DON MARICK GROUND MECHANIC BIL DEN Subject: New member Jake, I was visiting with Ron Huet the other day and he said he would like to join the alumni group. Ron was a long time station agent. I think he hired on in early 60`s and was there til the end. He was at a number of stations, and was at BIL at the end. If you would like to invite him in his Email is slzy3@aol.com -Don Marick (3/15/04) Subject: Don Marick has died. Hi everyone, For those of you who knew Don Marick, (Ground mechanic-DEN and BIL), just a quick note to say that he has died. I just received a phone call from Ron Huet, (who is also in the hospital recuperating from knee replacement surgery), that Don passed away about an hour ago. Details are sketchy at this point, but what is known, is that Don's lungs collapsed. He has had lung problems for years. It is suspected that he most likely died from heart failure. I'm sure that his death/obituary will be in the Billings Gazette in the next couple of days. -Darrell Robson (4/20/05) Don Marick (wife: Arky) 1281 Grubstake Circle Billings, MT 59105 (406) 245-3069 E-Mail: ddmarick@theglobal.net Well, here goes. I hired on 8-10-67 in the cleaning dept of FAL and from there went to Building Maintenance. I was the first Building Maintenance employee when the new hanger was built on Smith Road. From there I went into Ground Maintenance and was a traveling mechanic for a number of years. Then in 1977 I bid for Ground Maintenance in BIL and was here till they closed the Maintenance shop. I went back to DEN Ground Maintenance till Frontier’s demise. After that I returned to Billings and bought a candy business and also had a deli & ice cream shop. Now I have a few hobbies I play at, but don’t get much done as I am on oxygen all the time. -BIL Reunion booklet, July 12, 2003 OBITUARY Donald Dwaine Marick passed away of natural causes on April 20, 2005, at the age of 74. He was born on March 15, 1931 to Jesse and Wilma Marick in Smith Center, Kan. He moved to Akron, Colo., in 1932. He moved to Thurman, Colo., in 1933, and attended Sunny Slope School through the 10th grade. Don graduated from Arriba High School in 1948 and began to farm and ranch. He married Jatta Sylvester on June 4, 1950. Together, they raised two sons, Steve and Don, Jr. He moved to Denver in 1958 and worked for Martin & Company, and in 1967, went to work as a mechanic for Frontier Airlines, which eventually brought him to Billings. In 1976, he married Arclista Lewis and worked for Frontier Airlines until his retirement. Don had many hobbies and skills. He was an excellent fabricator and created many metal products for his family and friends. He was also a talented carpenter and did much of the work on the family home. He enjoyed gardening and worked on techniques to grow the best tomatoes on the block. He loved playing cards with his many friends and family members. He was always ready to help h is neighbors and was a man who looked for, and found, the best in everyone. Don was preceded in death by his mother and father, Jesse and Wilma Marick. He will be deeply missed by his loving wife, Arclista, of 26 years; sons, Steve (Mary), and Don Jr. (Judy); grandchildren, Bob (Karen) and great-grandchildren, Kevin and Brandon, Julie Parker (Mike) and great-grandchildren, Andrew and Kiah, Jamie Liechty (Rob), Lacy and Mason. He will also be missed by his stepsons and their families, Mark Lewis (Terri), Leslie Lewis, Russell Lewis (Julie); grandchildren Brandon, Barton (Alexis), Emily, Meagan, Wiley, Sasha, Zach; and great-grandchildren, Quintin and Colby. Don will be missed by his many friends and family. The Marick family wishes to extend special thanks to Gary Kautsky for his loving support. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 22, at Cremation or Funeral Gallery, 29 Eighth St. West, Billings. A celebration of Don's life will be held on Saturday, April 23, at the Golden Corral, 570 S. 24th St. West, at a no-host luncheon beginning at 1 p.m. Please indicate you are with the "Marick family" and directions will be provided to the separate reserved dining room. -Billings Gazette (4/22/05) Posted at Don's online guestbook: April 22, 2005 All Don's many friends at the old Frontier Airlines extend their sympathy to Don's family for their loss. Don's obituary will be placed on our webpage: http://FAL-1.tripod.com -Jake Lamkins (West Fork, AR) ExFAL@yahoo.com (4/22/05) Thanks, Dee. I found a few pix of Don from the 2003 BIL Reunion pix yall sent. Can anyone ID who Don's with? (Dee sent the obit that I already had.) -Jake Lamkins (4/23/05) Jake, In the first photo, left to right are Donna Schimetz, Donna Huet, Arclista "Arky" Marick and Don. Second photo is Don with Bob Voight. Bob Voight and I went to the luncheon today for Don. Al and I went to the funeral home last night for the visitation. -Dee Martenson (4/23/05)