NWA Capt. Royal W. Cherry Jr.

~ IN MEMORY ~

NWA Capt. Royal Cherry

March 31, 1941 ~ July 7, 2015

 

Word has been received with the passing of RNPA member retired NWA pilot Captain Royal Wallace Cherry Jr, age 74.  Navy fighter pilot (VF-154, Black Knights) and Naval Reserve Officer retired, Captain Cherry joined Northwest Airlines 06-12-1967 and retired with Northwest in 2001.  Survived by his wife Judith 'Lynn', personal condolences may be sent to the family at 

 710 Calle Monserrat , San Clemente, CA 92672-2372 

Thank you to Tony Polgar for providing service information as noted below.

Arrangements entrusted to Lesneski Mortuary   http://www.lesneskimortuary.com/obituary 

            Thank you,

                ~ Carol for the PCN

From: RNPA News Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 4:32 PMSubject:  Royal Cherry's Arrangements.

Royal Cherry's funeral will be at 10 am July21, 2015 at Lesneski Mortuary on El Camino Real in San Clemente, CA. Burial will follow at 1 pm in Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, CA.

Fly safe, Tony Polgar

From: RNPA News Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 6:43 AMSubject:  Royal Cherry Has Flown West.

Tony Polgar writes.

Royal Cherry has flown West unexpectedly on 7/7/15 due to an aneurism. More details when known.

Patricia Riley, Wife of Capt Vic Riley, age 74

Patricia Riley, 74
July 8th, 2015

I wish to thank Ted for sending in the sad news of the passing of Capt Vic Riley's wife Pat.  The obit and service information is shared below.

From: Ted/Bear Date: 7/8/2015 3:16:34 PM To: mark@pilotcommunication.net Subject: Pat Riley

Hi Mark, by now you should have received notice of Pat Rilet's passing early this morn. from complications of alzheimers. She was just 74. They were married 50+ yrs. I will send more details when avail..--thanks, Ted Langworthy

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Services for Patricia Riley, wife of Victor Riley who succumbed to the ravages of Alzheimer's on July 8, 2015.

Monday July 13, 6-8pm, visitation  (vigil and rosary at 7pm) at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 105 Hwy 1431 East, Marble Falls, TX.  Funeral Mass Tuesday July 14, 10:00am, also at St. John's.  Interment immediately following at Lakeland Hills Memorial Park in Burnet.  Reception immediately following at St John's Parish Activity Center. A pot luck dish would be appreciated.  In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to Alzheimer's at www.alz.org and link to my daughters Alzheimer walk through the button, "Search for a walker", Melissa Tarbox and Michelle Hubbard.

Clements-Wilcox funeral home, 1805 Hwy 281 N.  Marble Falls, TX 830-693-4373. 
Info will be posted at the following link soon: 
www.clementswilcoxfuneralhome.com

WA/DL Capt Charles Robert (C.R.) Smith, ret

Captain Smith joined Western Airlines 06-04-1962 and was based DEN.

DOB I believe was March 7, 1931

please send any communication to    diana.diana8@aol.com

    ~ Carol

WA/DL Capt Charles Robert (C.R.) Smith
~~ July 5th, 2015 ~~

 We received the sad news about the passing of C.R.  Please send all condolences and well wishes to Diana at email below.  More information will be added once received. 

From: diana valencia

Date: 7/9/2015 11:57:02 AM

To: death@pilotcommunication.net

Subject: NOTIFICATION OF DEATH

         Please know that Charles Robert Smith  (C.R.)  died on July 5th, 2015. He suffered greatly for 12 years from multiple types of cancer, and FOUGHT A LONG HARD FIGHT. 

     

         I am his ex-wife (he never married again) and the mother of our three children.  Donna Robin Smith, Jeri April Gallegos, and our son,  Charles R. Smith Jr. (deceased 1996).  He has a grandson, David Maestas, and a great grand daughter, Isla Maestas. 4 months old. 

      I will forward his obituary and any other pertinent information. His Memorial will be held July 26, 2015 in Aurora,Colorado. 

     

      C.R. retired as Captain with Delta, after flying for Western, and then continued on when Delta merged with Western Airlines.

      We are heartbroken and have questions about insurance, etc, but not at this time. We are taking time to grieve.

      My ex and I remained very close, and I helped care for him in my home during his struggle. He died in Aurora Care Center, surrounded by our family.

      Diana Valencia       please send any communication to    diana.diana8@aol.com

I would like people to know that CR was a Golden Gloves Champion at 17 yrs of age,  joined the military at 18,  Paratrooper, 82nd Airborne, enlisted and then recalled...was a Miami fireman and during that period, worked for his own pilot license hours, privately while working full time supporting himself. 

     He was a vocal political activist and wrote the White House on a regular basis! He volunteered in the community, many times played Santa Claus for Head Start, was a foster parent, and together we housed 4 teenagers 2 babies, and 4 toddlers!! LOL not all at the same time! Mentored young boys in sports and gave them guidance through out high school, directing them to make good choices. One of those men now is a Captain for United. Chris Carlson, and CR was like a dad to him! He loved to talk politics and discuss the stock market.

He was a kind neighbor, always shoveling neighbors driveways and was a secret Santa, driving around at Christmas giving away 100 dollar bills to strangers! He ran numerous marathons in Colorado, and logged over 30K miles, as he started running when he was in his 20's..

   We neglected to add any of these details, as we both were crying too hard when we wrote his OB. If there is any way you can add some

of this to his published memory, we would be so grateful. Thank you, Mark.

  Diana
diana.diana8@aol.com

WA/DL Frank Lynn Faulkner, husband of Carol

~ IN MEMORY ~

WA/DL retiree Frank Lynn Faulkner

January 13, 1937 ~ July 4, 2015

 

Yesterday my husband Frank lost his battle to lung cancer.  For the years we were lucky enough to have together, I am eternally grateful.



Frank was born on the Ft. Hall Indian reservation in Idaho.  His momma said Frank was always a happy baby and his parents raised him up to be a tough ol' hard working ranch kid with common-sense smarts.  Frank was proud of his heritage and his down-to-earth roots, he was a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none and I-can-do-it-myself kind of guy.  By age five Frank was already wearing his aviator's cap.  He hired on with Western Airlines in Idaho 07-21-1958, also worked in HNL and retired 04-01-2001 in PHX with Delta Air Lines.  Maybe you didn't know that Frank had his private pilot's license, played football and the saxaphone in high school, was on the roping team during his Montana State college days, had beautiful hand writing, enjoyed gardening/photography/cooking, took me square dancing and picked me flowers out of our backyard.  He was a man of very few words  but his actions spoke volumes.  Frank would say "I'm an open book" (albeit sometimes those pages had to be pried open!), and he always enjoyed a good visit over a cup of coffee (known to slip Jack Daniels into his morning brew!).



Frank is survived by a wonderful family ... siblings, children, grand- & great-grandchildren, nieces & nephews .... survived also by a plithera of loyal true-blue friends ... and by me his wife who he spoiled terribly.

As were Frank's wishes, there will be no local services.

Inurnment will be at a later date in Idaho.

        Thank you for your friendship, love and support...it has meant a lot to both of us.

                ~ Carol for the PCN

Frank 'n' Carol Ann (Legge Wichterman) Faulkner
*Carol...DOE 03-24-69/ Ret. 11-01-02/ MSP-PHX-SLC-PHX
*Frank...DOE 07-21-58/ Ret. 04-01-01/ IDA-PIH-HNL-PHX
WA/DL retirees & DL Pioneers Arizona Sun Catchers Chapter
480-345-2677   carol.n.frank@cox.net 2698 W. Bentrup St., Chandler, AZ 85224-1004

BN/RC/NWA F/O Frederick W. Fisher Jr.

~ IN MEMORY ~

BN/RC/NWA F/O Frederick William Fisher Jr.

October 10, 1936 ~ January 1, 2015 

 

Please forgive belated notice... and as noted in the latest ALPA memoriam column... the passing of NWA pilot Frederick 'Fred' W. Fisher, age 78.  Obituary below indicates his military and commercial aviation career, and that he retired with Northwest Airlines in 1996. 

Should we receive more information, we will update our memorial sites.

            Thank you,

                ~ Carol for the PCN   

 

Fred's Obituary
Fred Fisher passed away January 1, 2015.  Fred had Lewy Body Dementia for the past ten years.  Sonja Fisher, Fred's wife, assisted Fred as much as possible and together they moved into an assisted living facility in San Leandro, CA – the location chosen to be close to their daughter, Sharon Burke which would become instrumental in helping Sonja deal with the difficulties of her husband's disease.  Fred has been under Vitas hospice care for the past three years, which is remarkable, but as the New Year turned, Fred took a turn for the worst and passed away on New Year's Day.

Fred began his aviation career in the Air Force.  He graduated in class 62-H at Vance AFB in Enid, OK along with his soon to be life-long friend: Braniff pilot Dale Cross.  Right after pilot training both Fred and Dale took part in a NASA project at Lockheed in Marietta, GA then Fred was assigned to fly the WRB-50 in Japan.  Fred was hired by Braniff in 1966 and was still there when they turned the lights out in 1982.  Fred spent a year helping his friends find flying jobs before Sonja finally convinced him to find a job for himself.  The new job was Republic Airlines in 1983 which of course turned into Northwest Airlines just 3 years later.  Fred enjoyed a wonderful career until taking his age 60 retirement in 1996.

The Fishers had been living in Palmetto Bay, FL during his Braniff days when he was flying DC-8s to South America.  They still maintained the family home as their permanent residence even after they moved close to their daughter in California.

Fred is survived by his wife Sonja and his son Andrew and daughter Sharon Burke and some grandkids.  He was 78 years old when he passed away.

 

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Monday, January 05, 2015 1:14 PM

Subject: RNPA News: Fred Fisher Has Flown West.

 

 Sharyn Finnegan, Braniff hostess writes:  

I do research for our pilot website. We just received notice that Frederick William Fisher, Jr., Palmetto, Fl. passed away 1/1/2015.

Fred was BN 66-82, Southern, Republic 83-86, NWA 86-96.

Thought you'd want to know for your Flown West list.

Sincerely,

Sharyn Finnegan