MATT FERGUSON
1947 - 1980
PILOT
SLC DEN


Matt is mentioned in the Golden Age Of Flying by Tex Searle on page 130.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/18/04)

Email to Billy Walker:
I'm working on a article for the next newsletter.
I have a 1968 photo of 12 FLolks getting their 20 year pins.
Included are pilots
Willie Hurt
M.A. Ferguson
Sam Grande
Do you have any info on them?
-Jake Lamkins
(6/19/08)

I have flown with Willie, Matt, and Sam.  All great guys.  I think Matt is not well.  
-Billy Walker
(6/19/08)

M A FERGUSON
Pilot seniority date of 7/1/47 on the 10/28/67 FL/ALPA seniority list.
-Jake Lamkins
(6/19/08)

Posted at the FL Club:
Subject: Pilot Matt Ferguson has died  
Thanks to pilot Al Kendell for sending the obituary:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=mathew-ferguson&pid\=147899350
Be sure to sign his guestbook. 
-Jake Lamkins
(1/18/11)

OBITUARY
MATHEW FERGUSON  
Mathew Ferguson 1920 ~ 2011 
Mathew Armstrong Ferguson, 90, of Littleton, CO, formally of Salt Lake City and Roosevelt, Utah passed away January 6, 2011 of natural causes. 
He was born in Salt Lake City Dec. 1, 1920 to Mathew Armstrong and Lottie Matthews Ferguson. 
Matt graduated from East High School in Salt Lake City and joined the Navy in February 1941. 
After World War II ended, Matt worked as a flight instructor in the Salt Lake area. 
He married Virginia Ruth (Martin) of Waukon, Iowa on August 15, 1946. 
He joined Challenger Airlines in 1948 which later merged with Arizona Airways and Monarch Airlines to form Frontier Airlines. 
After a distinguished 33 year career as a pilot, Matt and Virginia moved to a ranch near Roosevelt, Utah. 
In 2000, they moved to Littleton, CO to be closer to family. 
Matt is survived by two sons, Bruce (Donna) and their two daughters Adrienne and Natalie of Highlands Ranch, CO 
and Brian (Barbara) of Mountain View, CA and nephews and nieces. 
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Virginia, sister Janet Ferguson, and brother Keith Ferguson. 
Funeral services will be held in Waukon, IA on January 23rd at Martin Funeral Home. 
Published in Deseret News on January 18, 2011 
Published in Salt Lake Tribune on January 18, 2011