~ IN MEMORY ~
USAF veteran, NWA Capt. Dean Loftin Monteith
January 8, 1941 ~ December 5, 2024
PCN memorial site
Dean joined Northwest Airlines 05-19-1969.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/dean-monteith-obituary?id=57200160
Dean Monteith Obituary
It is with great sadness that the family of Dean
Loftin Monteith announces his passing on December 5, 2024, in Lake Havasu City,
Arizona, at the age of 83.
Dean was born January 8, 1941, in Cando, North
Dakota, to Roland and Lucille Monteith. After graduating from Fargo Central
High School in 1959, he went on to NDSU, graduating and receiving a commission
in the United States Air Force in 1963.
Dean's aviation career spanned nearly 40
years-first as a KC-135 tanker pilot in the Air Force, then as a pilot for
Northwest Airlines, and as transport pilot in the Minnesota Air National Guard,
retiring as a Lt. Colonel. For several years he owned and operated two coffee
shops in Minneapolis with his wife Gail.
Dean was an avid golfer and enjoyed playing on
courses all over the world. After retirement he flew radio-controlled airplanes
and spent many years traveling around the country in his motorhome. He also
restored and often drove a 1967 Plymouth Fury convertible which he had owned
since it was new.
Dean was preceded in death by his parents, his
first wife Gail (2011), his sister-in-law Gloria (2009), his brother Larry
(2012), and his brother Gerald (2020). He is survived by his wife Linda, his
daughter Jill Williams (Michael), his daughter Jennifer Monteith, his sister
Jeanne Lindsay (Bruce), his sister-in-law Margaret Monteith, and six
grandchildren-Matthew, Grace, Hannah, Ethan, Eli, and Henri. He also leaves
behind numerous nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.
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