“Van” Vanderburgh was “an extraordinary man, as well as, fighter pilot, 14 time Top Gun, 2 Global, retired Air Force but loved the fighter so much [he] was in reserves (Some play golf, he flew fighters on weekends).
After 27 years as a fighter pilot and an American Airlines captain for 32 years, he retired from both. He built a private corporate jet business and retired again.
Warren M. Vanderburgh, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on November 17, 2016.
Warren “Van” Vanderburgh, 74, passed away Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrew Episcopal Church. Interment: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Greenwood.
He was an extraordinary man, as well as, fighter pilot, 14 time Top Gun, 2 Global, retired Air Force but loved the fighter so much was in reserves (Some play golf, he flew fighters on weekends). Total 27 years fighter pilot and American Airlines captain for 32 years, he retired from both.
He built a private corporate jet business and retired again. He loved life, family, God with complete open arms.
Survivors: Wife, Donna Vanderburgh; sons, Warren Vanderburgh Jr., Tyler Hardman and wife, Ivanna, of Washington, D.C., and Wesley Hardman and wife, Alex; grandson, Wyatt Nicholas Hardman, all of Odessa; sisters, Margaret Feindel and her husband, David, of Nantucket, Mass., and Laura Vanderburgh of Rockport, Mass.; nephews, Scott Feindel and wife, Maya Crosby, and children, Elena and Gillian of Alna, Maine, and Timothy Feindel and daughters, Emily and Ivy, of Las Vegas, Nev.; and niece, Sara Yanowitz and husband, Ivan Slack, of Kauai, Hawaii.
Published by Star-Telegram on Nov. 20, 2016.
