PNA/WA/DL F/A Linda Pfister, widow of WA/DL Capt. Hank Pfister

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

PNA/WA/DL F/A Linda Pfister, widow of WA/DL Capt. Hank Pfister

FEBRUARY 28, 1943 – AUGUST 14, 2022

 

From friends and colleagues:     

  Flight attendant Linda Pfister died on Sunday, August 14 after a time of experiencing dementia and physical limitations.  Linda was born in 1943 and began her flying career with Pacific Northern Airlines.  When Western bought PNA and the flight attendant contracts were finally merged in the early 1970's, she was part of the SEA WAL base.  She continued flying (taking leaves for the births of her sons Ian and Bruce) all the way through the 70's and 80's--and transitioning with us all to Delta Airlines in 1987.  She married her second husband, pilot Hank Pfister, and continued to fly until Hank's retirement.  She worked Hank's final flight and at the end of it they taxied the plane in to the gate in SEA with the fire trucks creating a tunnel of water for them to taxi through.  She was in the cockpit waving out the window as they pulled into the gate.  She retired that day, too.

 Linda and Hank were great friends to us all, and they will be missed.

 

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/seattle-wa/linda-pfister-10890485

 

Thank you,

~ Carol for the PCN  

 

https://pcnflightwest.blogspot.com/2014/04/wadl-capt-henry-c-hank-pfister-jr.html 

WA/DL Capt. Henry C. Pfister, Jr.

September 9, 1934 – April 4, 2014   

 

Navy veteran retired WA/DL pilot Captain Henry C. Pfister Jr., age 79.  Captain Pfister joined Western Airlines 06-05-1967 and retired with Delta Air Lines in September 1994, based 030/SEA. 

 

~ Life Story:  Henry C. Pfister, Jr., “Hank”, of Des Moines, WA, passed away on April 4, 2014 due to complications from Renal Cell Carcinoma. He was 79.

 

Hank was born in Winter Haven, Florida on September 9, 1934 to parents Henry C. Pfister, Sr. and Luelette A. Whitehurst Pfister.  Hank graduated from Winter Haven High School in 1952. He attended college in Central Florida, then graduated from the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. He flew helicopter units from USS Ranger in San Diego, CA then received orders to Pensacola, Florida and Guam. Hank was a flight instructor and also flew fixed wing aircraft for the Naval Air Training command. After it was noticed he was a talented singer and director, he was given command of the Naval Air Training command choir. After 3 years on Guam, he remained in the Navy one more year in San Diego, flying in the Ferry Squadron, flying many types of aircraft. In 1967, he retired from the Navy, and joined Western Airlines, which later became Delta Airlines. Captain Hank Pfister and his wife, Flight Attendant Linda Pfister, flew their last trip together and retired together in September 1994.

 

Hank Pfister is survived by Linda Pfister, and their two sons: Ian and Bruce McLaughlin. He also has four children with former wife, Sharon Graham Pfister: daughter Elaine and her husband Steve Roberts; son Alan, son Neal and his wife Beverly Pfister, and daughter Dianne and her husband Christian Hansson. He also has five grandchildren: Jonathan and Emily Roberts, James Pfister, and Sean and Rianna McLaughlin.