Rex J Vail
1935-2021
After a long illness, Rex Vail died peacefully at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Albany on August 4th, 2021.
He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was an alumnus of Wenatchee Valley College and the University of Washington.
He joined the Navy in 1959, and initially served at the Department of Naval History in Washington, DC, where he met his beloved wife of thirty-five years, Esther Handleman Vail, also a Navy officer, who predeceased him in 1996.
He later served as an intelligence officer in Vietnam, and received the Joint Service Commendation Medal.
Until his retirement in 2018, Mr. Vail was an active and prominent Realtor in Rochester, New York.
Rex was predeceased by his long-term partner Nancy Chalker-Tennant in 2019.
A man of great tenderness, courage, wit, and kindness, he will be sorely missed by his children, William Vail and his wife Monica Lindquist Vail of Delmar, NY, Martha Vail Barker and her husband Kenneth Barker, of Edinburgh, Scotland and Amy Vail and her husband Jean-Claude Roux, of Rochester, NY, also by his grandsons Eli Boonin-Vail, James Vail, and Samuel Vail.
1935-2021
After a long illness, Rex Vail died peacefully at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Albany on August 4th, 2021.
He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was an alumnus of Wenatchee Valley College and the University of Washington.
He joined the Navy in 1959, and initially served at the Department of Naval History in Washington, DC, where he met his beloved wife of thirty-five years, Esther Handleman Vail, also a Navy officer, who predeceased him in 1996.
He later served as an intelligence officer in Vietnam, and received the Joint Service Commendation Medal.
Until his retirement in 2018, Mr. Vail was an active and prominent Realtor in Rochester, New York.
Rex was predeceased by his long-term partner Nancy Chalker-Tennant in 2019.
A man of great tenderness, courage, wit, and kindness, he will be sorely missed by his children, William Vail and his wife Monica Lindquist Vail of Delmar, NY, Martha Vail Barker and her husband Kenneth Barker, of Edinburgh, Scotland and Amy Vail and her husband Jean-Claude Roux, of Rochester, NY, also by his grandsons Eli Boonin-Vail, James Vail, and Samuel Vail.
Rex J Vail
1935-2021
After a long illness, Rex Vail died peacefully at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Albany on August 4th, 2021.
He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was an alumnus of Wenatchee Valley College and the University of Washington.
He joined the Navy in 1959, and initially served at the Department of Naval History in Washington, DC, where he met his beloved wife of thirty-five years, Esther Handleman Vail, also a Navy officer, who predeceased him in 1996.
He later served as an intelligence officer in Vietnam, and received the Joint Service Commendation Medal.
Until his retirement in 2018, Mr. Vail was an active and prominent Realtor in Rochester, New York.
Rex was predeceased by his long-term partner Nancy Chalker-Tennant in 2019.
A man of great tenderness, courage, wit, and kindness, he will be sorely missed by his children, William Vail and his wife Monica Lindquist Vail of Delmar, NY, Martha Vail Barker and her husband Kenneth Barker, of Edinburgh, Scotland and Amy Vail and her husband Jean-Claude Roux, of Rochester, NY, also by his grandsons Eli Boonin-Vail, James Vail, and Samuel Vail.
1935-2021
After a long illness, Rex Vail died peacefully at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Albany on August 4th, 2021.
He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was an alumnus of Wenatchee Valley College and the University of Washington.
He joined the Navy in 1959, and initially served at the Department of Naval History in Washington, DC, where he met his beloved wife of thirty-five years, Esther Handleman Vail, also a Navy officer, who predeceased him in 1996.
He later served as an intelligence officer in Vietnam, and received the Joint Service Commendation Medal.
Until his retirement in 2018, Mr. Vail was an active and prominent Realtor in Rochester, New York.
Rex was predeceased by his long-term partner Nancy Chalker-Tennant in 2019.
A man of great tenderness, courage, wit, and kindness, he will be sorely missed by his children, William Vail and his wife Monica Lindquist Vail of Delmar, NY, Martha Vail Barker and her husband Kenneth Barker, of Edinburgh, Scotland and Amy Vail and her husband Jean-Claude Roux, of Rochester, NY, also by his grandsons Eli Boonin-Vail, James Vail, and Samuel Vail.
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