Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Shay, Fred G.   November 7, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 11/9/2008
  Shay, Fred G.  
   
  Fred G. Shay of Lebanon, died Friday, November 7, 2008, at the Lebanon VA 
  Medical Center at the age of 89. He was the husband of Patricia M. Barry Shay, 
  with whom he celebrated a 61st wedding anniversary on October 25, 2008. Born in 
  Lebanon on January 12, 1919, he was the son of the late Fred W. Shay and Helen 
  Barry Shay. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in July 1941, and graduated 
  from Army Air Corps Cadets as a pilot. He was a highly decorated pilot, who 
  flew 63 combat missions in the European Theater, and 26 combat missions in the 
  Pacific Theater of war. He flew his last combat mission August 12, 1945, from 
  Okinowa. He remained in the Air Force Reserves and was a member of the Pa. Air 
  National Guard, 148th Fighter Squadron. He remained in aviation most of his 
  life as a commercial and executive pilot. He also founded Lancaster Aviation 
  Inc., from which he retired in September 1983. He was a member of St. Mary's 
  Church, Lebanon. He was a 1936 graduate of Lebanon High School. He was a life 
  member of the Quiet Birdman, an honorary aviation group. He was a life member 
  of the B-26 Marauder Society, a life member of the Lebanon Elks BPOE 631, a 
  life member of the Lebanon VFW Post 23, and a member of the Navy Club Ship 91 
  in Lebanon. He was a long time member of the Rescue Fire Co. No. 4, a member of 
  the Friendship Fire Co., a member of the Lebanon Historical Society, and a 
  member of the Lebanon Country Club, where he was an active golf member with 
  three hole in ones. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Joseph F. Shay 
  of Mt. Gretna; a daughter, Patricia Anne, wife of Attorney Thomas S. Long of 
  Lebanon; four grandchildren, Victoria L. Allsop of Truckee, Calif., Mary 
  Katherine Long of Charlottesville, Va., Thomas Shay Long of West Chester, Pa., 
  and Frederick S. Long at home; one greatgrandson, James Thomas Allsop; a 
  brother, William J. Shay, and his wife, Carolyn; a sister, Dorothy Shay; 
  brother-inlaw Edward Schlegel; and several nephews and nieces. Preceding him in 
  death was a sister, Elizabeth Schlegel. Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday at 
  10 a.m. from St. Mary's Church, 2 N. Eighth St., Lebanon, PA 17046. Interment 
  at Holy Cross Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday morning 910 at the church. 
  Contributions to St. Mary's Church or the VA Medical Center Hospice Unit, 1700 
  S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon, PA 17042. Thompson Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of 
  arrangements.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 11/9/2008  
  
  
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