EARL KEENE
DISPATCHER, OPERATIONS MANAGER & DIRECTOR-SYSTEM CONTROL
DEN


Subject: Gone West
Regretfully, the Gone West of Earle Keene.  
At Earl's request, there will be a Wake this Saturday, January 24th at; 290 E. Bear Blvd here in Denver.  
This is at the southwest corner of Speer and Grant at the Colorado Auto Dealers Building. 
The Wake will take place at 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM.  Please notify all interested parties.
Ace sent me the above note this morning.  Earle was one of the long time dispatchers from Frontier.
-Billy Walker 
(1/23/04)

According to John Leslie, Earl was the last surviving dispatcher of Challenger Airlines.
-Jim Ford
(1/23/04)

Earl R. Keene was born January 30, 1924 and died January 22, 2004 in Denver & was cremated.
He went to work for Challenger Airlines May 13, 1947 in SLC.
I went to the wake on January 24th & talked to his wife & daughter.
There was no listing in a newspaper or print info of any kind.
(Ken also sent an article on Earl from the Jan/Feb 1971 ARROW-JET NEWS.)
-Ken Schultz
(2/23/04)