MARK MCGRATH 1979 - 1985 STATION AGENT LEX DEN Hi Jake, I just learned from Winston McCarty (MEM and LEX) of the passing of Mark McGrath (LEX and DEN) - four years ago. Mark joined FL around 1978/79 and was one of the station agents who bid LEX (along with four of us from MEM) to open that station in winter of 1979. He always had boundless energy, a quick wit, infectious laugh and wonderful sense of humor. My '79 Christmas card was a photo of he and I up on the jetway stairs, dressed as pilots (thanks to those RON pilots who left their coats and caps). I'll try to find that and other photos and send them your way. Mark was very involved with the Church, and after Frontier folded, he worked full time for the Assembly of God Church. Apparently, he had been on a whirlwind speaking tour and got very dehydrated in SGF. He went home, feeling ill, and suffered an apparent heart attack. He was 47 when he flew West on June 27, 2004. He left behind a wonderful wife, Donae, and four children, Dylan, 17; Griffin, 15; Conner, 12; and Sawyer, 8. I only wish I'd tracked him down and talked to him before that... Two links to the same article: http://tinyurl.com/6fxznx and http://houstonym.blogspot.com/2004/06/mark-mcgrath-ag-global-ministry.html -Gary Wingert, MEM/LEX/DEN (9/3/08) M MCGRATH Station agent seniority date of 1/22/79, emp# 15109, shown LOA, on the 7/1/84 FL/ALEA seniority list. He is not on the 1/1/86 list. -Jake Lamkins (9/3/08) Hi Gary, I'm starting to work on Mark's memorial webpage. I can't find when he left FL. He's on the 7/1/84 but not on the 1/1/86 FL/ALEA seniority list. Do you know when he left? Did you find any photos of Mark? Thanks for your help, -Jake Lamkins (9/10/08) I'm not sure when Mark left FL, but I think it was before the '86 shutdown. I have photos of Mark in a box, I just need to pull it out and scan them for you. I'll try to get to that this weekend. -Gary Wingert (9/10/08) FL Club New memorial webpage Mark McGrath, 1979 - 1985?, LEX DEN station agent http://FAL-1. tripod.com/ Mark_McGrath.html Post any remembrances you have of Mark. -Jake Lamkins (9/11/08) On my last day in DENOO before transferring to BOI, I talked to an agent by the name of McGrath, might have been Mark. He told me he was the son of Jerry McGrath who I knew when I worked at CN. Jerry had worked at FL at several stations before coming to DENCN in 1962 or thereabouts. Jerry had left FL to come to work at CN, later he worked in Aspen for Aspen Air. He also worked in PHX for Cochise Air and Apache Air during the time Sam Cales was the manager for PHXOOFL. If any body remembers Jerry or knows how he could be reached I'd appreciate if you could let me know....... -Jim Lane (9/15/08) FLacebook re St. Helen's eruption: I recall an instruction to wipe the nose cones of the jets at the out stations, to wipe off any ash that had accumulated. I still have a funny image in my head of Mark McGrath up on a service ladder, wiping the 737's nose. Must've looked great from inside the terminal. -Gary Wingert (3/21/13) M MCGRATH Emp# 15109, DENOO Address in Denver, CO per the Nov 1984 Frontier Roster. M MCGRATH M DOB 7/9/56 DOH 1/22/79 per the Dec 1984 FL/ALEA Pension Records. -Jake Lamkins (5/30/16) FLacebook - FL Club FLight West: Mark McGrath LEX DEN station agent Mark McGrath's memorial webpage has been updated: http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Mark_McGrath.html Several items added and his webpage updated. Mark is another example of what an extraordinary group of people we had at Frontier. -Jake Lamkins (5/30/16) I have a couple of the bumper stickers. I remember both of them. Great guys. -Mark Dooley (5/30/16) Very interesting reading and the up date of the remaining family. -Jerry Turner (5/30/16) I was on that "Ramp Rats" basketball team and knew Mark and Scott very well. Mark was an organizer and a great friend to all... -Warren VanderGalien (5/31/16) Name Jerry McGrath Gender Male Died 3 Jan 1991 Notes Jerry worked for Apache Airline until 1971. Uncle Jerry had helped plan his Army unit's reunion earlier and then planned our Family Reunion in Las Vegas in 1990. We all loved Uncle Jerry and his great sense of humor. We were so glad we got to be with him a few months before he passed away. - from Donna Campbell. Children 1. Michael McGrath, b. 2 May 1948, d. 6 May 1971 2. Mark McGrath, b. 9 Jul 1956, d. 28 Jun 2004 -http://switzergenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I10933&tree=Switzer (6/14/16) The NTSB Air Accident Report on the Apache crash is at http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7219.pdf -Jake Lamkins (6/14/16)