Peter George Neelsen

1918 - 1999  (80 years)

• Name	Peter George Neelsen
  Birth	7 Jul 1918	Mt Vernon, NY
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jan 1999	Aptos, CA
  Person ID	I36	Flack Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 May 2018

  
  

  Wife	Margaretha Hedwig Eisenmenger,   b. 13 Nov 1918, Cleveland, OH d. 8 Apr 2005, Santa Cruz, CA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1941	West Haven CT
  Children	1. Craig Russell Neelsen
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Jul 1918 - Mt Vernon, NY Marriage - 16 Mar 1941 - West Haven CT Death - 4 Jan 1999 - Aptos, CA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Jim and Hertha on their wedding day With family in the backyard at 159 Lorraine Ave, Mt Vernon NY: Peter, Greta and Sonny
  		Peter Neelsen At Hertha and Jim Flack's backyard wedding, 159 Lorraine Ave, Mt Vernon, NY

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Peter George Neelsen Obituary Peter Neelsen: Services will be held for Peter G. Neelsen of Aptos, who died Jan. 4. He was 80. Mr. Neelsen was born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. He attended Fordham University and graduated from New York University. After joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 he earned two sets of wings before his discharge in 1945. He bought a small Cessna with a friend while he was active in the Civil Air Patrol. From 1946 until 1987 he worked for Pan American Airways [N.B. founded in 1927, Pan Am declared bankruptcy in 1991, in part due to the terrorist bombing in 1988 of Flight #103 over Lockerbie GB-SCT]. He was an aviation pioneer, setting up new stations in places such as Auckland, Teheran and Capetown, which established direct access to remote countries. Mr. Neelsen settled in Aptos in 1989, three weeks after the Loma Prieta earthquake. A memorial gathering will be at 4:15 p.m. Thursday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 6401 Freedom Blvd. Aptos.
  		Pan Am paper "Atlantic Clipper" - Pete Neelsen congratulates
  		Atlantic Clipper - Seminars from Station Operations Managers Pete Neelsen standing on left