Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cahill, John Donoghue February 7, 1987
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Published Feb. 8, 1987 Virginian Pilot 
John Donoghue Cahill 74, of the 1000 block of Hanover Ave., died Feb. 7, 1987 
in a Norfolk Hospital. 

Mr. Cahill a Worcester, Mass. native was a retired aeronautical engineer, a 
member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic 
Institute. He served in the South Pacific as assistant aeronautical engineering 
officer of the assembly and repair department on the island of Tinian. In 1971 
he retired as head aeronautical engineer at Norfolk Air Rework Facility.

He was rewarded for the design of a special sling for B-5 aircraft.

He was a member of the Naval Air Station Preservation Board and Board of Civil 
Services Examiners for Engineers. He was a volunteer registrar with the 
American Red Cross.

Survivors include his wife Grace Dalton Cahill, two daughters Anne Taylor 
Cahill of Norfolk and Kirby Cahill Womble of Virginia Beach; three sons A.J. 
Dalton Cahill, Allan D.D. Cahill, and John James Cahill II all of Norfolk; 
three sisters Alice M. Cahill of Brighton, Mass., Catherine Cahill Day of Mt. 
View, Calif., and Mary Cahill Harvey of Worcester, Mass., a brother James C. 
Cahill of Auburn, Mass.; and two grandchildren.

A private memorial Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated in Sacred Heart 
Catholic Church by the Rev. James Gordon. Burial will be at sea with full 
military honors. Memorial donations should be made to your favorite charity. 
H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk is handling arrangements.



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