Fifteenth Generation

6846. Colonel Stanley Edward "Stan" Chatfield was born on 30 October 1921 in Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota, USA. He appeared in the census in 1940 in Minot, Ward Co., North Dakota, USA. He lived in Florissant, Teller Co., Colorado, USA in 2012. Stan died on 21 October 2014 at the age of 92 in Colorado, USA. He was buried in St Matthias Cmtry., Monument, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA. Memorial plaque that was created for death of Jeffrey Alan in 1982 includes his name and birth date and of his parents pending dying with space for date of their death to be added.
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Find A Grave Memorial# 137909746
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Obituary
Stanley Edward Chatfield
Loving husband and gentle father, Stan Chatfield, died peacefully on October 21st following a prolonged illness.
Stan was the last of nine children born to Mark and Gertrude Chatfield of Minot, North Dakota. From an early age he was fascinated by flight. After completing two years of Engineering at the University of North Dakota he was accepted into the Army Air Corps one month before the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1942 he earned his pilot wings and completed Advanced Flight Training at Luke Field, Arizona. As a combat pilot during WW II he flew the P-39 in North Africa, the P-47 in the Anzio invasion, and the P-40 as a member of the Flying Tigers in China.
In 1945, he was chosen to instruct cadets at the new Fighter School at Williams Field, Arizona where he passed his love of aviation to a new generation of pilots.
During the Korean War he flew the P-51 which he believed was "the best propeller driven fighter ever built". The last plane he flew was the F-4 which he tested at McDonald Douglass and helped the Air Force procure. He was a highly decorated Command Pilot earning the Legion of Merit (2), the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal (3) and campaign medals from Africa to Korea. During his thirty years of military service he flew twenty-two different aircraft.
He was devoted to his family and valued integrity, loyalty and generosity above personal ambition. He felt education was his best legacy and supported his children and grandchildren's aspirations. His scholarship fund inspired two doctors, a lawyer, fighter pilot, nurses, teachers, and business professionals to follow his example.
Stan is survived by his wife of 71 years, Margery, as well as five children, 16 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son Jeffrey.
He will be interred next to his son in a private ceremony at St. Matthias Cemetery in 2015.
The Gazette - Colorado Springs, CO - 28 to 29 Oct 2014
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Stanley E Col Chatfield
(Age 92) 106 Scout Camp Trl., Florissant, CO 80816
Relations:
Barbara Allison Chatfield
Margery L Chatfield
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"Education, Minot High School, University of North Dakota, Army Air Corps Pilot training; Fighter pilot, World War II; Fighter pilot, Korean War; Fighter pilot Instructor, Air Staff Washington; Staff of Supreme H.Q. Allied Powers Europe, (SHAPE); Staff, Air South, Naples Italy; Staff Director, US Air Defense Command."
BY: Col. Stanley E. Chatfield, US Army Retired, 1993.

Colonel Stanley Edward "Stan" Chatfield and Margery Lorain "Margie" Creeger were married about 1945. Margery Lorain "Margie" Creeger, daughter of Henry Washington Creeger and Helen L Harris, was born on 25 March 1922 in Ohio, USA. She appeared in the census in 1940 in El Cerrito, Contra Costa Co., California, USA. She died after September 2016 at the age of 94. Memorial plaque that was created for death of Jeffrey Alan in 1982 includes his name and birth date and of his parents pending dying with space for date of their death to be added.
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USA Public Records
Name: Margie Chatfield
Also Known As: Margery C Chatfield
2nd Also Known As Name: Margery L Chatfield
Residence Date: 01 Jan 2009
Residence Place: Florissant, Colorado
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1922
Phone Number: (719) 481-2181
Phone Number Recorded Date: 01 Jan 2009
Address: 106 Scout Camp Trl., Florissant, Colorado 80816
Address Date: 01 Jan 2009
2nd Address: 120 W Stirrup Trl., Monument, Colorado 80132
2nd Address Date: 01 May 1986-01 Jan 2009
3rd Address: 1535 PO Box, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901
3rd Address Date: 01 Jun 1984
Possible Relatives: Barbara Allison Chatfield, Stanley E Col Chatfield
Record Number: 90645413

Colonel Stanley Edward "Stan" Chatfield and Margery Lorain "Margie" Creeger had the following children: