Born in Vernal, Utah to Robert and Emma Wimmer, Roy Edwin Wimmer of Orem, Utah completed his earthly in Provo on Monday.
Wanting to pilot airplanes at age 6, he sacrificed all necessary to learn to fly. He flew for ATA in England before the United States entered World War II. In Bristol, England, he married Joan Wightman. Divorced, they had two children. He married Mildred Johnson in the Los Angeles LDS Temple and they had two children.
Flying as a test pilot for Lockheed for 30 years before retiring in 1973, he was inducted into the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1990. After retiring from Lockheed, he was employed for the LDS Church for 15 years.
His wife; two sons Michael (Shawn) and David (Nicole); 2 daughters, Diane DeHart and Karen (Alan) Beagley; 11 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren survive. Two grandsons, his parents and seven siblings predeceased Roy.
Wanting to pilot airplanes at age 6, he sacrificed all necessary to learn to fly. He flew for ATA in England before the United States entered World War II. In Bristol, England, he married Joan Wightman. Divorced, they had two children. He married Mildred Johnson in the Los Angeles LDS Temple and they had two children.
Flying as a test pilot for Lockheed for 30 years before retiring in 1973, he was inducted into the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1990. After retiring from Lockheed, he was employed for the LDS Church for 15 years.
His wife; two sons Michael (Shawn) and David (Nicole); 2 daughters, Diane DeHart and Karen (Alan) Beagley; 11 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren survive. Two grandsons, his parents and seven siblings predeceased Roy.
Born in Vernal, Utah to Robert and Emma Wimmer, Roy Edwin Wimmer of Orem, Utah completed his earthly in Provo on Monday.
Wanting to pilot airplanes at age 6, he sacrificed all necessary to learn to fly. He flew for ATA in England before the United States entered World War II. In Bristol, England, he married Joan Wightman. Divorced, they had two children. He married Mildred Johnson in the Los Angeles LDS Temple and they had two children.
Flying as a test pilot for Lockheed for 30 years before retiring in 1973, he was inducted into the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1990. After retiring from Lockheed, he was employed for the LDS Church for 15 years.
His wife; two sons Michael (Shawn) and David (Nicole); 2 daughters, Diane DeHart and Karen (Alan) Beagley; 11 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren survive. Two grandsons, his parents and seven siblings predeceased Roy.
Wanting to pilot airplanes at age 6, he sacrificed all necessary to learn to fly. He flew for ATA in England before the United States entered World War II. In Bristol, England, he married Joan Wightman. Divorced, they had two children. He married Mildred Johnson in the Los Angeles LDS Temple and they had two children.
Flying as a test pilot for Lockheed for 30 years before retiring in 1973, he was inducted into the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1990. After retiring from Lockheed, he was employed for the LDS Church for 15 years.
His wife; two sons Michael (Shawn) and David (Nicole); 2 daughters, Diane DeHart and Karen (Alan) Beagley; 11 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren survive. Two grandsons, his parents and seven siblings predeceased Roy.
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