Homer “Red” Voorhest
May 01, 1921 - April 18, 2012
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Homer “Red” Voorhest
May 01, 1921 - April 18, 2012
Obituary
Homer “Red” Voorhest
Born May 1, 1921 in Mineola, New York, passed away peacefully on April 18, 2012 in Tustin, California. Preceded in death by his daughter Sandra and his beloved wife of 61 years, Isabelle.
Following high school, Red worked at Pan American Airlines until the outbreak of WWII. A proud veteran of the U.S. Navy, Red served from 1942 thru 1945, achieving the rank of Lieutenant. He was involved in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the bombing of Iwo Jima. He was a pilot for Bombing Squadron 15 attached to the USS Essex and received the Distinguished Flying Cross, two Air Medals, Bronze Star, Gold Star and shared the Unit Citation given to the men of the Essex.
Red went to high school with his future wife, Isabelle Walsh in Oyster Bay, New York and they were married in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 1944 before Red was reassigned to the South Pacific.
Following the war he worked in the experimental aircraft division for Republic Aviation in Long Island, New York, eventually relocating with his family to Anaheim, California where he worked for Fairchild Industrial Products and other companies in the optics field.
Red retired in 1981 and enjoyed working in wood and playing golf. He is survived by his brother David, daughters, Carol and Nancy, and son, Gary. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 26 at O’Connor Chapel in Laguna Hills.
8 responses to Homer “Red” Voorhest
Richard Walsh says:
April 24, 2012
Red, We will miss you. You and Isabelle and Sandy are back together again. We remember lots of good times and have fond memories with you both. Love Dick, Janet & Peggy Walsh
Betty Jean Cisar says:
April 25, 2012
Uncle Red, I will miss our monthly phone calls. Carol, Gary and Nancy my thoughts are with you. Love Betty Jean
Leslie Wicks says:
April 25, 2012
Gary, Carol and Nancy, My thoughts are with all of you.
God Bless Uncle Red. Love Leslie
For winter’s rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.
~ Algernon Charles Swinburne
Paul Lynch says:
April 25, 2012
Lit a candle in memory of Homer “Red” Voorhest
Jean Wicks says:
April 26, 2012
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
Love Aunt Jean and Uncle Ted