GONE WEST
MEMBER CENTRAL
Suzanne DeLano Parish
11/13/1922–5/12/2010
SUZANNE DELANO PARISH, EAA 70254, who
was the first woman inducted into the EAA
Warbirds of America Hall of Fame, passed
away May 12 in Palm Springs, California. She
was 87.
A lifelong resident of Kalamazoo, Michigan,
Suzanne was awarded a Congressional Gold
Medal for her service with the Women Airforce
Service Pilots (WASP) earlier this year. She
was co-founder and vice-chairwoman of the
Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum—the
Air Zoo—and also a member of the Michigan
Aviation Hall of Fame. She was inducted into
the EAA Warbirds Hall of Fame in 1997.
Suzanne was long associated with her
pink Curtiss P- 40 Warhawk that she flew in
air shows for more than a quarter-century,
including many AirVenture Oshkosh fly-ins.
Today the airplane hangs in the main entrance
to the Air Zoo. She flew the P- 40 into her 60s
and then continued flying her Beechcraft T- 34,
which she also had painted pink.
She is survived by five children, 14
grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. A
memorial service and reception for family and
friends was held June 19 at the Air Zoo.
Friends and family are invited to post obituaries and
sign a memorial guestbook online for Suzanne 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.
IN MEMORY OF
“Not alone into the sunset but into the company of friends who have gone before them.”
Stuart Adcock (EAA 375768),
Campobello, South Carolina
Arthur Anderson (EAA 143111),
Big Lake, Minnesota
William Arenberg (EAA 29321),
Flagler Beach, Florida
Suzy Armstrong (EAA 801402),
Punta Gorda, Florida
Gordon Aust (EAA 426742),
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Donald Baer (EAA 1016786),
Loveland, Colorado
Robert Baxter (EAA 19653),
North Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
Joseph Benson (EAA 713397),
Wetumpka, Alabama
Edward Brown (EAA 60378),
La Crosse, Wisconsin
James Cooney (EAA 698865),
Ronkonkoma, New York
John Davenport (EAA 1177),
Camdenton, Missouri
John Davidson (EAA 498338),
Lawrence, Kansas
Ted Deck (EAA 1018124), Pekin, Illinois
Lloyd Decker (EAA 635825),
Milford, New Jersey
Kenneth Delabre (EAA 208373),
Waukegan, Illinois
Dezarae Dittmar (EAA 849858),
Marietta, Georgia
Robert Dulin (EAA 288147),
Norman, Oklahoma
Robert Edlund (EAA 1001473),
Belmont, Michigan
Michael Estes (EAA 132512),
New Braunfels, Texas
Willett Foster (EAA 554332),
Charlotte, Vermont
Herb Gingras (EAA 881733),
Huntsville, Alabama
James Gokey (EAA 233812),
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Joseph Gomory (EAA 491985),
New Brighton, Pennsylvania
R. “Bill” Grahn (EAA 113786),
New Durham, New Hampshire
James Gramer (EAA 323941),
China Township, Michigan
Robert Gray (EAA 24554),
Concord, North Carolina
Richard Grossman (EAA 127666),
Colleyville, Texas
Robert Hunter (EAA 650408),
Chula Vista, California
William Johnson (EAA 570687),
Brooklyn, New York
John Kirkpatrick (EAA 702710),
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
James Kreger (EAA 819450),
Richland, Michigan
William Kuhn (EAA 273700),
Groveport, Ohio
Linwood Lawrence (EAA 60814),
Sun City Center, Florida
Earl Martenson (EAA 572001),
North Aurora, Illinois
Russell Martin (EAA 531821),
Ocala, Florida
Michael McGraw (EAA 181433),
Concord, Massachusetts
Paul Melton (EAA 190493),
Columbia, Missouri
Donald Milberger (EAA 9138),
Orinda, California
Kenneth Molt (EAA 40886),
Lincoln, Illinois
Clifford Moore (EAA 245700),
Anchorage, Alaska
Donald Moore (EAA 797552),
Kannapolis, North Carolina
Richard Nelson (EAA 25922),
Menomonie, Wisconsin
Richard Newman (EAA 9000675),
Traverse City, Michigan
Gerald Nichols (EAA 74023),
Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Martti Nordling (EAA 687671),
Helsinki, Finland
Robert Poirier (EAA 93910),
Essexville, Michigan
Jack Prost (EAA 788928),
Leesburg, Florida
Errol Reeter (EAA 239944),
Dalton City, Illinois
Everett Ross (EAA 163730),
Sebring, Florida
Jim Smith (EAA 46653),
Santa Rosa, California
Kevin Sohl (EAA 234778),
Fargo, North Dakota
Hurstle Stidham (EAA 24857),
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Angel Todd (EAA 1025315),
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Harvey Walker (EAA 579608),
Midland, Michigan
Robert Wassink (EAA 18484),
North Tonawanda, New York
Fred Williams (EAA 14713),
Austin, Texas
Dorothy Woodhams (EAA 80011),
Lake Placid, Florida
John Woolley (EAA 250623),
Farmingdale, New Jersey
Harlan Young (EAA 670595),
Eubank, Kentucky
130 Sport Aviation July 2010
