Many of you have met my mother (Deb's) husband, Mark. Unfortunately, Mark's father, Walter Lundin (we call him "Pappy"), passed away on the 2nd after battling cancer. 

Pappy will be missed very much by everyone that got to know him. He was always busy doing something and rarely sat down to take a break. Pappy was a WWII Ace and was one of the few surviving Aces from the Second World War.

I know that Dad really enjoyed talking with him (and probably will again) about aviation (especially the famous battle called "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"). This was one of the most incredibly lopsided Arial victories in US history. The American fighter pilots attained a staggering 12-to-1 kill-to-loss ratio in the skies above the Philippine Sea. Pappy was truly a national war hero and got many requests for his autograph by aviation and history enthusiasts.

I am proud to say that I knew him. He was 91.