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Bruce and I received the following from daughter of Ben Mauro today :
Forrest Barber, & Bruce Bixler:
My name is Marilyn Mauro and I am the daughter of Ben Mauro, who manufactured Taylorcraft airplanes in Conway, PA back in the 1950’s. I just wanted to let people know in the Taylorcraft organization of his passing. He died yesterday at the age of 87 after contracting pneumonia on Friday, December 16th. He had been a resident of the Valley Care Masonic Village for the last seven years, and was bedridden, not being able to walk or talk (but perfectly healthy & fairly coherent otherwise – tough man!!!) for the last two of those years. I am just glad he is at peace now.
The funeral arrangements are on Wednesday, December 28th from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm at the Richard D. Cole Funeral Home, 328 Beaver Street, Sewickley, PA 15143 (412.741.4334), with his funeral being the following morning, probably around 11 am.
Should anybody wish to contact me, I can be reached at my home address / number as follows:
Marilyn J. Mauro
150 Bradley Lane
Sewickley, PA 15143
(412.741.5665)
My cell phone is 724.612.1399.
Bruce, "Duke" Iden & myself are planning to go to the calling hours in the afternoon. I will try to fly over the Internment. Ben of course is documented in the "Taylorcraft Story" by Chet Peek. Please add any knowledge you have of Ben and I will follow up with my thoughts. Ben was honored for his help to save Taylorcraft back in 1947 thru 1956 at A Taylorcraft Old-Timers award banquet here in Alliance about 10 years ago.
Forrest Barber, & Bruce Bixler:
My name is Marilyn Mauro and I am the daughter of Ben Mauro, who manufactured Taylorcraft airplanes in Conway, PA back in the 1950’s. I just wanted to let people know in the Taylorcraft organization of his passing. He died yesterday at the age of 87 after contracting pneumonia on Friday, December 16th. He had been a resident of the Valley Care Masonic Village for the last seven years, and was bedridden, not being able to walk or talk (but perfectly healthy & fairly coherent otherwise – tough man!!!) for the last two of those years. I am just glad he is at peace now.
The funeral arrangements are on Wednesday, December 28th from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm at the Richard D. Cole Funeral Home, 328 Beaver Street, Sewickley, PA 15143 (412.741.4334), with his funeral being the following morning, probably around 11 am.
Should anybody wish to contact me, I can be reached at my home address / number as follows:
Marilyn J. Mauro
150 Bradley Lane
Sewickley, PA 15143
(412.741.5665)
My cell phone is 724.612.1399.
Bruce, "Duke" Iden & myself are planning to go to the calling hours in the afternoon. I will try to fly over the Internment. Ben of course is documented in the "Taylorcraft Story" by Chet Peek. Please add any knowledge you have of Ben and I will follow up with my thoughts. Ben was honored for his help to save Taylorcraft back in 1947 thru 1956 at A Taylorcraft Old-Timers award banquet here in Alliance about 10 years ago.
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