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JOHN DALE FLEISHER (Age 91)  United Airlines Pilot  
John Dale Fleisher, who was a pilot for Capital Airlines and then United Airlines until retirement in 1988, passed away peacefully at his home in the Alexandria part of Fairfax County on August 4, 2011, after a brief illness. Mr. Fleisher was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Ethel Milton Fleisher, and is survived by one daughter, Patricia Bowers of Woodstock, VA, sons John Dale Fleisher, Jr. and James Steven Fleisher, both of Alexandria, VA, along with six grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Interment will be private.

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Published by The Washington Post on Aug. 9, 2011.

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