Kyle Eugene ENGEL

ENGEL, LARSON, KORT, NOBLE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/12/2007 at 12:40:17

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
August 23, 1999

Kyle Eugene Engel of Poplar Grove formerly of Bartlett

Services for Kyle Eugene Engel 35, will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Roselle. Born May 4, 1964, in Wahiawa, Hawaii, to Gary and Doris (nee Larson) Engel, he died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999, in Newcastle, Wyo. Kyle was baptized at NAS Barber's Point in Hawaii. He was confirmed in 1978 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Roselle, where he participated in youth and worship activities. He began his lifelong love of flying early in life, obtaining a private pilot's license at age 17. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1982 and in 1987 earned a bachelor of science degree in computer science from the University of Nebraska Lincoln College of Engineering. Immediately after graduation ceremonies, Kyle was commissioned as an ensign in the United States Navy and began flight training in Pensacola, Fla. He was given his Navy flying wings in May 1989 in Kingsville, Texas, and received orders to NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va. Aboard the aircraft carrier, USS America, he flew the F-14 Tomcat during Desert Storm. In 1996 he left the Navy and was hired as a pilot for United Airlines, based out of Chicago. In 1998 he and his family moved to Poplar Grove.

Kyle married Katherine Kort on June 24, 1989, in Omaha, Neb. They were blessed with two daughters, Aubrey, now 5 years old, and Arden, now 21 months old. In addition to his wife and children, he is survived by his mother, Doris Noble of Elgin; brother, Kirk (Anne) Engel, and nephews, Alex and Andrew Engel, all of Littleton, Colo.; grandmother, Eileen Larson of Goldfield, Iowa; grandfather, David Engel of Bradenton, Fla.; uncles, James Larson of Agoura Hills, Calif., and John Engel of Rockport, Mass.; and many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Gary L. Engel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Young Eagles endowment, In Memory of Kyle Engel, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, or to the Vintage Wings & Wheels Museum in Poplar Grove.