Los Angeles County CA Archives Obituaries.....Koger, Esten B. January 14, 1941
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Cheviot Chatter, 17 Jan. 1941
Long Time Navy Flyer Dies
Lieut. Commander Koger

Head of Naval Aviation Succombs to Heart AIlment

Lieutenant Commander Esten B. Koger, of Haddington Dr., pioneer Naval aviator,
died of a heart ailment at Twenty-nine Palms Tuesday. His funeral rites were
held Thursday afternoon at Bresee Bros. in Los Angeles.

Commander Koger was born fifty-nine years ago at Decatur City, Iowa. He took up
aviation before the World War, during which he saw service as a Naval flyer, and
since which time the history of flying cannot be written without him. For the
past five years he has been in charge of the Navy’s reserve aviation training in
Southern California. Among his early exploits was the sinking by him of a German
submarine off the Virginia Capes in 1918. His skill and heroism in this flight
are commemorated in the archives of the Bureau of Navigation.

Well known throughout Southern California, Commander Koger was a member of the
Mason's Knights Templars, Shrine Rancheros Visitadores, American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the National and the Pacific Geographic Societies,
Adventurers Club, Texas Rangers, Early Birds, (men who flew before the World
War), Army and Navy Club of Washington, D. C., Athletic Club, Pacific Coast Club
of Long Beach, Santa Monica Athletic Club, Riviera Country Club, Hollywood
Athletic Club, California and Jonathan Clubs and of the California Yacht Club.

He is survived by his wife, Doris Koger and his son, Carl Cliff Koger, of
Dennison, Texas.


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