Loeffler, Rupert (R.J.)
appeared in Stevens Point Journal, 8 Dec 2012
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1925-04-17
Survived by: A daughter, Teresa Marie Lawrence; four brothers, Lawrence, James, Donald and Gerald
Age 87; died at Portage County Health Care Center; born in Milwaukee WI to Rupert and Gertrude Loeffler; served in WWII in U.S. Navy flying TBM Avenger torpedo bombers from aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard in South Pacific; aerial crop duster in 1940s, flew war surplus Navy NEN Stearman, flew commercial cargo runs in U.S. Midwest and Canada, car/motorcycle stunt rider at county fairs with Jimmy Lynch Death Dodgers Thrill Shows, flew with Navy Blue Angels, performed (Wild West( Shoot-outs in Wisconsin Dells area, Harley Davidson Motor Co. test rider/experimental engineer, Studebaker Corporation of Canada automotive engineer, Ford Motor Co. proving grounds test driver, owned Harley Davidson motorcycle and Evinrude outboard motors dealership, air traffic controller with Federal Aviation Agency, industrial engineer for U.S. Army, civil engineer for U.S. Navy; trophies and racing memorabilia on display at Hartung Museum in Glenview IL; preceded in death by a son, Michael Rupert and daughter, Paul Jean - Date of Publication
- 8 Dec 2012
- Date Of Event
- December 5, 2012
- Last Name(s)
-
Loeffler
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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