~ IN MEMORY ~
USAF veteran, WA/DL pilot William Gordon Simons
October 25, 1938 ~ April 19, 2022
Notice of passing…..online obituary may be found
at
https://www.registerguard.com/obituaries/p0207276
If anyone has more information to share, please do
let us know.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary : William Gordon Simons, 83, of
Springfield, Oregon, passed away on April 19, 2022.
Bill was born to parents Guy and Helen Simons in
Seaside, Oregon on October 25th, 1938. He graduated from Springfield High
School and obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon, after
which he joined the Air Force and married Marilyn Williams.
He spent eight years in the Air Force as a fighter
pilot, including a year in Vietnam, and later enjoyed a long career as a
commercial airline pilot with Western Airlines and Delta Airlines. After many
years away due to his career, he moved back to Springfield and married Judith
Yates. Following his years as a pilot, he briefly taught student pilots at Lane
Community College before serving as the first Justice of the Peace for Lane
County. Upon retirement, he fulfilled a lifelong desire to write a novel and
continued to travel the world with Judy.
Bill is predeceased by his parents and his older
brother James, as well as his wife Judith. He is survived by his two sons, Lee
and Steve, and four wonderful grandchildren.
Posted online on April 30, 2022
Published in The Register-Guard
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