gone west
Not alone into the sunset but into the
company of friends who have gone before them
Rainer Aberer (EAA 842877), Houston, Texas
Stewart Albright (EAA 185), Phoenix, Arizona
William Almquist (EAA 194660), Baltimore, Maryland
Elwyn Babbitt (EAA 595423), Oxford, Florida
Charles Bassi (EAA 32086), Bloomington, Illinois
Rodney Beckwith (EAA 29494), Howell, Michigan
Joe Birchum (EAA 40067), Edmond, Oklahoma
James Bishop (EAA 471263), Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
Samuel Bosley (EAA 475657), Saint Louis, Missouri
Clyde Bourgeois (EAA 38358), Santa Ynez, California
William Church (EAA 405452),
Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada
Keith Cobb (EAA 42103), Richardson, Texas
James Dalton (EAA 4491), Gobles, Michigan
Joseph Devan (EAA 94363), Sarasota, Florida
John Drew (EAA 1003869), Centennial, Colorado
Frederick Eaton (EAA 733506), Kewadin, Michigan
Stan Estes (EAA 490757), Little Falls, Minnesota
Gary Gierczak (EAA 538220), Los Alamitos, California
Charles Gokey (EAA 60030), Louisville, Kentucky
Harold Hall (EAA 520329), Larned, Kansas
Donald Kamm (EAA 482763), North Bend, Washington
Dave Kaufmann (EAA 813467), Hammond, Wisconsin
Ferris Keyt (EAA 271658), Granbury, Texas
Leonard Langer (EAA 515412), Seattle, Washington
Douglass Leonhard (EAA 542344),
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Paul Lisko (EAA 115421), Los Angeles, California
William A. Lutz (EAA 57674), Buffalo, Missouri
George Magnuson (EAA 672586), Fair Play, Missouri
Thomas Martindale (EAA 66018),
Huron Park, Ontario, Canada
Robert McGrath (EAA 27965), Louisville, Ohio
Gregor McNicol (EAA 144725), Hastings, New Zealand
Bill Reed (EAA 813007), Granger, Indiana
Mike Robben (EAA 672772), Guilford, Indiana
George Roberts (EAA 849830), Uniontown, Ohio
William Shirely (EAA 443626), Floyds Knobs, Indiana
Jack Slay (EAA 351743), Lake Alfred, Florida
Monte Smith (EAA 390268), Soldotna, Alaska
Robert Suckow (EAA 157434), Newton, Iowa
E. Swart (EAA 42594), Sharon, Wisconsin
Winston Van Der Westhuizen (EAA 802187),
Crossville, Tennessee
Harlen Veenker (EAA 554786), Canby, Oregon
Lawrence Weishaar (EAA 9250), Springfield, Illinois
Ross Whitcomb (EAA 652663), Lancaster, Texas
John Winter (EAA 20758), Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Stewart Albright (3/28/1920–9/23/2009)
Stewart Perry Albright, EAA 185, was born in Kossuth
County, Iowa, to Quinn and Minnie Albright. He was
baptized in the Presbyterian Church of Burt, Iowa. The
family moved to Des Moines when he was a young child.
He attended public
schools and graduated
from high school in 1937.
He attended Ames College
and participated in the
Civilian Pilot Training
Program, receiving his
pilot certificate.
Stewart enlisted in
the Army Air Corps in
1941 and was assigned to
Troop Carrier Command
flying C-4 6 Curtiss
Commando aircraft
and instructing other
pilots and students. He later flew P- 51 fighter aircraft
for the Iowa National Guard. After leaving the Guard in
1946, Stewart remained a professional pilot and flight
instructor. He owned a fixed base operation in Algona,
Iowa, from 1953 to 1958. From 1958 to 1977 he worked
as a corporate pilot for the Gardner Denver Corporation.
He later moved to Grant, Nebraska, to instruct and fly for
Trego Aviation and the Barrett Corporation. He settled
in Phoenix, Arizona, where he instructed for Cutter
Aviation’s Beech Aero Club.
Friends and family are invited to post obituaries and sign a
memorial guestbook online for Stewart and other EAAers who
have “gone west” at www.EAA.org/obituaries. The names
and stories of each person enshrined on EAA’s Memorial Wall
in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, are also available here.
