Larry Stoffel died in Vancouver, Wash. July 26, 2007.
He was born June 27, 1944, in Tillamook, where his father (Lawrence) was stationed at The Tillamook Naval Air Station. They lived in Tillamook until Lawrence moved the family to Eugene, where he started Bible College. Larry also started school in Eugene. Later when Lawrence's call to the ministry led the family to Seattle, Wash., Larry attended Genesee Elementary School.
In the Early 1950s, the family moved out to Black Diamond/Maple Valley, Wash., where Larry and his brother, Ken, were raised in an old log house out in the country, and attended school in the Kent School District.
This is where the family built, owned, and operated Cran-Mar Trout farm, east of Kent, Wash., near Lake Sawyer.
In high school, Larry not only wrestled at state level but also coached the team as wrestling captain. It was during this time Larry also found his love for outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing.
In his youth, Larry spent summers working on his aunt and uncle's dairy farm in Tillamook.
Larry graduated from Kent Senior High School in 1962, and later attended Bible school (Nazarene College of the Bible) in Napa, Idaho. Upon his return from college, he joined the Army as a paramedic and Green Beret. He was released from the Army with an honorable discharge.
Larry spent a lot of time in Alaska and, in 1969, Larry and his brother, Ken, took a fishing boat north to find their niche. They became guides in Southeast Alaska after commercial fishing for halibut. This is where Larry found his love for flying.
During the years Larry spent in Alaska he was a commercial fisherman, a fishing and hunting guide, a logger, a cruise ship captain, and a pilot. Larry flew thousands of hours in Alaska as a bush pilot and a fish spotter for the commercial herring fleet.
When Larry was in the Lower 48, he spent his time logging and commercial fishing. Larry owned and operated a logging and construction company on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula.
Larry commercial fished for more than 25 years, fishing from Alaska to California along the West Coast. He also spent time fishing in Hawaii and Micronesia (near the equator) where he and Ken took a fleet of six fishing boats to the Marshall Islands. They fished for yellow fin tuna for export to Japan's fresh fish market.
Upon his return from Micronesia, Larry relocated to California, where he owned and operated a small fleet of fishing vessels and a wholesale/retail export seafood company with Ken. Larry helped pioneer and was instrumental in developing export markets for underutilized fisheries, sending container loads of fish to the Japanese markets. He was also instrumental in developing the live fish and live spot prawn fisheries for the domestic restaurant markets.
Around this time, Larry also flew as a spotter pilot for the commercial swordfish fleet off the California coast.
Larry's interest in gold mining while he lived in California later led to mining ventures in California, as well as in Arizona and Oregon.
In the early '90s, upon his return from a fish-spotting job in Alaska, he returned to Tillamook, where he started Tillamook Air Tours at the Naval Air Station, where his father was stationed during World War II. He started flying with one aircraft, "The Spirit of Tillamook," his 1942 gull-wing Stinson Reliant, flying scenic flights along the Three Capes area of the Oregon Coast.
During this time he fully restored his 1928 Travel Air biplane, "The Oregon Flyer," and put it into service as a featured plane. Tillamook Air Tours now has four aircraft, three of which are vintage.
Larry also worked during this time as a fish spotter for the sardine fleets off the Oregon Coast.
Tillamook was Larry's home, and he loved to take people flying. Larry spent his free time duck hunting with his friends.
Larry spent most of the year in Tillamook operating his air tour business, then in the winter he would often take his airplanes south, either to California or Arizona, giving scenic flights in many different locations.
Larry is survived by his mother, Dorothy Stoffel of Tillamook; wife, Noreen Stoffel of Vancouver Wash.; brother, Ken Stoffel of Tillamook; niece, Kristie Stoffel of Seattle, Wash.; and nephew, Andrew Stoffel of Tillamook.
A graveside service will be Saturday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m., at Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are in care of Waud's Funeral Home.
Published: Headlight-Herald, Aug. 1, 2007
He was born June 27, 1944, in Tillamook, where his father (Lawrence) was stationed at The Tillamook Naval Air Station. They lived in Tillamook until Lawrence moved the family to Eugene, where he started Bible College. Larry also started school in Eugene. Later when Lawrence's call to the ministry led the family to Seattle, Wash., Larry attended Genesee Elementary School.
In the Early 1950s, the family moved out to Black Diamond/Maple Valley, Wash., where Larry and his brother, Ken, were raised in an old log house out in the country, and attended school in the Kent School District.
This is where the family built, owned, and operated Cran-Mar Trout farm, east of Kent, Wash., near Lake Sawyer.
In high school, Larry not only wrestled at state level but also coached the team as wrestling captain. It was during this time Larry also found his love for outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing.
In his youth, Larry spent summers working on his aunt and uncle's dairy farm in Tillamook.
Larry graduated from Kent Senior High School in 1962, and later attended Bible school (Nazarene College of the Bible) in Napa, Idaho. Upon his return from college, he joined the Army as a paramedic and Green Beret. He was released from the Army with an honorable discharge.
Larry spent a lot of time in Alaska and, in 1969, Larry and his brother, Ken, took a fishing boat north to find their niche. They became guides in Southeast Alaska after commercial fishing for halibut. This is where Larry found his love for flying.
During the years Larry spent in Alaska he was a commercial fisherman, a fishing and hunting guide, a logger, a cruise ship captain, and a pilot. Larry flew thousands of hours in Alaska as a bush pilot and a fish spotter for the commercial herring fleet.
When Larry was in the Lower 48, he spent his time logging and commercial fishing. Larry owned and operated a logging and construction company on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula.
Larry commercial fished for more than 25 years, fishing from Alaska to California along the West Coast. He also spent time fishing in Hawaii and Micronesia (near the equator) where he and Ken took a fleet of six fishing boats to the Marshall Islands. They fished for yellow fin tuna for export to Japan's fresh fish market.
Upon his return from Micronesia, Larry relocated to California, where he owned and operated a small fleet of fishing vessels and a wholesale/retail export seafood company with Ken. Larry helped pioneer and was instrumental in developing export markets for underutilized fisheries, sending container loads of fish to the Japanese markets. He was also instrumental in developing the live fish and live spot prawn fisheries for the domestic restaurant markets.
Around this time, Larry also flew as a spotter pilot for the commercial swordfish fleet off the California coast.
Larry's interest in gold mining while he lived in California later led to mining ventures in California, as well as in Arizona and Oregon.
In the early '90s, upon his return from a fish-spotting job in Alaska, he returned to Tillamook, where he started Tillamook Air Tours at the Naval Air Station, where his father was stationed during World War II. He started flying with one aircraft, "The Spirit of Tillamook," his 1942 gull-wing Stinson Reliant, flying scenic flights along the Three Capes area of the Oregon Coast.
During this time he fully restored his 1928 Travel Air biplane, "The Oregon Flyer," and put it into service as a featured plane. Tillamook Air Tours now has four aircraft, three of which are vintage.
Larry also worked during this time as a fish spotter for the sardine fleets off the Oregon Coast.
Tillamook was Larry's home, and he loved to take people flying. Larry spent his free time duck hunting with his friends.
Larry spent most of the year in Tillamook operating his air tour business, then in the winter he would often take his airplanes south, either to California or Arizona, giving scenic flights in many different locations.
Larry is survived by his mother, Dorothy Stoffel of Tillamook; wife, Noreen Stoffel of Vancouver Wash.; brother, Ken Stoffel of Tillamook; niece, Kristie Stoffel of Seattle, Wash.; and nephew, Andrew Stoffel of Tillamook.
A graveside service will be Saturday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m., at Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are in care of Waud's Funeral Home.
Published: Headlight-Herald, Aug. 1, 2007
Larry Stoffel died in Vancouver, Wash. July 26, 2007.
He was born June 27, 1944, in Tillamook, where his father (Lawrence) was stationed at The Tillamook Naval Air Station. They lived in Tillamook until Lawrence moved the family to Eugene, where he started Bible College. Larry also started school in Eugene. Later when Lawrence's call to the ministry led the family to Seattle, Wash., Larry attended Genesee Elementary School.
In the Early 1950s, the family moved out to Black Diamond/Maple Valley, Wash., where Larry and his brother, Ken, were raised in an old log house out in the country, and attended school in the Kent School District.
This is where the family built, owned, and operated Cran-Mar Trout farm, east of Kent, Wash., near Lake Sawyer.
In high school, Larry not only wrestled at state level but also coached the team as wrestling captain. It was during this time Larry also found his love for outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing.
In his youth, Larry spent summers working on his aunt and uncle's dairy farm in Tillamook.
Larry graduated from Kent Senior High School in 1962, and later attended Bible school (Nazarene College of the Bible) in Napa, Idaho. Upon his return from college, he joined the Army as a paramedic and Green Beret. He was released from the Army with an honorable discharge.
Larry spent a lot of time in Alaska and, in 1969, Larry and his brother, Ken, took a fishing boat north to find their niche. They became guides in Southeast Alaska after commercial fishing for halibut. This is where Larry found his love for flying.
During the years Larry spent in Alaska he was a commercial fisherman, a fishing and hunting guide, a logger, a cruise ship captain, and a pilot. Larry flew thousands of hours in Alaska as a bush pilot and a fish spotter for the commercial herring fleet.
When Larry was in the Lower 48, he spent his time logging and commercial fishing. Larry owned and operated a logging and construction company on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula.
Larry commercial fished for more than 25 years, fishing from Alaska to California along the West Coast. He also spent time fishing in Hawaii and Micronesia (near the equator) where he and Ken took a fleet of six fishing boats to the Marshall Islands. They fished for yellow fin tuna for export to Japan's fresh fish market.
Upon his return from Micronesia, Larry relocated to California, where he owned and operated a small fleet of fishing vessels and a wholesale/retail export seafood company with Ken. Larry helped pioneer and was instrumental in developing export markets for underutilized fisheries, sending container loads of fish to the Japanese markets. He was also instrumental in developing the live fish and live spot prawn fisheries for the domestic restaurant markets.
Around this time, Larry also flew as a spotter pilot for the commercial swordfish fleet off the California coast.
Larry's interest in gold mining while he lived in California later led to mining ventures in California, as well as in Arizona and Oregon.
In the early '90s, upon his return from a fish-spotting job in Alaska, he returned to Tillamook, where he started Tillamook Air Tours at the Naval Air Station, where his father was stationed during World War II. He started flying with one aircraft, "The Spirit of Tillamook," his 1942 gull-wing Stinson Reliant, flying scenic flights along the Three Capes area of the Oregon Coast.
During this time he fully restored his 1928 Travel Air biplane, "The Oregon Flyer," and put it into service as a featured plane. Tillamook Air Tours now has four aircraft, three of which are vintage.
Larry also worked during this time as a fish spotter for the sardine fleets off the Oregon Coast.
Tillamook was Larry's home, and he loved to take people flying. Larry spent his free time duck hunting with his friends.
Larry spent most of the year in Tillamook operating his air tour business, then in the winter he would often take his airplanes south, either to California or Arizona, giving scenic flights in many different locations.
Larry is survived by his mother, Dorothy Stoffel of Tillamook; wife, Noreen Stoffel of Vancouver Wash.; brother, Ken Stoffel of Tillamook; niece, Kristie Stoffel of Seattle, Wash.; and nephew, Andrew Stoffel of Tillamook.
A graveside service will be Saturday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m., at Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are in care of Waud's Funeral Home.
Published: Headlight-Herald, Aug. 1, 2007
He was born June 27, 1944, in Tillamook, where his father (Lawrence) was stationed at The Tillamook Naval Air Station. They lived in Tillamook until Lawrence moved the family to Eugene, where he started Bible College. Larry also started school in Eugene. Later when Lawrence's call to the ministry led the family to Seattle, Wash., Larry attended Genesee Elementary School.
In the Early 1950s, the family moved out to Black Diamond/Maple Valley, Wash., where Larry and his brother, Ken, were raised in an old log house out in the country, and attended school in the Kent School District.
This is where the family built, owned, and operated Cran-Mar Trout farm, east of Kent, Wash., near Lake Sawyer.
In high school, Larry not only wrestled at state level but also coached the team as wrestling captain. It was during this time Larry also found his love for outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing.
In his youth, Larry spent summers working on his aunt and uncle's dairy farm in Tillamook.
Larry graduated from Kent Senior High School in 1962, and later attended Bible school (Nazarene College of the Bible) in Napa, Idaho. Upon his return from college, he joined the Army as a paramedic and Green Beret. He was released from the Army with an honorable discharge.
Larry spent a lot of time in Alaska and, in 1969, Larry and his brother, Ken, took a fishing boat north to find their niche. They became guides in Southeast Alaska after commercial fishing for halibut. This is where Larry found his love for flying.
During the years Larry spent in Alaska he was a commercial fisherman, a fishing and hunting guide, a logger, a cruise ship captain, and a pilot. Larry flew thousands of hours in Alaska as a bush pilot and a fish spotter for the commercial herring fleet.
When Larry was in the Lower 48, he spent his time logging and commercial fishing. Larry owned and operated a logging and construction company on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula.
Larry commercial fished for more than 25 years, fishing from Alaska to California along the West Coast. He also spent time fishing in Hawaii and Micronesia (near the equator) where he and Ken took a fleet of six fishing boats to the Marshall Islands. They fished for yellow fin tuna for export to Japan's fresh fish market.
Upon his return from Micronesia, Larry relocated to California, where he owned and operated a small fleet of fishing vessels and a wholesale/retail export seafood company with Ken. Larry helped pioneer and was instrumental in developing export markets for underutilized fisheries, sending container loads of fish to the Japanese markets. He was also instrumental in developing the live fish and live spot prawn fisheries for the domestic restaurant markets.
Around this time, Larry also flew as a spotter pilot for the commercial swordfish fleet off the California coast.
Larry's interest in gold mining while he lived in California later led to mining ventures in California, as well as in Arizona and Oregon.
In the early '90s, upon his return from a fish-spotting job in Alaska, he returned to Tillamook, where he started Tillamook Air Tours at the Naval Air Station, where his father was stationed during World War II. He started flying with one aircraft, "The Spirit of Tillamook," his 1942 gull-wing Stinson Reliant, flying scenic flights along the Three Capes area of the Oregon Coast.
During this time he fully restored his 1928 Travel Air biplane, "The Oregon Flyer," and put it into service as a featured plane. Tillamook Air Tours now has four aircraft, three of which are vintage.
Larry also worked during this time as a fish spotter for the sardine fleets off the Oregon Coast.
Tillamook was Larry's home, and he loved to take people flying. Larry spent his free time duck hunting with his friends.
Larry spent most of the year in Tillamook operating his air tour business, then in the winter he would often take his airplanes south, either to California or Arizona, giving scenic flights in many different locations.
Larry is survived by his mother, Dorothy Stoffel of Tillamook; wife, Noreen Stoffel of Vancouver Wash.; brother, Ken Stoffel of Tillamook; niece, Kristie Stoffel of Seattle, Wash.; and nephew, Andrew Stoffel of Tillamook.
A graveside service will be Saturday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m., at Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are in care of Waud's Funeral Home.
Published: Headlight-Herald, Aug. 1, 2007
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