HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09102004 - 71-521 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of the }
Passing of Lieutenant RESOLUTION NUMBER 71/521
Colonel Gerald Linscheid. )
WHEREAS this Board has learned with regret of the recent
passing of Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Linscheid, brother of Supervisor
Edmund A. Linscheid; and
WHEREAS Lieutenant Colonel Linscheid was a native of
Pittsburg, where he attended local schools and later obtained his
higher education at Compton College and the University of the
Pacific; and
WHEREAS he left his college studies in 1941 to become a
bomber pilot in the United States Air Farce during World War II and
continued in an Air Force career for nearly three decades; and
WHEREAS Lieutenant Colonel Linscheid was selected for
special advanced training in recognition of his high value to the
United States Air Force; was the recipient of many awards during
his flying career for distinguished military service in many parts
of the world, and reflected great credit upon his native county in
the fine tradition of the Linscheid family;
NOW, ,THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA RESOLVED that it expresses
deep regret on the passing of Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Linscheid;
extends its deepest sympathy to his wife, his son and daughter, his
father and his 'mother, his brothers, and his sisters; and adjourns
its official meeting on this date in his memory.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the Board this 14th day of August,
1971.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 71/521