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Harley Edmund Fortier
Born: 9/13/1924
Died: 9/6/2014
Age: 89
Community: Flushing, MI
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Fortier, Harley Edmund, of Flushing, age 89, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, September 6, 2014, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at St. Robert Catholic Church. Fr. Roy Horning will officiate. Cremation will follow the funeral Mass with private interment of cremated remains at Great Lakes National Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Rossell Funeral Home and 10 a.m. until the time of the Mass, Wednesday at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions in Harley's memory to Little Traverse Conservancy, landtrust.org/donations or St. Robert Catholic Church, Education Fund.
Harley was born September 13, 1924 in Drayton North Dakota to Edmund and Aurelia Fortier on their family farm. He joined the Air Force Aviation Cadet Program in high school and became a pilot at age 19. While attending Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana, he worked as a flight instructor and flew P-51s for the Indiana National Guard. On September 22, 1949, he married Marilyn Jane Story. He graduated from Tri-State College in 1950, with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Shortly after, he was sent by the National Guard to fly 100 missions as a fighter pilot flying P-51 Mustangs in the Korean War and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After discharge, he worked at AC Spark Plug as a Sales Engineer for 32 years, retiring in 1984, to their homes in Boyne City and Fort Myers Beach. Harley was a founding father of Chapter 77 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) of Flushing, Michigan and is still a member. Besides flying, he loved working in his garage "making sawdust", building dune buggies, camping, boating, traveling and especially all the great times with his family and friends.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 65 years, Marilyn; three children, Lynette (Scott) Horvath, Pamela Plouffe, Timothy (Julie) Edmund; eight grandchildren, Ryan (Maureen) Horvath, Amanda (Joe) Johnson, Nick (Kristin) Horvath, Katie (John) Hamilton, James (Kimberly) Plouffe, Emily Simunic, who preceeded him in death on June 25, 2009, Stephanie Guerre, Drew Edmund Fortier; 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Darlyne Plutowski and many nieces and nephews.
We wish to thank our caregivers Rita, Ann, Heather and Gentiva Hospice for their loving care. |
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9/7/2014 |
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4:00 PM |
| Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Rossell Funeral Home and 10 a.m. until the time of the Mass, Wednesday at the church. |
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| Funeral Service |
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9/10/2014 |
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11:00 AM |
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Rossell Funeral Home
307 E Main
Flushing, MI 48433Get a Map to this location...
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Fr. Roy Horning |
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