Naval aviator. LTJG Delaney, 26, along with two other crew members, perished when the EA-6B Navy Prowler they were flying in crashed during a training exercise in eastern Washington state Monday, March 11, 2013. All three were based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington.
Friends and family described LTJG Delaney as a focused, athletic, and caring. Her career was shaped by conversations with her grandfather, a retired Air Force pilot. She died doing a job she had pursued relentlessly, those close to her said, and that she loved.
"Anything Valerie did she put her whole self into," said her mother, Doreen Cappelaere, who lives in Ellicott City. "I've always been proud of all of my children. They've each done what they've wanted to do with their lives."
During high school, LTJG Delaney lettered in soccer. Later while attending the academy, she was on the women's lacrosse team and also a member of the academy's a cappella group (The Stowaways).
Cappelaere Delaney's husband, Sean Delaney, also a Maryland native, academy graduate and Navy pilot, is also stationed at Whidbey Island. They celebrated their first year wedding anniversary last month.
Note: see memorials also for other crew members LCDR Alan Ashe Patterson and LTJG William Brown McIlvaine III.
Friends and family described LTJG Delaney as a focused, athletic, and caring. Her career was shaped by conversations with her grandfather, a retired Air Force pilot. She died doing a job she had pursued relentlessly, those close to her said, and that she loved.
"Anything Valerie did she put her whole self into," said her mother, Doreen Cappelaere, who lives in Ellicott City. "I've always been proud of all of my children. They've each done what they've wanted to do with their lives."
During high school, LTJG Delaney lettered in soccer. Later while attending the academy, she was on the women's lacrosse team and also a member of the academy's a cappella group (The Stowaways).
Cappelaere Delaney's husband, Sean Delaney, also a Maryland native, academy graduate and Navy pilot, is also stationed at Whidbey Island. They celebrated their first year wedding anniversary last month.
Note: see memorials also for other crew members LCDR Alan Ashe Patterson and LTJG William Brown McIlvaine III.
Naval aviator. LTJG Delaney, 26, along with two other crew members, perished when the EA-6B Navy Prowler they were flying in crashed during a training exercise in eastern Washington state Monday, March 11, 2013. All three were based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington.
Friends and family described LTJG Delaney as a focused, athletic, and caring. Her career was shaped by conversations with her grandfather, a retired Air Force pilot. She died doing a job she had pursued relentlessly, those close to her said, and that she loved.
"Anything Valerie did she put her whole self into," said her mother, Doreen Cappelaere, who lives in Ellicott City. "I've always been proud of all of my children. They've each done what they've wanted to do with their lives."
During high school, LTJG Delaney lettered in soccer. Later while attending the academy, she was on the women's lacrosse team and also a member of the academy's a cappella group (The Stowaways).
Cappelaere Delaney's husband, Sean Delaney, also a Maryland native, academy graduate and Navy pilot, is also stationed at Whidbey Island. They celebrated their first year wedding anniversary last month.
Note: see memorials also for other crew members LCDR Alan Ashe Patterson and LTJG William Brown McIlvaine III.
Friends and family described LTJG Delaney as a focused, athletic, and caring. Her career was shaped by conversations with her grandfather, a retired Air Force pilot. She died doing a job she had pursued relentlessly, those close to her said, and that she loved.
"Anything Valerie did she put her whole self into," said her mother, Doreen Cappelaere, who lives in Ellicott City. "I've always been proud of all of my children. They've each done what they've wanted to do with their lives."
During high school, LTJG Delaney lettered in soccer. Later while attending the academy, she was on the women's lacrosse team and also a member of the academy's a cappella group (The Stowaways).
Cappelaere Delaney's husband, Sean Delaney, also a Maryland native, academy graduate and Navy pilot, is also stationed at Whidbey Island. They celebrated their first year wedding anniversary last month.
Note: see memorials also for other crew members LCDR Alan Ashe Patterson and LTJG William Brown McIlvaine III.
Bio by: Remembered Forever
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EA-6B Prowler Crash - Harrington, Washington
March 11, 2013
Lieutenant
United States Navy
Sans Peur Et
Sans Reproche
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