Documents:
1940 US Census, Lansing, Ingham, MI
Burial headstone, St Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, MI

Obituary:
Howard W. Harrison
Of Lansing Age 92, died January 5, 2005. Born March 27, 1912, in Lansing, Mr. Harrison retired from C&J (Howard Sober) Driveaway in 1974 and was a member of Teamsters Local #580. Mr. Harrison was a veteran of World War II serving in India and Burma with the Army Air Corp. Mr. Harrison was predeceased by his wife Margaret in 1964. Surviving are his daughters Mary Schenk, Jean (Hank) Kyser, and son Joseph (K.C); brother Russell; 8 grandchildren, Mike, Lori (Womack) and Matt Schenk; Sandra (Jacobs), Doug, and Dan Kyser; Paula and Michelle Harrison; and one great grandchild Klara Jacobs. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 15, at 11 a.m. at the Palmer Bush Jensen Family Funeral Homes Delta Chapel with the Rev. John Klein officiating. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 14, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m at the funeral home where the Rosary will be prayed at 7:00pm. Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to Mother Teresa House, PO Box 13004, Lansing, MI, 48901, in memory of Howard Harrison.
-Palmer, Bush and Benson Funeral Home

 

 

  

 

  

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Obituary:
Gordon Henry Kyser Jr. passed away on February 14, 2020, age 77, in Loveland, CO. Hank was born August 29, 1942, in Mobile, Alabama to Gordon Henry Kyser Sr. & Grace Helen Kyser (Strength). He left this world holding the hand of the love of his life and wife of 49 years Jean Ann Kyser (Harrison) of Lansing, Michigan. Hank was a wonderful dad who will be deeply missed by his three children, Sandra Ann Jacobs, Gordon Douglas Kyser, and Daniel Harrison Kyser. He has five grandchildren Klara Morrissen, Harison Harper, and Jackson Eugene Jacobs & Jefferson Henry and Sawyer Ann Kyser. Captain Kyser had a passion for all things aviation since childhood and he traveled the world as a commercial pilot for over 35 years. Hank's devotion as a husband, father, and friend was without comparison and he will be forever missed and never forgotten.
- Windsor Beacon, 12 Jul 2020

Notes:
Gordon Henry "Hank" Kyser, Jr., passed away on St. Valentines Day, February 14th, 2020, in Loveland, Colorado, three years after being diagnosed with vascular dementia; he was 77 years old.
Born in Mobile, Alabama, his father a National Airlines manager and his mother a nursing education instructor, Hank was the very definition of an 'airport kid:' He was immediately drawn to aviation, looking skyward when he heard the sounds of approaching aircraft. After his father�s position at National Airlines took the family to Miami, he would grow up within walking distance of Miami International Airport. He spent his childhood years with his father at National�s operations office, listening to tales of swagger and adventure shared by former airmail, bomber and fighter pilots turned airline pilots. Coming of age in the shadow of World War II and the Space Race, it was all but a forgone conclusion he would one day take to the skies as a professional aviator.
His aviation career began in his early 20s when he was hired by United Airlines in 1964 to work as an engineer responsible for fine-tuning the radial engines of the DC-6. As the transition to the jet age gathered speed, he saw technology streamline and reshape the flight deck from one commanded by navigators and engineers to two professional aviators piloting the behemoth Boeing 747. During a distinguished 37-year career with United, he flew a variety of Boeing and Douglas aircraft, held pilot training positions and volunteered to support the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) as an aviation labor advocate. He piloted his final flight as a Boeing 747 captain from Tokyo to Honolulu in January of 2002.
Hank was not only captivated by aviation, but also held a lifelong interest in history and, in his latter years, engaged in amateur computer building and analyzing financial markets. His family, friends and peers will recall his reverse chronological conversational style where he would start with a current event and then move backwards into a history lesson on the subject. His son recalls, "When he got back to the Battle of Antietam I knew it was time to go home".
Indisputably, Hank was a wealth of knowledge with a practical, safety-centric approach to everyday life: His pragmatic style was an endless source of angst to his teenage children � especially when an almost sixth sense of prediction proved correct. His indefatigable pursuit of knowledge, aviation expertise and steady, reliable guidance would motivate his sons to nickname him "Dispatch" a moniker he relished.
Gordon Henry Kyser Jr., of Estes Park, Colorado, is preceded in death by his parents, Gordon and Grace Stength-Kyser. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Jean, one sister, Carol, three children, Sandra, Doug and Dan and five grandchildren. He was a member of the Aspen Art Museum and card-carrying member of the ACLU, an affirmation of a lifelong belief in empowering the powerless.

  

 

  

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