LIBBY DECKER WOODFILL
1948 - 1950
CHIEF FLIGHT ATTENDANT
DEN


Note with renewal and article from 1948:
The group of stewardesses hired by Challenger Airlines about 1948.
Male stewards first cabin caretakers when I was hired 1947.
Man is gov WYO + his (two) attendees.
Alice Wright, Mary Jones, Sylvia Diedricks, Ellie Bastar, Isabell Wilson, 
Vicky Marason, Mary Warhover, BJ Schider, Carol Speck. Kitty Knete, 
Gov Hunt (3), Libby Decker (chief stewardess), Pat Larson.
-Jack Schade
(3/10/11)

Her FindAGrave.com weblink is
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33778433
She is in Greg Stearns' book on page 53.
-Jake Lamkins
(12/6/13)

ELIZABETH DECKER
DEN chief stewardess
per the 7/15/48 CHA Directory.
Interesting that Challenger allowed her to work while married.
Most airlines of the time did not allow married stewardesses.
Not sure when Libby left to return to United
but likely in 1950 when Challenger merged to form Frontier.
-Jake Lamkins
(12/28/13)

Photo of Libby from 1948
reprinted with permission from the book
FRONTIER AIRLINES: A HISTORY OF THE FORMER FRONTIER AIRLINES 1950-1986
by Gregory R. Stearns
-Jake Lamkins
(1/2/14)

Posted at FLacebook and the FL Club.
DEN chief flight attendant Libby Decker Woodfill's memorial webpage is posted.
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Libby_Decker_Woodfill.html
Libby helped establish the stewardess program at Challenger in 1948.
-Jake Lamkins
(1/2/14)

FLight West: Libby Decker Woodfill
DEN chief flight attendant Libby Decker Woodfill's memorial webpage has been updated at
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Libby_Decker_Woodfill.html
Another item found for this pioneer Challenger Airlines flight attendant.
-Jake Lamkins
(1/13/17)