DL Capt. Robert Fuhrmann Myers

~ IN MEMORY ~

DL Capt.  Robert F. Myers

September 3, 1929 ~ February 14, 2018

Word has reached our group with the passing of Delta Golden Wings member retired Delta pilot Captain Robert ‘Bob’ Fuhrmann Myers, age 88.  Captain Myers joined Delta Air Lines 04-30-1956 and was based New Orleans and Atlanta.  He is survived by his wife Gae Kiefer Myers, their children plus grand- and great grandchildren.

To view/sign the online obituary and guestbook please visit  www.ejfieldingfh.com 

or  http://www.pinecrestmemorialgardens.com/obituaries/Robert-Myers-33/ 

Visitation/services for Captain Myers is scheduled for this Saturday February 17th at

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1 N. Marigold Dr., Covington, LA 70433  http://www.myholytrinity.org 

Personal condolences may be sent to the Myers family at

2100 W 21st Ave.,  Covington LA 70433-7413.

            Thank you,

                ~ Carol for the PCN 

Obituary.........................

Robert F. Myers passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at his home in Covington, LA. He was born on September 3, 1929 in Goodbee, LA to the late Walter Myers and Vivian Fuhrmann Myers.

Bob was married to his beloved wife, Gae Kiefer Myers, for 67 years. He was the loving father of Robert “Greg” Myers (Lisa Menetre Myers), Robyn M. Bossom (Joseph Bossom), Terri A. Myers, and Melinda M. Breaux (Barry Breaux). He was the proud grandfather of Will Myers, Bryan Myers (Lauren), Ainsley B. Faulk (Benjamin), Ashley B. Jarreau (Cameron), Gavin Breaux, and Macie Breaux. Bob was the great-grandfather of Beau and Bennett Myers. He was the brother of the late Leah F. Bennett.

Robert retired as a commercial international airline pilot, flying for Delta Airlines, after 34 years of service. During his life, he enjoyed many hobbies, including fishing, gardening, furniture making, going to the gym and, most of all, family gatherings.

Relatives and friends are invited to the Funeral Service at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1 N. Marigold Dr., Covington, LA 70433 on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 3:00 PM with visitation from 1:00 PM until service time. Interment will follow the service at Pinecrest Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Covington, LA. Please Share a Memory on the Tribute Wall at www.ejfieldingfh.com 

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From: skydad@bellsouth.net  To: THFoster6@aol.com
Sent: 2/14/2018 6:27:48 PM EST  Subject: Death

...   Bob Myers son called me this afternoon and told me that Bob passed away last night.  He had been very ill for a good while.  Visitation will be on Saturday, February 17^th at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1 North Marigold Drive, Covington, LA from 1 until 3 p.m. with the burial following at Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, 2280 West 21^st Avenue, Covington.  Would you please forward this to someone at Delta.  Thanks.

RW

DL Capt. John A. Seals Jr.

~ IN MEMORY ~

DL Capt. John A. Seals Jr.

October 21, 1935 ~ February 12, 2018

 

Our group has received word with the passing of Golden Wings member retired Delta pilot Captain John Augustus Seals Jr., age 82.  Captain Seals joined Delta Air Lines 12-17-1962 and was based Atlanta.  He is survived by his wife Doris Sanders Seals.

To view Captain Seals’ obituary online please visit  http://www.t-g.com/story/2484485.html 

Memories and condolences may be shared online at

http://www.feldhausmemorial.com/obituaries/John-Seals-2/ 

For those wishing to send a personal note, condolences may be sent to the family at

1010 New Herman Rd., Shelbyville, TN 37160-5981. 

Services for Captain Seals are planned for tomorrow February 15th in Shelbyville TN....please see below.

            Thank you,

                ~ Carol for the PCN 

 

Obituary...............................John Augustus Seals Jr.

 

Mr. John Augustus Seals, Jr., age 82, of the Flat Creek community, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018.

 

A Celebration of Life Service will be 1 PM Thursday, February 15, 2018, at the First Presbyterian Church. Reverend Allen Cross will officiate.

 

The family will receive visitors one hour prior to service at the church on Thursday.

 

He was born October 21, 1935, in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late John Augustus Seals, Sr. and Lois Greene Seals. He was a retired pilot for Delta Airlines and flew internationally. A former member of the Alabama Air Guard, he attended the Webb School and Birmingham Southern University. Mr. Seals loved to play golf, go fishing, and travel with his wife. He was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church.

 

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Raleigh Seals.

 

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Doris Sanders Seals, of the Flat Creek community; a sister, Lois (Howard) Jones, of Carrollton, Georgia, and many nieces and nephews.

 

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Shelbyville.

 

Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.

 

 

 

-------Original Message-------   From: Sue Zino/Delta Clipped Wings  Date: 2/13/2018 9:15:21 AM   Subject: Passing of Delta pilot John Seals We regret to inform you of the February 11th passing of retired Delta pilot John Seals, husband of former DCW member Doris Sanders Seals.  Doris came to Delta with the Chicago and Southern (C&S) merger in 1953. Address: 1010 New Herman Rd., Shelbyville, TN 37160-5981 A service will be held on Thursday, February 15 at 1:00 at the Feldhaus Memorial Chapel, 2022 North Main St., Shelbyville, TN 37160 | (931) 684.8356  John’s obituary is posted here … http://www.t-g.com/story/2484485.html

Lillian Riddell, widow of DL Capt. Ralph W. Riddell

~ IN MEMORY ~

Mrs. Lillian Russell Riddell, widow of DL Capt. Ralph W. Riddell

June 29, 1919 ~ February 4, 2018

 

Notification with the passing of Mrs. Lillian Riddell, age 98, widow of Delta pilot Captain Ralph W. Riddell who passed in August 2008.  Both obituaries appear below. 

To view/sign the online obituary and guestbook for Lillian, please visit the funeral home website at

 http://www.davenportfamily.com/notices/Lillian-Riddell 

or 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?n=lillian-russell-riddell&pid=188142222&fhid=5491

Services for Lillian are planned for this Saturday, February 17th in Barrington, Illinois.

            Thank you,

                ~ Carol for the PCN 

Obituary................

Lillian Russell Riddell, 98, passed away on February 4, 2018.  She was born at home in Parkersburg, WV to Lily Violet and Charles Russell Grimm, agent for the B&O Railroad.  Lillian attended school in Cumberland, MD and Cincinnati, OH.  She received a scholarship to Denison University where she was awarded Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year.  She did postgraduate work in sociology at the University of Chicago.  Lillian was a member of the Association of University Women and Alpha Xi Delta.

 

In 1942 Lillian married Lt. Ralph Riddell, an Army Air Corps pilot stationed at Hondo, TX.  After the war, the family moved to Chicago where Capt. Riddell became a pilot for Delta C&S Airlines.  Lillian served as PTA president of both South Elementary School and Maine West High School while living in Des Plaines. The family moved to Barrington in 1967 where they became active in the Community Church of Barrington.  Ralph passed away in 2008 after 66 years of marriage.

 

Lillian is survived by her sister, Margery Louise Hoffman; sons, C. Randolph (Marion) Riddell of Houston, TX, Todd R. (Karen) Riddell of Sierra Vista, AZ, and daughter, Catherine A. (Ted Bahora) Riddell of Hollow Rock, TN, foster son, Randall (Barbara) Hecht of Atlanta, GA; grandchildren Mark and Scott Riddell, Justin Swigert and Laurel Swigert Wike; and great grandchildren, John R. and Louisa M. Riddell, Charlie and Finley Swigert, and Kiera, Ryker and Journey Wike. 

 

The service for Lillian will be held at 11:30am on Saturday, February 17 at the Community Church of Barrington, 407 W. Grove Ave., Barrington, IL with visitation from 10:00am to 11:30am.  A luncheon will follow at the church and burial will take place at Windridge Memorial Park Cemetery, Cary, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Project Hope, www.projecthope.org , or the Community Church of Barrington.

.............. Visitation at the Community Church of Barrington from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM on February 17, 2018.

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Obituary............................ Capt. Ralph W. Riddell

January 27, 1917 ~ August 4, 2008

Hire date 04-08-1946, retired 1977 based Atlanta......

    Services for Ralph W. Riddell, 91, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Community Church of Barrington, 407 W. Grove Ave., Barrington, where he will lie in state from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church. The Reverend Zina Jacque will officiate. Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, in Windridge Memorial Park Cemetery, Cary.

    Born Jan. 27, 1917, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he passed away peacefully Monday, Aug. 4, 2008, in Wauconda.

    Mr. Riddell was a graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he received a B.A. in physical education. He was a member and past president of the Theta-Chi Fraternity and served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. He was a pilot for Delta Airlines for 31 years from 1946 until his retirement in 1977. He coached high school sports and he enjoyed bird feeding and horses. Survivors include his wife, Lillian R. (nee Grimm), whom he married May 16, 1942, in Waco, Texas; his children, Charles Randolph (Marion) Riddell of Houston, Texas, Todd Russell (Karen) Riddell of Pacific Palisades, Calif. and Catherine Anne (Theodore Bahora) Riddell of Pueblo, Colo.; and grandchildren, Mark and Scott Riddell, and Laurel and Justin ......................................

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=ralph-w-riddell&pid=115546513

NWA Capt. J. Lawrence Bingham

~ IN MEMORY ~

USAF veteran, BO/RC/NWA Capt. J. Lawrence ‘Larry’ Bingham

August 27, 1932 ~ January 26, 2018

 

News with the passing of retired Northwest pilot Captain Larry Bingham has reached our group.  Captain Bingham first joined Bonanza Air Lines 04-01-1966 and flew through the various mergers.  He is survived by his wife Diane, plus their children and grandchildren. 

Captain Bingham’s obituary may be viewed online at 

   http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=richard-heath-mitchell&pid=187988361  

Also at http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=j-lawrence-bingham-larry&pid=188069193&fhid=10864 

Services for Captain Bingham are planned for February 7th in Las Vegas NV. 

To the best of my knowledge, the family’s mailing address per a whitepages listing, is

2859 Maryland Hills Drive, Henderson NV 89052-7702.

            Thank you,

                ~ Carol for the PCN 

 

 

From: Ray Dahl Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 9:00 AM  

Subject: Captain J. LAWRENCE "LARRY" BINGHAM

 

 

CAPTAIN J. LAWRENCE "LARRY" BINGHAM

1932 - 2018

J LAWRENCE "LARRY" BINGHAM J Lawrence "Larry" Bingham passed away January 26, 2018, in Henderson NV.

He was born August 27, 1932, in Ogden, Utah.

 

Larry is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Larry joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953, where he was an F-100 Fighter Instructor and later became an F-105 Test Pilot.

During his time in service, he did an 18-month tour in France, where he carried a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb under his wing.

He later became an airline Captain for Republic Airlines* (Delta).

Later in life, he earned his Accounting degree and was a successful Tax Professional, an Enrolled Agent with the IRS and was a Certified Financial Planner in the Las Vegas area.

 

Larry was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Amanda "Pat" Bingham; his wife, of 52 years, JoAnn "Jody" Bingham; siblings, Richard Bingham, his wife, Merelda, and their son, Craig Bingham, Barbara Burnett, her husband, Arlen, and their son, Carey Burnett, and Mary Losee, her husband, Robert, and their sons, Scott and Curtis Losee.

 

Larry is survived by his second wife, Diane Cunningham, and her daughter, Lisa; sons, Brent (Marie) Bingham and Robert (Melissa) Bingham; and grandchildren, Jessica (Christopher) Trotman, John, Stephen, Aiden and William Bingham.

 

Service will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, February 7, 2018

at Davis Funeral Home,

6200 S. Eastern Ave.

(702) 736-6200

https://search.yahoo.com/local/s;_ylt=A0LEVzmjHXdaEtgApHJXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEybnBycGM3BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjUxOTlfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=davis+funeral+home&addr=Las+Vegas%2C+NV&loc=woeid%3A2436704&selectedId=25623218&fr=mcafee

 

Reception to follow at the Robert and Melissa Bingham residence.

 

*( Bonanza, Air West, Hughes Airwest, Republic and Northwest Airlines)

DL Capt. H. Allen Laxton

~ IN MEMORY ~

Navy veteran, DL Captain H. Allen Laxton

April 27, 1941 ~ January 30, 2018

 

Word has reached us with the passing of retired Delta pilot Captain Henry Allen Laxton, age 76.  Captain Laxton joined Delta Air Lines 02-03-1969 and retired in 2001, based 031/ATL.  Widowed in August 2016, Captain Laxton is survived by their daughters and a granddaughter. 

Whitepages notes the Laxton’s most recent address as

13846 Atlantic Blvd Apt 503 , Jacksonville FL 32225-3286.

A celebration of life event for Captain Laxton will be held at a later date. 

As more information is received we will be sure to pass it along.

            Thank you,

                ~ Carol for the PCN 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesunion/obituary.aspx?n=henry-laxton&pid=188051766&fhid=29661

Online notice............................LAXTON-Henry Allen Laxton, age 76.

April 27, 1941 – January 30, 2018.

Arrangements by Affordable Cremation Solutions 904-683-5427.

.Published in the Florida Times-Union on Feb. 2, 2018

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wife Christina Laxton, age 70.

May 17, 1946 - August 17, 2016

Arrangements by Affordable Cremation Solutions 904-683-5427

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From: bilarn@comcast.net

Subject:  Capt Henry Allen Laxton, age 76

............. Allen died Tuesday night from a heart attack. No services are planned but there  will be a celebration of life gathering later in Feb. ............... he is survived by two daughters, Brooke and Devon and one Granddaughter.

He was a Navy pilot and retired from the 767ER He lived in Jacksonville FL.