DON BLANFORD 1953 - 1977 STATION AGENT INW PHX Just finished reading the latest FRONTIER NEWS. Great as usual. I can give you some information on James Slaten. He was born and raised in Durango; his family and mine were neighbors and his dad cut my hair when I was a little kid, along with other children, I'm sure. I'm not sure where Jim started with frontier but when I went to work for FL, he was the station manager at Durango. I started for Frontier in Dec. of 1950. If memory serves me correctly, he came to Durango from Gunnison. He was manager here for 4 or 5 years before becoming a car salesman and assistant manager for Miller Motor Co. in Durango. Two other Frontier employees have "gone west" that I know of that's not shown. They are Stuart Miller who died of cancer after I retired. Also Don Blanford. I'm not sure what he died from. Stu transferred to Phoenix from Cody, WY and Don from Winslow, AZ. They were both great people and hard workers. Maybe Dave Ross or John Koehler of the Phoenix area can provide more details on these two. Keep up the good work. -Vern Crawley (2/11/02) I'm sending you what I have. No info on Stu Miller - sorry. Don Blandford 11/1/90 His wife, Ann Blandford 9/22/90 Both died suddenly - I don't know the reason or cause. Max Willis 12/22/99, age 83, from complications of alzheimers. Alvin Mosley 12/5/99, age 78, heart attack. Glad I could help. We had no PHX reunion this year. Guess all have lost interest. I'm thankful for the memories. -Ginger Treptow (11/16/02) Per the Social Security Death Index: D V BLANFORD DOB 06 Apr 1912 DOD 01 Nov 1990 Age 78 At 85257 (Scottsdale, Maricopa, AZ) SSN issued in California --------------------------- ANNA B BLANFORD DOB 05 Mar 1920 DOD Sep 1990 Age 70 At 85257 (Scottsdale, Maricopa, AZ) SSN issued in Nevada -Jake Lamkins (11/18/02) I was fascinated by the information in the FAL website and somewhat saddened, since one of the obituaries was for Don Blanford, who was my sponsor and therefore my Godfather, when I was baptized into the Catholic Church in Winslow, AZ back in 1955. Sorry to say, I had lost touch with him, what with all my moving about the USA in the past half-century. -Ed Baker (FL1951-55) (7/5/03) I worked from Frontier Airlines from 10-6-57 till its demise in 1986. I started in the Reservation Department which at that time was located in the Sahara Hotel in downtown Phoenix. On 1st Street. I was there till they remoted to Sky Harbor Airport and we were located in Terminal One, behind our ticket counter and next to the Operations Department. Some of the agents at that time were Carl Foster, Ira Kemp Pete Couk, Tom Puckett, John Koehler, Jim Downs, Bob Fish, Vern Crawley, Don Blandford, Max Willis. Some of our Managers were Carl Foster, Cal Reese, Jim Butler, Bert Clark was an Assistant Manager after he retired from flying, and our last Manager that I worked for was Sam Cales. -Ginger Ann Treptow (2/11/06) D.V. Blanford Seniority date 4/28/53 Seniority list dated 11/1/55 -Jake Lamkins (2/13/06) I started with FL in May, 1955 in RKS. Larry Jereb was mgr with Bill Kirkwood, Ray Aho, Bob White, Bob Cady as agents. Had a RON DC3 from DEN so we got to do everything. Was RIF'd to INW in Aug 1955 - Don Boderman was mgr with Don Blanford, Rex Marble, Red Smith as agents and Al Mosely as SSA. Had RON DC3 from PHX there, so once again got to do everything except INW had a fuel man so we didn't have to fuel. -Don Anderton (4/11/09) Retirees Don Blanford, Phoenix station agent, retired from the company in April after 24 years. One of the best agents around, Blanford started his career in Winslow. He'll be doing some traveling and will continue to live in Phoenix. per Frontier News, May Jun 1977 Don would turned age 65 at the time. -Jake Lamkins (9/11/12) D. V. BLANFORD INW station agent per Nov 1955 FL Roster. --------------------------- D. V. BLANFORD INW station agent DOB 4/6/12 DOH 4/28/53 per Feb 1960 FL Roster. --------------------------- DON BLANFORD PHX station agent per the 8/5/63 - 7/15/66 FL Personnel Rosters. -Jake Lamkins (9/12/12) Posted at FLacebook and the FL Club: PHX station agent Don Blanford's memorial webpage has been upgraded. http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Don_Blanford.html Still need an obituary and photo for Don. Post your remembrances. -Jake Lamkins (9/13/12)