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Thomas Richard Connell was born on 11 July 1938 in Muscatine County, Iowa. He died on 24 December 2006, at age 68, in Asotin County, Washington. He was buried in Holy Family Church Columbarium, Clarkston, Asotin, Washington.

Thomas Richard Connell was a Flight Crew Trainer in McDonald Douglas. Obituary
Lewiston Tribune
December 28, 2006

Tom was born to Cornelius N. Connell and Lucille A. McFadden. He was the second of five children. Tom grew up in Iowa, but settled in Southern California for most of his adult life. He loved the beach, warm weather and working outdoors.

Tom married Joan A. Wohlgemuth, a registered nurse, on Nov. 10, 1962, on Luke AFB, outside Phoenix. They had three children.

After an honorable discharge from active duty in the Air Force in 1960, Tom joined the California Air National Guard in Van Nuys as a flight crew member until 1985, achieving the rank of senior master sergeant. Tom and Joan made their home in Simi Valley, Calif. Tom's second career was in Long Beach, Calif., with McDonald-Douglas/Boeing as a flight crew trainer, testing the MD-80 and C-17 aircrafts until retirement in 2001.

He really loved the relocation to Huntington Beach, Calif. However, after retiring and traveling in their motorhome, Tom and Joan settled in Asotin to be near their daughter Sheila and son-in-law Tim, and four of their six grandchildren.

Tom loved to fly, explore the world over, and bring home exotic "stuff" f rom his trips worldwide. He held private and flight instructor licenses . He coached many years of Little League for his son and then again for his granddaughters. He was always a practicing Catholic who remained faithful to the church. Tom also loved to take the camper, his family and a m ap and travel ... a passion which continued into retirement. The computer and digital photography kept him busy. He liked to go gambling and play with investments in real estate and stocks. He's going to miss the Bulls and Bears Stock Club of Clarkston.

* Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.

Mary Connell was born on 10 August 1950 in Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa. She and Dale Leroy Stoutenberg were married on 12 February 1977 in Ventura County, California. She died on 12 February 2012, at age 61.

Dale Leroy Stoutenberg was born on 8 January 1934 in Michigan. He and Mary Connell were married on 12 February 1977 in Ventura County, California. He died on 2 October 1995, at age 61, in Thousand Oaks, Ventura, California.