Raymond Vos
Raymond Vos
August 19, 1938 – January 6, 2011
Raymond H. Vos, 72 of Woodside, California and formerly of New Sharon passed away at his home on January 6, 2011 from complications as a result of cardiac arrest on Dec. 1, 2010. Visitation will be Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 beginning 10:00 a.m. at the Harden Funeral Home in New Sharon with military graveside services to follow at 11:00 a.m. at the Friends Cemetery in New Sharon. A memorial service is scheduled for a later date. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to a charity of your choice.
Ray was born in rural New Sharon on August 19, 1938 to W. H. Vos and Artie (DeBoef) Vos. He graduated from the New Sharon High School in 1956 and received mechanical and aeronautical degrees from the University of Wyoming in 1960. He worked for J.T. Banner installing missile launchers in Colorado before entering Air Force pilot training in 1961. He was a member of Class 62FZ, the first group of students to fly a supersonic trainer, the T-38 (later designated the F-5). He was the first student to solo in that new trainer. During his five years of service in the Air Force, he was stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, and Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis. He was hired by American Airlines in 1966 and was domiciled for a short time in New York before spending the rest of his 30-year career flying out of San Francisco. He retired as a Captain on 757’s and 767’s in 1997. Ray was a long time member of the San Mateo County Mounted Patrol, the Shack Riders, the American Airlines Grey Eagles and the Super Sabre Society, a group of former F-100 pilots.
In 1962, Ray was married to the former Barbara Jackson who survives him. He is also survived by a sister, Arlene (LaVern) Benson, Spencer, IA; two sisters-in-law, Georgia Vos, Sheridan, WY and Pamela Jackson, Van Nuys, CA; 7 nieces; Eloise (Dean) Roys, Papillion, NE; Judith Vos Ferneau, Butte, MT; Janet Benson, Lisle, IL; Miriam Stewart and her fiancé Tom Nance, Sheridan, WY; Cheryl (LaVern) Bartell, Penrose, CO; Linda (Burt) Simbro, Monroe, IA; Maureen Vos, Casper, WY; a nephew Michael Vos, Oskaloosa, IA; his special caregiver, JoJo Angelo, Woodside, CA; many cousins and a host of friends.
Source: Harden Funeral Home
