NWA Capt. Duval F. Moss III

 ~ IN MEMORY ~

Military veteran, NWA Capt. Duval F. Moss III

June 11, 1945 - October 16, 2026

He retired as a Commander from the Navy and then took his aviation skills to Northwest Airlines where he flew another 17 years commercially..................

Duval joined Northwest Airlines 03-03-1989 and retired with Northwest in 2005.  He is survived by his wife Debbie, and by his children and their families.

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Obituary for Duval F. Moss III

Born in Mexico City on June 11, 1945, to Margaret (née Louise Shedwick) and Duval F Moss II.

He spent the first 12 years of his life in Mexico City, Puebla, and Vera Cruz. The family, which included his younger brother Roger, then moved to Dallas where he finished middle and high school.

Duval graduated from Texas Tech with a degree in business and soon after entered Navy

Officer Candidate School. He served 20 years in the Navy as an aviator flying A4’s, T2’s, T39’s, among other aircraft and served 2 tours on the USS Coral Sea where he was the “yellow shirt” launching and catching the planes. He was stationed in San Diego, Whidbey Island, Beeville Texas, Subic Bay, and Norfolk. He retired as a Commander from the Navy and then took his aviation skills to Northwest Airlines where he flew another 17 years commercially until mandated retirement at 60.

Duval was an avid fly fisherman from an early age. Even while living in Dallas he figured out ways to fish the local creeks and lakes using artificial lures and flies with rudimentary

equipment. At one point he pursued graduate work in fisheries studies, but it was advanced studies in fly fishing that he was truly after. His mind was always on the stream and the next trout he could land.

He spent his retirement at the family home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, a place where he truly loved life. His days were filled with the things he enjoyed most—fly fishing in the streams with friends, snowshoeing, biking, and cross-country skiing. He had a lifelong love of the outdoors and found so much happiness in being surrounded by the beauty of the mountains and rivers. He especially loved sharing those adventures with his black lab Hank.

His other passion was a 1963 Porsche 356B (banana slug yellow) that he used as a regular

driver for many years and kept with him during his many moves. This car represented a joyous and adventurous period of his life which he reminisced about often.

He was preceded by his first wife Heather, and his dog Hank. He is survived by his two children from the first marriage April and Robb, his two children from the second marriage Sam and Julia, his second wife Debbie, his brother Roger, his in-law daughters Aleksandra and Lily, his in-law sons Tyler and Rob, and his grandsons Konrad and Sebastian.

We love you Pop. Hope the bugs are hatching and the fish are biting.