Maj. Charles Gordon Cloutier, (U.S. A.F. Ret.)
SHREVEPORT, LA - Major Charles Gordon Cloutier, Jr., USAF retired Fighter Pilot, died in Mobile Alabama on October 6, 2011. He was raised in Shreveport, and attended the old St. Vincent's Academy and St. Johns High School. He graduated from LA Tech University in Mechanical Engineering in 1957. He worked as a mechanical engineer for Chance Vought in Dallas prior to entering the AF to attend pilot training. One of his proudest days was the day he received his wings. He flew B-47's during the Cold War, and then became an instructor pilot at Vance Air Force Base (where he had received his wings). He went to F-4 Phantom training and then was stationed at Udorn Air Force base Thailand. He flew 207 missions in the F.4. The plane he flew is now on display at the Air Force Academy. He completed his Air Force career at Barksdale AFB in 1979. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal with 14 oak leaf clusters and numerous other awards and medals.
He is preceded in death by his parents Tess and Gordon Cloutier, son Douglas Patrick Cloutier and grandson Christopher George Cloutier. He is survived by his wife, the former, Paulette Peterson; son, Charles Gordon Clouter, III; son, Jordy Cloutier, both of Shreveport; daughter, Sharon Montoya and husband, Mike; son, Michael, of Irving, TX; and daughter, Julie Anderson and husband, Col. Mark Anderson and their children John-Lewis and Callie, of Lavaca, AR. He also leaves three sisters, Marilyn Lelong, of Mobile, AL, Sylvia Clark, of Frisco, TX and Dr. Sara Looney, of Colonial Beach, VA.
Visitation will be held at 9 am on Monday, October 10th, at St. Michael the Archangel Chapel at The Cathedral of St. John Berchmans followed by a funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Forest Park Cemetery on St. Vincent's. Msgr. Carson LaCaze presiding.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Douglas Cloutier scholarship fund and George Cloutier scholarship fund at Loyola High School, 921 Jordan Street, Shreveport, LA 71101.
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Published in Shreveport Times from October 8 to October 9, 2011
∼Major Charles G. Cloutier, Jr.
(USAF Retired Fighter Pilot)
CAMPTI, LA - On Thursday morning, October 6, 2011 Gordon flew one final mission from this earth to be reunited with his son Douglas Patrick Cloutier and his grandson Christopher George Cloutier, parents, friends and family members that had gone ahead of him. With his children at his side, he finally found peace.
Funeral arrangements pending at Osborn Funeral Home.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with
easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
by: John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Thank you Paulette for your undying love and devotion. We love you so much.
Published in Shreveport Times on October 8, 2011
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SHREVEPORT, LA - Major Charles Gordon Cloutier, Jr., USAF retired Fighter Pilot, died in Mobile Alabama on October 6, 2011. He was raised in Shreveport, and attended the old St. Vincent's Academy and St. Johns High School. He graduated from LA Tech University in Mechanical Engineering in 1957. He worked as a mechanical engineer for Chance Vought in Dallas prior to entering the AF to attend pilot training. One of his proudest days was the day he received his wings. He flew B-47's during the Cold War, and then became an instructor pilot at Vance Air Force Base (where he had received his wings). He went to F-4 Phantom training and then was stationed at Udorn Air Force base Thailand. He flew 207 missions in the F.4. The plane he flew is now on display at the Air Force Academy. He completed his Air Force career at Barksdale AFB in 1979. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal with 14 oak leaf clusters and numerous other awards and medals.
He is preceded in death by his parents Tess and Gordon Cloutier, son Douglas Patrick Cloutier and grandson Christopher George Cloutier. He is survived by his wife, the former, Paulette Peterson; son, Charles Gordon Clouter, III; son, Jordy Cloutier, both of Shreveport; daughter, Sharon Montoya and husband, Mike; son, Michael, of Irving, TX; and daughter, Julie Anderson and husband, Col. Mark Anderson and their children John-Lewis and Callie, of Lavaca, AR. He also leaves three sisters, Marilyn Lelong, of Mobile, AL, Sylvia Clark, of Frisco, TX and Dr. Sara Looney, of Colonial Beach, VA.
Visitation will be held at 9 am on Monday, October 10th, at St. Michael the Archangel Chapel at The Cathedral of St. John Berchmans followed by a funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Forest Park Cemetery on St. Vincent's. Msgr. Carson LaCaze presiding.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Douglas Cloutier scholarship fund and George Cloutier scholarship fund at Loyola High School, 921 Jordan Street, Shreveport, LA 71101.
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Published in Shreveport Times from October 8 to October 9, 2011
∼Major Charles G. Cloutier, Jr.
(USAF Retired Fighter Pilot)
CAMPTI, LA - On Thursday morning, October 6, 2011 Gordon flew one final mission from this earth to be reunited with his son Douglas Patrick Cloutier and his grandson Christopher George Cloutier, parents, friends and family members that had gone ahead of him. With his children at his side, he finally found peace.
Funeral arrangements pending at Osborn Funeral Home.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with
easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
by: John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Thank you Paulette for your undying love and devotion. We love you so much.
Published in Shreveport Times on October 8, 2011
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Maj. Charles Gordon Cloutier, (U.S. A.F. Ret.)
SHREVEPORT, LA - Major Charles Gordon Cloutier, Jr., USAF retired Fighter Pilot, died in Mobile Alabama on October 6, 2011. He was raised in Shreveport, and attended the old St. Vincent's Academy and St. Johns High School. He graduated from LA Tech University in Mechanical Engineering in 1957. He worked as a mechanical engineer for Chance Vought in Dallas prior to entering the AF to attend pilot training. One of his proudest days was the day he received his wings. He flew B-47's during the Cold War, and then became an instructor pilot at Vance Air Force Base (where he had received his wings). He went to F-4 Phantom training and then was stationed at Udorn Air Force base Thailand. He flew 207 missions in the F.4. The plane he flew is now on display at the Air Force Academy. He completed his Air Force career at Barksdale AFB in 1979. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal with 14 oak leaf clusters and numerous other awards and medals.
He is preceded in death by his parents Tess and Gordon Cloutier, son Douglas Patrick Cloutier and grandson Christopher George Cloutier. He is survived by his wife, the former, Paulette Peterson; son, Charles Gordon Clouter, III; son, Jordy Cloutier, both of Shreveport; daughter, Sharon Montoya and husband, Mike; son, Michael, of Irving, TX; and daughter, Julie Anderson and husband, Col. Mark Anderson and their children John-Lewis and Callie, of Lavaca, AR. He also leaves three sisters, Marilyn Lelong, of Mobile, AL, Sylvia Clark, of Frisco, TX and Dr. Sara Looney, of Colonial Beach, VA.
Visitation will be held at 9 am on Monday, October 10th, at St. Michael the Archangel Chapel at The Cathedral of St. John Berchmans followed by a funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Forest Park Cemetery on St. Vincent's. Msgr. Carson LaCaze presiding.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Douglas Cloutier scholarship fund and George Cloutier scholarship fund at Loyola High School, 921 Jordan Street, Shreveport, LA 71101.
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Published in Shreveport Times from October 8 to October 9, 2011
∼Major Charles G. Cloutier, Jr.
(USAF Retired Fighter Pilot)
CAMPTI, LA - On Thursday morning, October 6, 2011 Gordon flew one final mission from this earth to be reunited with his son Douglas Patrick Cloutier and his grandson Christopher George Cloutier, parents, friends and family members that had gone ahead of him. With his children at his side, he finally found peace.
Funeral arrangements pending at Osborn Funeral Home.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with
easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
by: John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Thank you Paulette for your undying love and devotion. We love you so much.
Published in Shreveport Times on October 8, 2011
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SHREVEPORT, LA - Major Charles Gordon Cloutier, Jr., USAF retired Fighter Pilot, died in Mobile Alabama on October 6, 2011. He was raised in Shreveport, and attended the old St. Vincent's Academy and St. Johns High School. He graduated from LA Tech University in Mechanical Engineering in 1957. He worked as a mechanical engineer for Chance Vought in Dallas prior to entering the AF to attend pilot training. One of his proudest days was the day he received his wings. He flew B-47's during the Cold War, and then became an instructor pilot at Vance Air Force Base (where he had received his wings). He went to F-4 Phantom training and then was stationed at Udorn Air Force base Thailand. He flew 207 missions in the F.4. The plane he flew is now on display at the Air Force Academy. He completed his Air Force career at Barksdale AFB in 1979. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal with 14 oak leaf clusters and numerous other awards and medals.
He is preceded in death by his parents Tess and Gordon Cloutier, son Douglas Patrick Cloutier and grandson Christopher George Cloutier. He is survived by his wife, the former, Paulette Peterson; son, Charles Gordon Clouter, III; son, Jordy Cloutier, both of Shreveport; daughter, Sharon Montoya and husband, Mike; son, Michael, of Irving, TX; and daughter, Julie Anderson and husband, Col. Mark Anderson and their children John-Lewis and Callie, of Lavaca, AR. He also leaves three sisters, Marilyn Lelong, of Mobile, AL, Sylvia Clark, of Frisco, TX and Dr. Sara Looney, of Colonial Beach, VA.
Visitation will be held at 9 am on Monday, October 10th, at St. Michael the Archangel Chapel at The Cathedral of St. John Berchmans followed by a funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Forest Park Cemetery on St. Vincent's. Msgr. Carson LaCaze presiding.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Douglas Cloutier scholarship fund and George Cloutier scholarship fund at Loyola High School, 921 Jordan Street, Shreveport, LA 71101.
OSBORNFUNERALHOME.NET
318-865-8426
Published in Shreveport Times from October 8 to October 9, 2011
∼Major Charles G. Cloutier, Jr.
(USAF Retired Fighter Pilot)
CAMPTI, LA - On Thursday morning, October 6, 2011 Gordon flew one final mission from this earth to be reunited with his son Douglas Patrick Cloutier and his grandson Christopher George Cloutier, parents, friends and family members that had gone ahead of him. With his children at his side, he finally found peace.
Funeral arrangements pending at Osborn Funeral Home.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with
easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
by: John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Thank you Paulette for your undying love and devotion. We love you so much.
Published in Shreveport Times on October 8, 2011
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