JOE CLAFFY
1951 - 1982
AIRCRAFT DISPATCHER, FLIGHT SUPERINTENDENT
FTW ACF GSW DEN


Nelson (Embleton) was always joking with people.
His 1st a.m. when he went to work for Central before he became a dispatcher,
he wrote everything on the board backward.
Joe Claffy came to work and nearly had a coronary because he couldn't read the board for the day.
-Linda Embleton
(7/27/08)

Joseph A. Claffy
Listed on dispatcher seniority lists 1966-68 with a seniority/hire date of 3/17/51.
Nothing in the SSDI.
Retirements
Joseph Claffy, dispatcher, June 1, 31 years.
per the FL NEWS dated Jul 1982
-Jake Lamkins
(7/27/07)

Ernie Van Winkle phoned at 10:10am, left voice mail, complimented the latest FL News.
Told me to add another to the FL Niner list.
Joe Claffy, a dispatcher, was born 5/31/1917 and is now 94.
I added Joe to the Niners List.
JOE CLAFFY, age 94
FTW GSW DEN dispatcher
DOB 5/31/17
DOH 3/17/51
-Jake Lamkins
(7/20/11)

I just discovered that DEN aircraft dispatcher Joe Claffy flew west in 2014 at age 97:
https://www.allveterans.com/obituaries/joseph-anthony-claffy/
-Jake Lamkins
(10/15/17)

Prayers to his family and friends
-Trish Swanson-Hawk 
(10/16/17)

Wow he had a good run, Frontier made you tough!
-Bonnie Dahl 
(10/18/17)

FLacebook - FL Club
FLight West: Joe Claffy
DEN dispatcher Joe Claffy's memorial webpage is posted at
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Joe_Claffy.html
Joe retired the day after his 65th birthday on Jun 1, 1982.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/18/17)

Worked with Joe from 1974 til he retired. He was a true gentleman.
-Larry Lammey 
(10/18/17)

Worked with Joe, a good man leaving good memories.
-Ben Pacheco 
(10/19/17)

WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT I HAVE NOT CHECKED MY E MAILS FOR THREE YEARS AND HAD OVER 1600 OF THEM? 
AMONG THEM WERE JOE CLAFFYS PASSING.   
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT HE HAD DIED?   
HE WAS REALLY A GREAT GUY. 
ALSO WHERE WAS HE LIVING.  
-ERNIE Van Winkle
(12/14/17)