MO OSBORNE 1959 - 1986 STATION AGENT, RELIEF AGENT MANY STATIONS ON THE SYSTEM See his logbook to understand. I think you have the names right for everyone that was in PUB then. One name in particular is interesting: Mo Osborne. Many stories about that guy, but the most interesting is perhaps the one where he pulled a .38 pistol on an unruly passenger when working relief in SAF. -Steve Galusha (3/26/99) I learned a lot from Mo. He never told me about pulling the .38 at SAF. That’s a good one. -Chuck Tisckos (3/26/99) I first met Mo Osborne when he was working as a relief agent in Casper Wy where I started with Frontier in 68. He would occasionally show up in JAC when we were short handed. I think one of the funniest things MO did is whenever FL changed ramp eguipment colors Mo would paint his van that color also. His whole life was Frontier. -Ken Wientjes (3/29/99) Jake, Here are some additional dates for the Obituary file. Pilots: Art Ashworth, died March 17, 1977 Wayne Aspinall Jr. died January 26, 1979 Jack Gardner, Died Feb 26, 1982 Max Gardner, Died Oct 8, 1988 F. "Jug" Jella, died May 14, 1993 John Myers, died July 20, 1994 G. "Swede" Nettleblad, died Feb 23, 1993 Ed Radford, died Oct 4, 1980 George Veldboon, died July 26, 1980 Agent: Maurice "Moe" Osborne, died May 22, 1994 Maintenance: Art Krieger, died Nov 19, 1998 Jack Mericle, died April 1, 1999 Management and other: Dave Burr, died April 9, 1997 J.F. "Pappy" ODrain, died Dec 4, 1995 -Ken Schultz (4/26/99) According to the Social Security Death Index, Maurice Osborne was born 22 May 1938 and died 22 May 1994, age 56. -Jake Lamkins (5/28/00) MY NAME IS RANDY COOK, "MO" OSBORNE WAS MY UNCLE, AND THROUGH HIM I HAD GROWN UP WITH FRONTIER IN MY BLOOD. FRONTIER WAS MO'S LIFE AND LIKE MANY FAL EMPLOYEES NEARLY DESTROYED HIS WHOLE LIFE WHEN THINGS WENT THE WAY THEY DID. ANY WAY I DO REMEMBER MANY OF THE CREW AND WOULD LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM IF AT ALL POSSIBLE JUST TO SAY HI. JED DAVIS LAST KNOWN LOCATION COLORADO SPRINGS JOE MAX JOHNSON? JOE BARKER LAS VEGAS CONTINENTAL AIRLINES. GAIL MARE. ALB NEW MEXICO ? R.J. TURNER? TIM.BREWER LAST KNOWN AT DEN AND MANY OTHERS IF I HAD MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT! AS YOU MAY SEE I STILL HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE FAL COMMUNITY AND IF YOU COULD FIND IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE ME AS AN HONORARY MEMBER IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED -RANDY COOK P.S. as much as "Mo" enjoyed computers I wish that he could see this web site. thanks again and Happy New Years . (12/31/00) Good hearing from you. If you've visited the Frontier websites, you've seen we have little info on Mo. Please send what ever info you'd like to share with the FLamily about Mo, his life, his death, etc. Send an obituary if you have one. A photo would be great too. I'll send you an invite to the Frontier Club. An index to all the FL websites in listed below. -Jake Lamkins (12/31/00) Thanks for the quick response, I just got this computer about a month ago so I'm still learning what I can and can't do so if you received more than one message I'm sorry. I need to get my things together and see what my mom and grandmother have to offer, but I will get this to you as soon as I can, (GOT TO GET A SCANNER) and then figure out how to use it Thanks again -Randy Cook (12/31/00) "Mo" hired on February 7, 1959 and was a station agent in Boise at the time of the shutdown. -Ken Schultz (Sent the obituary from the Gunnison County Times) (1/15/01) Randy sent the photo of Mo, the obituary and the burial note that is used on Mo's page. -Jake Lamkins (3/29/01) Hello, I am MO Osborne's sister, Maurine R. Osborne Cook. My son, Randy L. Cook has helped with some of MO's obituary and some pictures, information, etc. Frontier Airlines was my brother's life, which, like the Original Frontier Airlines, ended much too soon. He seemed to "die" when Frontier closed down in 1986 and was just really getting excited when Frontier was getting ready to fly again, just before he died in 1994. Wanted to say thank you to all the "old" Frontier group who were kind to my brother. He never forgot that, he felt like a worthwhile human being as long as he was involved with the Frontier Family. Thanks, and Happy Holidays to you all. Just wish that Frontier still served Gunnison, CO. -Maurine Cook (12/8/01) Posted at FL Club 2/7/02 I got a note from longtime BIL agent Gene Martin. He was at MLS when FL 32 crashed. "An event I will never forget is the crash of DC3 flight 32 at Miles City, MT. on March 12, 1964. I was Station Manager and working that evening. My agent Gayle Bussinger was on board flight 32 returning from Billings. The time of the crash was at 8:50PM or very close to that and the site was about I 1/2 miles from the runway. The area consisted of rolling hills and ground transportation was difficult therefore the crash site was not found until around midnight. My last contact with Flight 32 was at 8:47PM after giving him a local traffic check and since the wind was blowing 20 gust to 30 knots I asked him if he wanted the rudder lock on the runway and replied "Yes", which was acknowledge at 8:47PM. I then got prepared to take the rudder lock out to meet the fight. A light snow shower was passing through the area at this time. After waiting for about 5 minutes I got out of my car and went back into the station to determine where he was because he should have been on the ground by now. I could not get an answer from him on the radio and the Flight Service Station was not getting a response either. I then initiated an "overdue flight" emergency procedure. I was kept on the phone until the aircraft was located which was around midnight. After the wreckage was spotted I notified the local sheriffs to secure the area until the investigators arrive. A DC3 with company officials, FAA and CAB investigators arrived Miles City around 3:30AM. Elton Snoke and Carl Foster arrived on this flight. After my first flight out that morning they advised me to go home and get some rest. I did but after several phone calls I decide to go back to the airport. Mo Osborne was relief agent in our area so he was brought in to help. Red Barringer, on station leave at this time, accepted to return to work. Getting an experienced agent was very much appreciated. The tail section bearing the number N61442 was the only recognizable piece of the aircraft at its final resting place. The right wing was on a hill side about ¼ mile west. Probable cause, per the CAB was "The descent below obstructing terrain, for reasons undeterminable, during an instrument approach in adverse weather conditions". May they rest in peace. -Gene Martin" Besides Gayle, three other FL employees died in the crash: Capt. Kenneth Huber, FO Daniel Gough and flight attendant Dorothy Ruth Reif. According to the CAB Aircraft Accident Report released 3/11/65, there were five people on board. The fifth person most likely was a revenue passenger (if so, the only one ever killed on FL) but I haven't been able to make a positive ID. I'll be checking with Gene to see if he knows. -Jake Lamkins (2/7/02) I found your account of the MLS accident very interesting. Tex Searle sent me a copy of the CAB accident report. It says there were five people on board. Was that fifth person a non-rev or revenue passenger? Would you by chance have a clipping or something with their name? Any other info you can share about this tragedy would be appreciated. The FO was Dan Gough - his son who was born several months after the crash has been in touch with me. I'll send him your info. I also plan to use it in the NEWS. -Jake Lamkins (2/7/02) Regarding the fifth passenger on board, he was a Henry Swenson from Columbus, North Dakota, a small town near Williston, N.D. I have a newspaper clipping that I will run a copy off and send it to you, will have to be next week sometime but I will get it done. -Gene Martin (2/8/02) Reference Maurice Osborne, I've come across some letters where he has signed his name as "Mo", and not "Moe" as I had written in his work history letter. -Ken Schultz (1/19/03) I'M SURE SADDENED BY ALL THE DEATHS OF GOOD FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OVER THE YRS. I KNEW ABOUT SOME AND HAVE A FEW DETAILS ON SOME BUT DIDN'T KNOW OF SOME LIKE JIM CHARBONNEAU AND DAVE WESTON , WALT REA ,DUANE SHARP AND HAROLD LONG. I WORKED WITH THEM - ALSO KEN HETT AND MO. OSBOURNE. I KNEW MO. WOULDN'T LAST LONG CAUSE OUR DEMISE SURE TORE A BIG HOLE IN HIS HEART? -VERN RUSSELL (2/12/03) Posted at FL Club: A lot of people knew Mo Osborne. He was a relief agent for 9 years, 1964-73. Ken Shultz sent me Mo's logbook which notes the dates/stations he worked at during those 9 years. It's an amazing document and is posted at Mo's website. Check the link to right of pic. -Jake Lamkins (2/25/03) I worked with Mo Osborne at PUB. He was a great guy and would do anything for you. He was super knowledgeable after being a relief agent all those years. He was extra good with the passengers. I learned alot from working with him and I'm sure the other PUB agents did too. -Chuck Tisckos (2/26/03) Yes, MO was my helper in LAA for a long time. Then Bob came a lot also. -Tom Clarke (2/26/03) You know, Mo Osborn, who is deceased, had a trunk full of FL stuff when Iworked with him in BOI. He had original blue prints of Monarch, Arizona Airways and FL paint blue prints along with who knows what else. I'm back in Idaho but some of you who still live in Colorado might contact his mom or sister who were in the Montrose area and see what they did with all of Mo's memorabilia. When he left Boise to go back to Colorado to live with his folks he had a roll of the FL toothpicks that we used to put on dinner trays. He have me a string of them about 4 feet long and still had 6 feet left. I didn't see everything in the trunk but he had every pay check stub he had ever received and the first OAG from the month he started with FL. Mo's life was FL and when it shut down here he had a Ruger .22 pistol that Duane Sharp took away from him because we were afraid he might do away with himself. Rowdy gave it back to him when Mo moved back to Colo. Mo had told us that he had nothing but FL as a family and was a very depressed fellow for a long time. Well, we all were but Mo didn't have a wife or kids to help him thru the rough times. Mo always drank heavy and the depression of losing his whole family at one time didn't help. I'd guess that if you can find that trunk that you might find what you're looking for and maybe a lot more. -Jim Lane (5/3/03) E-mail to Mo's sister and nephew: I've gotten quite a bit more info on Mo in case you haven't visited his webpage lately. It's at http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Mo_Osborne.html I also ran an article on him in the last newsletter. Jim Lane, who worked with him in Boise, recently posted a note at the Frontier Club that Mo kept a large trunk that was full of memorabilia. I was just wondering if the family got it after Mo's untimely death. -Jake Lamkins (5/3/03 Hey Jake Good to hear from you again. As far MO's old stuff I can't remember who it was that picked it all up from my Grandmother. I will have to check and see then get back with you . Thanks again for everything -Randy Cook (5/6/03) I sent off to my Mom and this is what she had to say. thanks again for every thing. I would guess you already have Kens address? Randy "Randy, it was Ken Schultz that mom gave a bunch of MO's stuff to. He came by the house and picked it up. Don't know what all she gave him as it was a time when "things" weren't all that good between mom and I. Hope that helps, mom has a "new" address for Ken and his wife if you need it. MOM Randy, please forward a message to this Jake and let him know we appreciate his interest in MO. Would have been nice to see the article on MO, if there is some way that could be forwarded to us. -Randy Cook (5/15/03) Your family could not have picked a better person than Ken Shultz to give some of Mo's Frontier memorabilia. Ken does a great job as a Frontier historian and is always sharing information with us. I have some extra copies of the newsletter with Mo's article in it. I charge $2.50 each and $10 per year for a subscription to cover expenses for the newsletter. Send the money and addresses where you want them sent to the address below and I'll take care of the rest. -Jake Lamkins (5/15/03) Mo Osborne was with me in the DEN station in his early years and I was happy to read the fine tribute in his article in the NEWS. -Cal Reese (6/30/03) I have about 100 FL toothpicks from Mo Osborne's collection that he gave me when he was still here in BOI. He had hundreds of them along with the OAG that came out the month he hired on back in the '50's. He also had the paint schemes of the original FL, Arizona Airways, and Monarch that merged to form FL. The schemes looked like blueprints. He had a trunk full of old FL stuff. I know he's deceased but he was living with relatives and if somebody knows where he was living when he died they have a whole treasure chest of old FL memorbilia. -Jim Lane (11/22/04) I was reading Mo Osborne's and then remembered he was in my agents training class. We were hired February 7, 1959 and I used to see Mo in Montana when he was a relief agent. I also remembed that he filled in at Miles City after the crash of Flt. #32. -Herb Schmidt (10/18/05) Just a quick note to let you know how much I enjoy seeing all the Frontier Airlines photos that you post. I am Mo Osborne's sister and we still feel a connection to FAL. Keep up the good work. Glad that you keep in touch with my son, Randy. Thanks for that. -Maurine Cook (2/26/11) I was looking at the FAL website and remembered that there was an incident here in Gunnison, when the Frontier airplane blew "a tire" and seems that it was a miserable evening. We had invited Mo and my parents out for a birthday dinner, I believe it was for my husband (8-28) but I sure can't remember the year. Anyway, Mo invited the pilots and the mechanics out to have dinner with us. The pilots declined as they would not be good company in light of the problem with the flight, but the mechanics that were flown in did come out. Mo had the rest of his work schedule around here somewhere. The record that you have on his memorial page only goes to 1973, so there should be a few more years of records. -Maurine Cook (8/9/11) I love those work schedules of Mo's because he saw so much of the system as a relief agent. Would love to see any further records of his if you find them. -Jake Lamkins (8/10/11) I will have to take "time out" and see if I can find any more of Mo's "Time Line" He took real pride in knowing everywhere he had ever been and for how long. I did find some of his service pins, will photograph them and forward to you soon. You know that Mo was the one that worked to get the payroll on the computer EVERYWHERE he went, FAL employees seemed liking to get paid a couple of days earlier that way. I wish I had the knowledge about computers that he had. -Maurine Cook (8/10/11) I found this "stuff" and thought it might be of interest to you. If not, you can destroy. If I find more, I will send them to you. -Maurine Cook (10/8/11) I might add that the BN photo is courtesy of Randy Cook who was our official Frontier Mascot during the time I was manager in GUC. He was still in high school but helped us with just about everything around the airport, again something that would never be able to happen today due to all of the security constraints. -Joe Barker (4/10/12) Randy's uncle and Maurine's brother was FL's champion relief agent, Mo Osborne, who worked dozens of stations in his nine years on the road 1964-73. His logbook is posted at his memorial webpage: http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Mo_Osborne.html -Jake Lamkins (4/10/12) And Mo was an agent in PUB in 1976 when I first started with FL. He taught me a great deal as we didnt have any formalized training back then, you learned from the agents that you worked with. I was very lucky to have a good trainer like Mo -Joe Barker (4/10/12) Thanks guys, this means a lot to me. -Maurine Cook (4/10/12) I also benefitted from working along side Mo Osborne at PUB station just a few years earlier. He was so good with passengers. Never ever saw him get rattled in stressful time. At that time Mo was a system relief agent and covered vacations. PUB, I think, was was Mo's home base because he maintained a residence there. -Chuck Tisckos (4/10/12) Thought you would like to see Mo's headstone. -Randy Cook (11/25/12) Thanks, Randy, that's GREAT! Love that FL logo on his gravestone. I'll add this to the update items I have for his memorial website which I should get to within a week. -Jake Lamkins (11/25/12) FLacebook: Just got this GREAT photo of relief agent Mo Osborne's gravestone. His nephew Randy sent it to me. I'll be adding it to his memorial webpage soon. Talk about the FL spirit! Mo had it and still does. -Jake Lamkins (11/25/12) Mo was one hell of an agent, he put up with me when I first started in PUB, taught me how to hand write tickets, load the airplanes, weight and balance and he especially liked to "teach" me how to revise the tariffs which in those days seemed to come in daily. He was a fine man and I respected him a great deal - it was many years after that that I met his nephew Randy when I was manager in GUC. Randy shared a lot of Mo's best traits and he loved FL almost as much as Mo did. Randy became the FL mascot at the GUC station. Thanks for posting this, here is to a great FL employee who almost lived his life for FL. -Joe Barker (11/25/12) It was always a pleasure when the door opened and I saw Mo at one of the many stations where he worked throughout his career. We both grew up in Gunnison and his sister, Maurine, was a classmate of mine. -Joanne Griffin (11/25/12) I'll never forget Mo's home in Pueblo. We helped him pour the cement for the front steps... because he didn't have any front steps that were necessary to get to the front door on the second level! In Mo's basement, he had a false wall with built in shelves for his stereo system. There was a door in the wall that allowed him full access to the rear of all his audio/video equipment. I've always wanted a setup like that! Thanks for sharing, Randy! -Gary Smith (11/25/12) Great comments about my one and only bro. Thanks everyone! I never thought of sending photos of the headstone, dumb of me, huh? The FAL emblem and his Elks emblem were two of the most important "things"in his life, so naturally, Mom wanted them on the stone. -Maurine Cook (11/25/12) Posted at FLacebook and the FL Club: Relief agent Mo osborne's memorial webpage has been updated. http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Mo_Osborne.html Five items added to his page and comments added to his remembrances. -Jake Lamkins (12/2/12) Mo was one of those stalwart FL guys. He took me under his wing in PUB and I learned so much from him. I dont think there was anything about FL he did not know and he was kind enough to share his knowledge and more importantly his time with a young new station agent - I will always remember him and be thankful our paths crossed - and the wonderful times we had in GUC. Of all the cities I worked, GUC will always be probably the best - we worked hard, played hard and it truly was a family -Joe Barker (5/18/13) FLacebook Dan Price Mo rolled into Moab in 1966 as a relief agent. What a guy? Frontier man for sure! Robert Ostrom He was very special. Only knew him in Boise for the ten months that we were there, but he has not been forgotten. (8/20/21)