Jan. 21, 1918 - Nov. 19, 2006

Honorary Oregon Dressage Society Lifetime Member Lynn Coleman Loomis, of Bend, died Nov. 19 of lung disease. He was 88. Private services will be held.

Mr. Loomis was born Jan. 21, 1918, in Eugene to Irving and Mary Loomis. He briefly attended Oregon State University, where he studied engineering, but left to pursue his pilot license. He married Alice Toy in 1942 in Corvallis.

Mr. Loomis earned his private pilot license in 1940 and later earned his commercial license in Yakima, Wash. He was a co-pilot for Pan American Airlines for three years before becoming captain in the mid-1940s.

Mr. Loomis piloted flights from Miami to Havana, the Caribbean and Central and South America. He later piloted flights from New York to Puerto Rico.

He retired from commercial aviation in 1978 at the mandatory age of 60 and moved to a ranch in Bend, where he and his wife raised horses.

He operated a tow plane for the High Desert Soaring Club for 15 years. He was a member of the Pan American World Airways and enjoyed skiing, woodworking, politics, dogs and horses.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, David and Michael; a daughter, Mary Louise Suckling; a sister, Alice Mae Hurd; and four grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District.