-of-honor/capt-roy-nordstrom  we learn that Captain Nordstrom first joined North Central Airlines in 1958 and then retired with Northwest :  “His 40+ year career began with instructing in Piper Cubs at Harlem Airport in Chicago. He then went on to fly for Slick Airways in the C-46 and DC-4, with a move to North Central Airlines in 1958. There he flew and was type-rated in the DC-3, Convair 240, 340, A440 (580), DC-9, and 727.  North Central the merged with Northwest Airlines where he continued to fly the 727 and retired on the Airbus 320.”

To the best of my knowledge, Roy was born/raised in Illinois and had most recently resided in Sycamore, Illinois near his son John.  I believe Roy was widowed in October of 2010 with the passing of his wife and former Eastern Airlines stewardess Pamala Rae West Nordstrom. 

If anyone has additional information and/or corrections to share, please do let us know.

Thank you,

~ Carol for the PCN 

 

 

Pamala NORDSTROM  https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/pamala-nordstrom-obituary?pid=145986381

Birth   :  21 Jul 1944

Death :  12 Oct 2010

Pamala Nordstrom of Bartlett for 40+ years Pamala Nordstrom (nee West) was the beloved wife of Roy; loving mother of Eric (Jennifer) of St. Louis and John (Laura) of Sycamore; cherished grandmother of Sophia; and dear sister of Cindy Dooley, Sheila (Bruce) McConnell and Kay (Richard) Trim……………..Countryside Funeral Home and Crematory, 950 South Bartlett Road (at Stearns Road), Bartlett….. Countryside Crematory.  www.countrysidefuneralhomes.com