VERN RUSSELL 1960 - 1986 STATION AGENT RIW MSO BIL BOI JUST PULLED UP YOUR SITE FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT IS AWESOME. GLAD I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO DESIRES TO TALK. THANKS, VERN RUSSELL, RIW 1960-67 MSO 67-69 BIL 69-79 BOI 79 -86 MY NAME IS VERN RUSSELL, EX FAL AGENT 1960 THRU DEMISE I STARTED AS STATION AGENT IN RIW AUG 60 THRU 67 MOVED TO MSO WHEN IT OPENED IN 1967 THRU 1969 MOVED TO BIL 1969 THRU 1979 MOVED TO BOI WHEN IT OPENED IN 1979M WAS STILL THERE TO THE LAST DAY OF OPS THERE. 26 YRS OF SERVICE ALMOST TO THE DAY. JUST HEARD ABOUT THE FAL SITE AND BEEN CHECKING IT OUT AND, AM THRILLED TO SEE THINGS ABOUT SO MANY OLD FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES AND SADDENED TO LEARN OF SOME THAT HAVE FLOWN WEST THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF ALREADY. I HOPE YOU WILL ACCEPT ME INTO YOUR MIDST. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WILLING TO EMAIL ME. -Vern Russell (2/5/03) I am Vern Russell, a former Frontier sales & service agent from 1960 thru 1986. I started in RIW 1960-67, moved to MSO 1967-69 moved to BIL 1969-79 moved to BOI 1979-86. I just received a letter from Al & Dee Martenson re BIL Reunion & they informed me about the FL NEWS. I haven't heard much from too many people of FL but do have news of a few you may or may not know of. Pleas send me the back orders of your paper. Also sign me up for a year membership subscription. I would appreciate hearing from you. I never received any of my ESOP, so I'm especially interested in your last issue or any news on what happened to that. -Vern Russell (2/10/03) HI JAKE, SORRY TO BE SO LONG GETTING BACK TO YOU. BEEN A BUSY WK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BACK COPIES OF THE OLDFAL NEWS BULLETINS. I HAVE SPENT EVERY WAKING MOMENT FOR THE LAST WHILE POURING OVER THEM FROM COVER TO COVER. YOU NEED TO BE CONGRATULATED FOR A JOB VERY WELL DONE. THANK HEAVEN FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ACE AND DARRELL AND KEN AND MORE THAT I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF, THAT ARE WILLING TO KEEP THE CLUB, THE SITE AND THE BULLETIN GOING SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME CAN CATCH UP ON THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO A GREAT OLE FAMILY SUCH AS THE OLD FL BUNCH. GOD BLESS YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. MORE INFO ABOUT ME. I HIRED OUT IN RIW AUG. 1960 AS STATION AGENT UNDER DUANE PHELPS, LATER UNDER CARL HENDERSON WHO I UNDERSTAND FLEW W EST LAST YR. I TRANSFERED TO MSO IN 1967 TO HELP BOB BRICKER AND HIS AGENTS OPEN THE STATION THERE. TRANSFERRED TO BIL IN 1969 AND WORKED UNDER JIM SCHNEIDER, MARV PESTER THEN OLLIE BRUNZ TILL 1979 WHEN I TRANSFERRED TO BOI TO HELP ROGER SORENSEN AND CREW WITH BOI OPENING AND WAS THERE TILL END OF STORY. 26 YRS. OF GREAT MEMORIES I WILL NEVER FORGET. I CAN'T BELIEVE TO THIS DAY THAT ONE SMALL COMPANY COULD PRODUCE SUCH A GREAT FAMILY OF FRIENDS. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO YOU WERE, WHAT YOU LOOKED LIKE OR WHAT GROUP YOU BELONGED TO. PILOTS, FLT ATTENDANTS, MECH'S. OR AGENTS. WE ALL BELONGED AND FELT LIKE IT. DON'T WE ALL WISH IT COULD STILL BE SO. PUBLISH THIS IF YOU LIKE. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THOSE WHO MIGHT STILL REMEMBER ME. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. KEEP IT UP . YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLES UNDYING GRATITUDE. P.S. Last week, you asked me how I ended up over here in Idaho west of the Tetons. When Frontier ended we went to Sacramento area for almost a yr. to be with our daughter and family. My wife hated California and all the problems down there so we came back here where we bought her mom's old place and have spent 12 yrs. fixing it and the property up into a real nice little place. I still paint for a living so this is a beautiful place for me to get inspired. It's changed though cause the billionaires have taken over Jackson and pushed the millionaires over to the Driggs side. We live far enough west so that everyone here is still living in poverty, but we still take advantage of great scenery, hunting and fishing. It's starting to be discovered here now so all the Californians are starting to build big houses here now along the famous Henry's Fork of the Snake River. -Vern Russell (2/18/03) Vern Russell (wife: Martha) I am semi-retired and Martha will retire the end of this year. After FL quit, we hung out in BOI for a year and a half then went to SAC for a year to be with our daughter Laurie & family but didn't like it too much. I had partnership in a gallery in Folsom, CA and loved it there but Martha had to work in Sacramento and hated it, so we came on back to her old hometown, bought her mothers old house and remodeled it (which is my lifetime effort but has been really rewarding). I started teaching adult art classes in BOl and taught both at home and all over that area and Eastern Oregon, plus traveled all over showing in juried art shows over several western and southwestern States. I still have a small gallery here but don't teach anymore. We have slowed down on the art shows we do but still do 4 or 5 a year. It's getting tougher all the time. Martha works for Health & Welfare children's services and likes it but commutes 45 miles back and forth every day so is sick of that. I work a couple of hours a day for the county driving senior citizens to their foster grandparent assignments and serve as chairman for the S E Idaho Foster Grandparent Adv. Council. So you can see we are busy. I contacted Jake Lamkins and signed up for tripod.com That is a great site. Also found out I get a whole $63.10 from ESOP BIIIIIIIIGGGGGGG Whoopey! I'm sorry we can't make the reunion this year. Darn, I was excited to hear about it but we are committed to an Art show and sale that weekend that I have already paid my entry for, but be sure to let me know about next year. We travel to BIL often cause our oldest son Rick still lives in Lockwood where he is Manager of Lockwood Water Assn. We still see Bob Eckhart once is awhile but he is the only one we bump into. Anxious to see the rest of you. Look forward to hearing from you. (Entry in the 2005 BIL Reunion booklet.) Jake, In case you don't know who some of the people are in the 2006 BIL Reunion group photo I sent earlier, they are: Front row: Bob Voight, Ernie Harms, Irwin Humphrey, Lyle McGarvin, Lou Pecora, Hardy Hanson, Jim Purdy, Darrel Fenter and Jim Schwartz Back row left to right: Roger Greenlee, Al Krauter, Al Kwasney, Loren Holmgren, Ron Huet, Darlene Spieler, Doug Englehart, Ollie Brunz, Dee Martenson, Vern Russell, Bob Hooper, Jerry Schimetz, Darrel Robson, Larry Sanger, George Smith and Bill Beukenhorst. -Dee Martenson (8/11/06) Hi Vern, Haven't heard from you in awhile and find I have two eddresses for you. I must be using the wrong one. What is your correct eddress these days? Hope you and Martha are well. Regards, -Jake Lamkins (3/2/09) V J RUSSELL Station agent seniority date of 8/4/60, emp# 07636, on the 1/1/86 FL/ALEA seniority list. -Jake Lamkins (3/2/09) Hi Jake. This is the right address for right now We are both fine. How about yourself? Don't spend as much time on the internet as used to. Thanks for asking. I need to keep better ctc with people. Still hear from a couple of the guys in Billings quite often. That's about it. Vern Russell (3/9/09) FLacebook Hi Vern, Haven't heard from you in years. Hope you are still doing well. Put Old frontier Airlines in the Facebook search and come join 900+ other FLolks who are keeping in touch. I'm still putting out the FL newsletter if you decide to renew your subscription. Mo Osborne's sister just sent me one of your old brochures. Hope to see you there. -Jake Lamkins (1/23/18) FLacebook request to join: Vern Russell Joined Facebook on Mar 22, 2017 Lives in Saint Anthony, Idaho Self-Employed Went to Shelley High School I got your request to join our group. When and where did you work for the original Frontier Airlines? Riverton Wyo Aug 1960 till Aug 1967 Missoula Mt. Aug 1967 till 1969 Billings Mt.till April 1969 till April 1980 Boise Id. till the end What position (s) did you work at FL and seniority date? Sales and service agent (4/9/18) FLacebook Vern Russell Just thinking of all of you and your prayers while I was sick. Time has flown and I feel so much better but still limitied to what I can do. Still can't drive so am dependant on Martha to take me everywhere. Boy is that scary some time. Ha. Thank you all for your prayers. I know how much they helped.. for those who don't know what happened, I had about a week of deep brain seizures in early April and landed in the Rexburg hospital. They couldn't figure out what was wrong so transported me to Idaho Falls Regional where luckily for me there was a neurologist rotating thru from Tenn. and he figured it out right away and got me on anti seizure meds to control them. I will start seing a resident neurologist in Idaho Falls tomorrow and we will go from there. Don't know where the seizures came from but know I will be better soon. Thanks again for all your mssges of support. Too many to answer personally but you know who you are. I love you all. -Vern Russell (6/13/18) FLacebook Messenger Jake, look up Vern Russell on Facebook. His obit is there and I can' t figure out how to send it to you. His Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/vern.russell.315 -Dee Martenson (8/18/25) Thanks for the alert, Dee. Tell Al I said HI! -Jake Lamkins (8/19/25) V J RUSSELL Emp# 07636 BIL station agent DOB 5/26/36 DOH 8/4/60 Per the Dec 1970 employees roster. V J RUSSELL Emp# 07636 BOI OO Per the Nov 1984 employees roster. V J RUSSELL Emp# 07636, #188, Org# 3482 - BOI DOB 5/26/36 DOH 8/4/60 Per the Oct 1986 station agents seniority list. -Jake Lamkins (9/13/25) FLacebook FLIGHT WEST POSTED VERN RUSSELL 1960 - 1986 STATION AGENT RIW MSO BIL BOI http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Vern_Russell.html After Frontier, he became an accomplished and well-known painter, specializing in western themes. I particularly like his cow skulls. Post your remembrances of Vern. -Jake Lamkins (9/16/25) Fred Watson R.I.P Vern. Glade Carpenter God bless him and his family. Carol Bartley It's amazing how many talented artists that worked for Frontier. I would love to see his work in color. (9/17/25) Trish Swanson-Hawk Sending prayers to his family and many friends. Dennis Long I remember Vern when I was young, going up to the airport in RIW just to hangout with the guys. RIP Vern. Bonnie Dahl God Bless you Vern. Your life sounds Blessed and you were in Montana, Wyoming county! Jan Lefler My condolences to his family and friends. Loren Holmgren I worked in Billings with Vern. I remember him but it has been way too long since I last saw him. Rest in peace my friend. (9/18/25)