NWA Capt. Terry Arden Juliar

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

NWA Capt. Terry Arden Juliar

July 4, 1938 ~ November 13, 2024

 

 

Sharing news from the RNPA/Retired Northwest Pilots group…..

 

Dear Friends and Colleagues,  

I regret having to inform you that our colleague Terry Juliar died on

November 13, 2024. Terry was first hired by Northwest Airlines in 1959 to

wash airplanes. In time he earned his certification as a A&P mechanic. In

1962 he joined the pilot ranks and flew thereafter for 35 years.  

Celebration of Terry's life will be held at Lake Minnetonka Shores, 4515

Shoreline Drive, Spring Park, MN, on Friday, November 22 at 1330 (1:30 pm).

 Our condolences to Terry's family.  

 

PCN memorial site

https://obituaries.startribune.com/obituary/terry-juliar-1092294620 

 

Juliar, Terry Arden age 86, of Minnetrista, MN. Born 7/4/1938 and died on 11/13/2024. Terry was the youngest child of Ralph and Rosalia Juliar of St. Clair, MN, where he lived and worked the life of a southern Minnesota 'farm kid.' Despite winning a few 4H ribbons for his Black Angus cattle, he determined by high school that farm life was not for him. Seeds were sewn in the attic of that farmhouse - where he spent hours building model airplanes and dreamed of a life in the clouds. He met the love of his life, Nadine Buckhaus at age 15 at a Youth Fellowship event at church, and within a few weeks of their high school graduation they were married in Mankato, MN and headed west to California in an unreliable hot rod with a few suitcases, a box of tools, and big dreams.

Terry returned to Minnesota a couple years later with Nadine by his side and his Aircraft & Powerplant; Mechanics certificate from Northrup Aviation Institute. He soon began a career in the 'golden era' of aviation. He followed an improbable path -- hired by Northwest Airlines in 1959 first to wash airplanes and then as a mechanic. He became a pilot, realizing his ultimate dream, in 1962. He flew for Northwest Airlines for another 35 years, retiring as a DC-10 captain.

Along the way he established a 'home base' on the shores of Lake Minnetonka where he turned his three children lose to grow and play. His inescapable side-kick during this time was a black lab named Sparky who received an uncommon amount of care and doting. Most of his life was large - full of friends and family, fireworks displays, a resolute faith, community and church involvement, and the best kind of mischief. His final few years were small, in the ways that age and ill-health often force smallness, but he met those challenges with humor, wit, curiosity, and a refusal to let his physical limitations tint his view of life.

He is preceded in death by his father, Ralph Juliar, his mother, Rosalia Juliar, brother LaMarr Juliar, and sister, Elaine Heitke. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Nadine Juliar, his children, Heidi, Troy, and Blair Juliar, seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A celebration of Terry's life will be held at Lake Minnetonka Shores, 4515 Shoreline Drive, Spring Park, MN 55384, on Friday November 22 at 1:30 p.m.