Lynn Aldrich
[At Reardan… he the piano and even taught younger students (at least after moving to Spokane)
November 11, 1941 Davenport Times-Tribune
The following article regarding a former Davenport and Reardan rsident appeared in Wednesday’s Spokane Spokesman-Review:
Waffles for breakfast broke up the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Aldrich after a little more than a year’s duration, Superior Judge Bunge learned yesterday. Synpathising with the pretty young wife’s complaint, the court granted her a divorce on the grounds of cruelty.
When she announced that waffles were the cause of it all, the judge expected the old story of the wife who failed in the culinary arts. But it seemed that Mrs. Aldrich had not cooked wisely but too well.
She and her husband were especially found of waffles, she said. He had been inconsiderate in several ways and she had forgiven him. But when one morning he choked her when she sought to take the last available half waffle after he had eaten more than his share, she could stand no more and left.
“It wouldn’t have been so bad if he had eaten it,” she testified, “But he took it and held it under the water tap to prevent me from having it and then choked me whein I objected. Later he said he didn’t mean a thing by it, but I felt that was too much.”
September 24, 1942 Davenport Times-Tribune
Lynn Adrich of Spokane, former Davenport and Reardan youth, was graduated from the secondary training course in the University of Idaho civilian pilot training program at the Moscow-Pullman airport last week. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Aldrich of Spokane, and his father was high school principal here 20 years ago and later was superintendent of schools at Reardan for many years.
October 27, 2010 The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Lynn “Henry” Aldrich passed into the loving arms of his heavenly father on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. He was 89. Lynn was born in Pasco, Wash., on Feb. 16, 1921, to Harl and Lucy (Cooley) Aldrich.
He graduated from Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane, Wash., where he played tennis and basketball, in 1939. He earned his pilot’s license at the age of 19 and was a pre-med student at the University of Idaho when WWII broke out.
In July 10, 1942, he joined the Civilian Pilot Training program and became a flight instructor at ThunderBird field #2 in Scottsdale. He was drafted in 1945 and ended up in the Office of Special Investigations where he investigated drug runners in the Philippines, the first UFO report in Phoenix, and did background checks for security clearances. During his Air Force career, he was stationed in Japan, Germany, Minot, N.D., and Las Vegas, Nev., and was the NCO in charge of the ROTC unit at the University of Washington in Seattle.
He retired from the Air Force as a Chief Master Sergeant at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., in 1965. He then went to work for his brother at Haley & Aldrich in Cambridge, Mass. After retiring from Haley & Aldrich in 1976, he and his wife Kathy moved to Arizona where he began a third career with the Arizona Department of Public Safety traveling the state, collecting crime statistics from police and sheriffs' departments for the FBI. Lynn became involved with the Silent Witness program, becoming treasurer of the local chapter when he moved to Prescott Valley in the 1980. He was a member of Willow Hills First Southern Baptist Church of Prescott, where he was the head usher for many years.
Lynn loved bowling, playing tennis and basketball, chocolate ice cream and cookies.
Lynn is survived by four daughters, Deborah Humphrey (Warren) of Groton, Mass., Linda and Lucy Aldrich and Mary Giles, all of Prescott Valley; his brother Harl (Lois) of Concord, Mass.; grandsons Will and Sam Humphrey and Tom and Rick Giles; granddaughter Linda Leyva (Carlos); and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Kathleen, and grandson Bob Giles of Phoenix.
Lynn was kind and generous to all who knew him, dearly loved by his many friends and large extended family, and will be sorely missed.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the National Kidney Foundation of Arizona, 4203 E. Indian School Road, Suite 140, Phoenix, AZ 85018.
Sunrise Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements. Please visit www.sunrisefuneralhome.com to sign the online guestbook.
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