~ IN MEMORY ~
Navy veteran, NWA/DL pilot/Flt. Inst. CMDR Corey K.
Schoonmaker
April 3, 1956 ~ July 10, 2021
Notification with the passing of Northwest pilot and Delta Flight
Instructor, USNR CMDR Corey Kimble Schoonmaker, age 65. CMDR Schoonmaker joined Northwest Airlines
02-06-1987. He is survived by his wife Catherine
and his sons plus many more dear family members.
Obituary information is available online at
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyfreeman/name/corey-schoonmaker-obituary?pid=199477428
Share memories online at https://www.lastingmemories.com/memorial/corey-k-schoonmaker
For those who may wish to send a personal note, the family
address is listed in whitepages as
1193 Gulf Breeze Pkwy Apt 2 , Gulf Breeze, FL 32561.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary : CMDR Corey K. Schoonmaker of Gulf Breeze,
Fla., died Saturday, July 10, 2021, due to complications from Type-1 Diabetes.
He was born on April 3, 1956 and grew up in Stone Ridge, N.Y. He was 65-
years-old. Corey graduated from Cortland State College. In 1980 he joined the
Navy and went through Aviation Officer Candidate School at NAS Pensacola. He
transferred to NAS Corpus Christi and trained on the T-28, T-44 and was a
SERGRAD (Selectively Retained Graduate) to become a flight instructor on the
T-28 in VT-27. He completed his Navy career as a P-3 Orion Pilot in VP-26 at
NAS Brunswick. After Corey's active Navy career, he continued in the USNR. He
flew for Northwest Airlines and was a Flight Instructor at Delta Airlines and
more recently FedEx. His passions were flying, family, coaching and playing
sports. Corey was predeceased by his father, Hebe (Clifford, Sr.) and sister
Kristin. He is survived by his wife Catherine; two sons, Landon and Logan:
mother, Grace; brothers, Clifford Jr. and Christopher (Katherine); sisters
Kathleen (John) Grambling, Kyle (Robert Gates); and many nieces, nephews, and
friends.
There will be two services: July 22, 2021 at 2 p.m.
Marbletown Reformed Church, Stone Ridge, N.Y., and Aug. 6, 2021 at 11:30 a.m.:
Military Honors at NAS Pensacola, Barrancas National Cemetery followed by a
gathering at The Bridge Bar, Gulf Breeze, Fla. https://www.lastingmemories.com/corey-k-schoonmaker
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