Henry Didier Obituary
Hank had a lifelong love of flying, earning his private pilot license at age 16 then working his way through the aviation industry; from flight instructor to flying the mail to cargo pilot to ultimately retiring as a B747-400 International Captain for Northwest Airlines. Along the way, he flew float planes, ski planes, gliders and helicopters from above the Artic Circle to the Islands of the Caribbean with his family.
Hank is survived by his wife: Sue Didier; daughter: Michelle (Stephen) Waddell; son: Nicholas (Kusumawardhani) Didier; sisters: Lois Nisbet and Dorothy Didier, and many nieces, nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents: Henry and Vera Didier; and sister: Linda Lubensky.
A visitation will be held at 1 PM, Saturday, February 12, 2022, at the Skinner Funeral Home-Shell Lake with a time of sharing at 2:30 PM. Interment will be at the Sarona Cemetery at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Young Eagles Program (see Contributions area below)
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Robert Heaton
March 16, 2023
I remember Hank from many years ago eraly in both our careers at YIP Hank flew the C 46 while I flew DC 6 along with Sue at Zantop.
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Robert J. "Bob" McCormick
July 3, 2022
I just learned of this sad news while reading the GONE WEST listing in this month's EAA magazine. Hank and I flew mail together in the 70's in N4277B, as I recall, and he was the best pilot I have ever flown with. He was a master of the twin Beech and deserved the career he got. My condolences to Sue and his family. I still remember them both as aspiring young pilots living in Frankenmuth. He left this world far too soon. I was surprised to see he lived, apparently, in Tennessee...very close to me. I know he and Bob Cost are having agreat time regarding each other with their career stories.
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