~ IN MEMORY ~
NEA/DL Capt. Daniel Pranka
October 2, 1937 - December 8, 2021
From the Northeast Yellowbird group comes news
with the passing of retired Northeast/Delta pilot Captain Daniel Pranka, age 84. Captain Pranka joined Northeast Airlines
05-02-1966 and retired with Delta Air Lines in August of 1995, based 030/Boston. He is survived by his wife Joanne.
Obituary information is available online at
https://www.bisbeeporcella.com/obituaries/Daniel-Pranka?obId=23340244#/obituaryInfo
also at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/daniel-pranka-obituary?id=31819535
You can
read more about Captain Pranka who was also the owner of New England Sports
Tours, LLC at https://advocatenews.net/advocate-asks-sports-tours-organizer-dan-pranka/
For those who may wish to send a personal note,
the Pranka family address is listed in whitepages as
10 Donna Rd., Saugus MA 01906.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary : Daniel
Pranka
Mr. Daniel Pranka, age 84, of Saugus, formerly of
Connecticut, died on Wednesday, December 8th at the Massachusetts General
Hospital in Boston. He was the beloved husband of Joanne (Falzone) Pranka with
whom he shared 56 years of marriage.
Born in Barkhamsted, CT, Mr. Pranka was the son of
the late Anthony and Josephine (Jaconkaiti) Pranka. He was a retired pilot for
Delta Airlines.
Mr. Pranka was predeceased by his three brothers,
John, Charles and Albert Chester and his sister, Aldona.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his name may be
made to either Smile Train @ donate.smiletrain.org or St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital @ stjude.org.
SERVICE INFORMATION
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a
graveside service at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, 185 Lake St., Peabody on
Tuesday at 11 a.m. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Graveside : Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 11:00AM
Puritan Lawn Memorial Park , 185 Lake St. , Peabody,
MA 01960
Final Resting Place : Puritan Lawn Memorial Park ,
185 Lake St. , Peabody, MA 01960
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https://advocatenews.net/advocate-asks-sports-tours-organizer-dan-pranka/
THE ADVOCATE ASKS:
Sports tours organizer Dan Pranka
January 26, 2018
THE ADVOCATE ASKS:
Sports tours organizer Dan Pranka talks about the price and logistics
for Patriots fans who want to go to the Super Bowl
Editor’s Note: For this week, we sat down with Dan
Pranka, owner of New England Sports Tours, LLC, and asked him about the
ultimate dream of any avid New England Patriots fan: going to the Super Bowl to
watch the New England Patriots play the Philadelphia Eagles. Pranka, 80, worked
30 years as an airlines pilot for Delta Airlines before retiring as a captain
in 1995, flying the Boeing 727. While still a pilot, he began his second career
in the sports travel business by launching the first of several groups – Saugus
Travel in 1972, the same year he moved to Saugus. Pranka, who served six years
in the National Guard, is a native of Barkhamsted, Conn., a small town 25 miles
northwest of Hartford, Conn. He has
handled transportation and lodging for Boston sports fans interested in
attending away games for Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and the Bruins. He claims
to have offered more tours for New England sports fans than any other tour
operator. His sports tours included trips to two Olympic games – to Montreal in
1976 and Los Angeles in 1984. When the Patriots went to their first Super Bowl
in New Orleans to play the Chicago Bears in 1986. He booked 2,000 fans for the
trip. He and his wife Joanne, also a Connecticut native, have been married for
52 years. Pranka has been a member of the Saugus Rotary Club for 42 years. He
is the second member in club history to hold the office of president twice. He
cites among his accomplishments, obtaining a defibrillator for the Saugus
Senior Center. He served six years in the National Guard, based in Torrington,
Con. Some highlights of the interview……………………………………
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