DICK CANTWELL
1948 - 1979
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, LEAD MECHANIC
DEN


Richard F. CANTWELL Sr.
CANTWELL Sr., Richard F., of Loveland. Rosary 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 10, at St. John’s Catholic Church. 
Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Catholic Church. 
Interment Resthaven Memory Gardens. Memorials to St. John’s Catholic Church in care of Viegut Funeral Home. 
Viewing 4-8 p.m. Monday, October 9, at Viegut Funeral Home and one hour before services at the church.
Publish date: 10/7/2006
Richard F.CANTWELL Sr. , 91, of Loveland died Oct. 6, 2006, at McKee Medical Center in Loveland.
He was born Nov. 14, 1914, in Pottawatomie, Kan., to James and Margaret Cantwell Walsh. 
He graduated from Frankfort High School in Frankfort, Kan., in 1934.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces as a sergeant from 1942 to 1945.
He married Nadine Burley; she preceded him in death in March 1990.
Mr. Cantwell worked for Frontier Airlines for 32 years in maintenance, retiring in 1979. 
He moved from the Aurora area to Loveland in 1979.
He was a member of the AARP and St. John’s Catholic Church. He loved gardening and traveling.
He is survived by two sons, Dale E. Cantwell and wife Pamela Ray of Denver 
and Richard F. Cantwell and wife Patricia of Boulder; and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Nadine, and two brothers.
Viewing will be 4-8 p.m. Monday at Viegut Funeral Home.
The rosary will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Catholic Church, 
followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 11 a.m. celebrated by the Rev. Joseph Hartmann.
Burial will be at Resthaven Memory Gardens north of Loveland.
Memorial contributions may be sent to St. John’s Catholic Church 
in care of Viegut Funeral Home, 1440 N. Boise Ave., Loveland, CO 80538. 
-http://www.reporterherald.com/obituaries/obituary-all.asp
(10/12/06)

Posted at the FL Club and sent to Ken Schultz:
Several more deaths
Found on the internet
Richard F.CANTWELL Sr. , 91, of Loveland died Oct. 6, 2006, at McKee Medical Center in Loveland.
He was born Nov. 14, 1914, in Pottawatomie, Kan., to James and Margaret Cantwell Walsh. 
He graduated from Frankfort High School in Frankfort, Kan., in 1934.
Mr. Cantwell worked for Frontier Airlines for 32 years in maintenance, retiring in 1979. 
He moved from the Aurora area to Loveland in 1979.
--http://www.reporterherald.com/obituaries/obituary-all.asp
-Jake Lamkins
(10/13/06)

R. "Dick"  Cantwell started to work as a mechanic for Monarch Air Lines April 5, 1948, 
where he worked in the Aircraft Overhaul Dept.  
In September 1958 he was a Lead Mechanic in the Sheet Metal Shop, then in the Seat and Upholstery Shops.
The Frontier News, August/September 1979, reported his retirement, DEN, 31 years.
-Ken Schultz
(10/14/06)

Dick Cantwell was my lead early on when I was working in the paint shop. 
We did the DC-3s and later the Convairs. 
We didn't have any safety cables then so when we painted the top of the planes we had to be careful. 
We were using Dupont DuLux and heated it to 90 degrees F. so it would flow out good. 
Working in the old hangar 6 could be a challenge. 
One time, when painting the inside of a DC-3, I asked Dick for an air mask. 
He got it but the air from the old tanks was impossible to breath.
Dick was a good guy and lead and it seemed strange when I read the web page because I had been thinking of him all week.
-Ed Huss
(10/25/06)