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About Gordon Richard Yaeger
- "Gordon R. Yaeger (1927-2005) is known for piloting the Bell Rocket Belt at the 1964 New York City World Fair, in the James Bond movie Thunderball, in The Reluctant Astronaut starring Don Knotts, and on the TV shows Gilligan's Island and Lost in Space. Yaeger was born on May 5, 1927, and went to Burgard High School in Buffalo, New York, before attending the University at Buffalo and UCLA. He moved his family to Amherst, New York in 1955. He worked for Bell Aircraft Corporation in Wheatfield, New York. In 2008, the Town of Amherst named a street after him. On January 23, 2005, Yaeger died in Buffalo Hospice in Cheektowaga aged 77 after a long illness. He left behind his wife Nancy, eight children and 15 grandchildren."https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Yaeger
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- "January 23, 2005; beloved husband of 54 years to Nancy (nee Kahen) Yaeger; dearest father of Linda (Andy) Leising, Keith (Nancy) Yaeger, Denise (Larry) Myers, MaryBeth (Frank) Haase, Gail (Victor) Guerra, Cindy (Tim) O'Mara, Lori (Dan) Mathien, and Richard Yaeger; grandfather of 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; brother of Jack (Mary Pat) Yaeger, Shirley (John) Allen and Marge (Richard) Cole. The family will be present Sunday 1-6 PM at the (Amherst Chapel) AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 5200 Sheridan Drive (corner Hopkins Rd.) Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Mass, Monday at 10:45 AM in St. Gregory the Great Church, 200 St. Gregory Court, Williamsville, NY. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations may be made to Hospice Buffalo, Inc., 225 Como Park Blvd., Cheektowaga, NY 14227." Published by Buffalo News from Jan. 28 to Jan. 29, 2005.
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Gordon Richard Yaeger's Timeline
| 1927 |
May 5, 1927
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Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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| 2005 |
January 23, 2005
Age 77
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Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, United States
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