Herbert Lee Neathery, of Arlington, Texas, died Friday, December 12, 2008, at his residence.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Wade Family Funeral Home in Arlington, Texas. Interment will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Lane B. A celebration of life will follow at Rolling Hills Country Club in Arlington, Texas.
He was born Jan. 17, 1930, in Hoopeston, Ill., to Joe Herb Neathery and Majorie Collingsworth Neathery. Herb was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Norma Cox.
Herb was remembered in Southern Illinois for his outstanding athletic career at John Greer High School, setting records in basketball, football and track. He attended the University of Illinois on an athletic scholarship, playing on the 1952 Rose Bowl championship team as they stomped Stanford 40 to 7. Herb's passion for sports was matched by his love of his Sigma Chi brothers, with whom he continued to golf and travel throughout the years. After graduation, Herb was drafted by Paul Brown, coach of the Cleveland Browns, but instead chose a career in the United States Air Force. As an Air Force officer, Herb brought his football prowess to Europe, coaching and playing for Air Force teams in England and Germany.
Col. Neathery spent 30 years in the Air Force, flying various jets and commanding squadrons in the Tactical Air Command and Air Training Command stationed throughout Europe and the United States. Herb served in Southeast Asia from May 1967 to May 1968 as a forward air controller with the 173rd Airborne and then commanded the forward air controller school before returning to the United States. In 1972, he assumed command of the 3253rd Pilot Training Squadron at the Air Force Academy and went on to command the Armed Forces Courier Services in Washington, D.C., overseeing the delivery of classified data at military bases all over the world. His final assignment in 1978 was as commander of the Southwest Region 7 Civil Air Patrol, based out of the Dallas Naval Air Station in Grand Prairie. His many military decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Air Service Medal Honor Class, Army Commendation Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Air Force Expedition Medal, Guided Missile Insignia, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. He retired in 1983 and enjoyed 25 years of golfing and traveling with his many friends from Rolling Hills Country Club.
Col. Neathery is survived by his wife of 52 years, Lynn Miller Neathery; their daughters, Jill Rizzo of College Station, Texas, Brooke Hayward of Devon, Pa., and Lee Vincent of Houston, Texas; their six grandchildren; and his sisters, Sue Regan of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Charlotte Sweeney of Syracuse, N.Y.
The family requests that donations be sent in lieu of flowers to Camp Patriot, Box 627, Libby, MT 59923-0627.
Published Olney Daily Mail.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Wade Family Funeral Home in Arlington, Texas. Interment will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Lane B. A celebration of life will follow at Rolling Hills Country Club in Arlington, Texas.
He was born Jan. 17, 1930, in Hoopeston, Ill., to Joe Herb Neathery and Majorie Collingsworth Neathery. Herb was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Norma Cox.
Herb was remembered in Southern Illinois for his outstanding athletic career at John Greer High School, setting records in basketball, football and track. He attended the University of Illinois on an athletic scholarship, playing on the 1952 Rose Bowl championship team as they stomped Stanford 40 to 7. Herb's passion for sports was matched by his love of his Sigma Chi brothers, with whom he continued to golf and travel throughout the years. After graduation, Herb was drafted by Paul Brown, coach of the Cleveland Browns, but instead chose a career in the United States Air Force. As an Air Force officer, Herb brought his football prowess to Europe, coaching and playing for Air Force teams in England and Germany.
Col. Neathery spent 30 years in the Air Force, flying various jets and commanding squadrons in the Tactical Air Command and Air Training Command stationed throughout Europe and the United States. Herb served in Southeast Asia from May 1967 to May 1968 as a forward air controller with the 173rd Airborne and then commanded the forward air controller school before returning to the United States. In 1972, he assumed command of the 3253rd Pilot Training Squadron at the Air Force Academy and went on to command the Armed Forces Courier Services in Washington, D.C., overseeing the delivery of classified data at military bases all over the world. His final assignment in 1978 was as commander of the Southwest Region 7 Civil Air Patrol, based out of the Dallas Naval Air Station in Grand Prairie. His many military decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Air Service Medal Honor Class, Army Commendation Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Air Force Expedition Medal, Guided Missile Insignia, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. He retired in 1983 and enjoyed 25 years of golfing and traveling with his many friends from Rolling Hills Country Club.
Col. Neathery is survived by his wife of 52 years, Lynn Miller Neathery; their daughters, Jill Rizzo of College Station, Texas, Brooke Hayward of Devon, Pa., and Lee Vincent of Houston, Texas; their six grandchildren; and his sisters, Sue Regan of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Charlotte Sweeney of Syracuse, N.Y.
The family requests that donations be sent in lieu of flowers to Camp Patriot, Box 627, Libby, MT 59923-0627.
Published Olney Daily Mail.
Herbert Lee Neathery, of Arlington, Texas, died Friday, December 12, 2008, at his residence.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Wade Family Funeral Home in Arlington, Texas. Interment will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Lane B. A celebration of life will follow at Rolling Hills Country Club in Arlington, Texas.
He was born Jan. 17, 1930, in Hoopeston, Ill., to Joe Herb Neathery and Majorie Collingsworth Neathery. Herb was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Norma Cox.
Herb was remembered in Southern Illinois for his outstanding athletic career at John Greer High School, setting records in basketball, football and track. He attended the University of Illinois on an athletic scholarship, playing on the 1952 Rose Bowl championship team as they stomped Stanford 40 to 7. Herb's passion for sports was matched by his love of his Sigma Chi brothers, with whom he continued to golf and travel throughout the years. After graduation, Herb was drafted by Paul Brown, coach of the Cleveland Browns, but instead chose a career in the United States Air Force. As an Air Force officer, Herb brought his football prowess to Europe, coaching and playing for Air Force teams in England and Germany.
Col. Neathery spent 30 years in the Air Force, flying various jets and commanding squadrons in the Tactical Air Command and Air Training Command stationed throughout Europe and the United States. Herb served in Southeast Asia from May 1967 to May 1968 as a forward air controller with the 173rd Airborne and then commanded the forward air controller school before returning to the United States. In 1972, he assumed command of the 3253rd Pilot Training Squadron at the Air Force Academy and went on to command the Armed Forces Courier Services in Washington, D.C., overseeing the delivery of classified data at military bases all over the world. His final assignment in 1978 was as commander of the Southwest Region 7 Civil Air Patrol, based out of the Dallas Naval Air Station in Grand Prairie. His many military decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Air Service Medal Honor Class, Army Commendation Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Air Force Expedition Medal, Guided Missile Insignia, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. He retired in 1983 and enjoyed 25 years of golfing and traveling with his many friends from Rolling Hills Country Club.
Col. Neathery is survived by his wife of 52 years, Lynn Miller Neathery; their daughters, Jill Rizzo of College Station, Texas, Brooke Hayward of Devon, Pa., and Lee Vincent of Houston, Texas; their six grandchildren; and his sisters, Sue Regan of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Charlotte Sweeney of Syracuse, N.Y.
The family requests that donations be sent in lieu of flowers to Camp Patriot, Box 627, Libby, MT 59923-0627.
Published Olney Daily Mail.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Wade Family Funeral Home in Arlington, Texas. Interment will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Lane B. A celebration of life will follow at Rolling Hills Country Club in Arlington, Texas.
He was born Jan. 17, 1930, in Hoopeston, Ill., to Joe Herb Neathery and Majorie Collingsworth Neathery. Herb was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Norma Cox.
Herb was remembered in Southern Illinois for his outstanding athletic career at John Greer High School, setting records in basketball, football and track. He attended the University of Illinois on an athletic scholarship, playing on the 1952 Rose Bowl championship team as they stomped Stanford 40 to 7. Herb's passion for sports was matched by his love of his Sigma Chi brothers, with whom he continued to golf and travel throughout the years. After graduation, Herb was drafted by Paul Brown, coach of the Cleveland Browns, but instead chose a career in the United States Air Force. As an Air Force officer, Herb brought his football prowess to Europe, coaching and playing for Air Force teams in England and Germany.
Col. Neathery spent 30 years in the Air Force, flying various jets and commanding squadrons in the Tactical Air Command and Air Training Command stationed throughout Europe and the United States. Herb served in Southeast Asia from May 1967 to May 1968 as a forward air controller with the 173rd Airborne and then commanded the forward air controller school before returning to the United States. In 1972, he assumed command of the 3253rd Pilot Training Squadron at the Air Force Academy and went on to command the Armed Forces Courier Services in Washington, D.C., overseeing the delivery of classified data at military bases all over the world. His final assignment in 1978 was as commander of the Southwest Region 7 Civil Air Patrol, based out of the Dallas Naval Air Station in Grand Prairie. His many military decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Air Service Medal Honor Class, Army Commendation Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Air Force Expedition Medal, Guided Missile Insignia, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. He retired in 1983 and enjoyed 25 years of golfing and traveling with his many friends from Rolling Hills Country Club.
Col. Neathery is survived by his wife of 52 years, Lynn Miller Neathery; their daughters, Jill Rizzo of College Station, Texas, Brooke Hayward of Devon, Pa., and Lee Vincent of Houston, Texas; their six grandchildren; and his sisters, Sue Regan of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Charlotte Sweeney of Syracuse, N.Y.
The family requests that donations be sent in lieu of flowers to Camp Patriot, Box 627, Libby, MT 59923-0627.
Published Olney Daily Mail.
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