Richard Andrew Wilkie

1939 - 1981  (41 years)

• Name	Richard Andrew Wilkie
  Birth	25 Jun 1939	Castor, Paintearth County, Alberta, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Organizations	Elks, Masonic Order
  Pilot	Flew his own plane/Cessna
  Occupation	Between 1968 and 1981
  Electrician/ owned his own business in Castor/Coronation, AB
  Religion	United Church
  Death	24 Feb 1981	Heisler, Alberta, Canada
  Burial	27 Feb 1981	Castor Cemetery, Castor, Paintearth County, Alberta, Canada
  Person ID	I36	Weeks
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Andrew Wilkie,   b. 13 Dec 1900, Crossgates, Dunfermline Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 18 Jun 1976, Castor, Paintearth County, Alberta, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Hazel Belle Weeks,   b. 3 Mar 1905, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Dec 1987, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1926	Castor, Paintearth County, Alberta, Canada
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Rose Allen,   b. 12 Jul 1944, Castor, Paintearth County, Alberta, Canada d. 14 Nov 2010, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1962	Castor, Paintearth County, Alberta, Canada
  Children	+ 1. J.M. Wilkie + 2. J.A. Wilkie
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2006

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY RICHARD WILKIE Castor plane crash kills businessman A funeral service will be held here, tentatively on Friday for Richard Wilkie 42 of Castor, who was found dead Tuesday afternoon in the wreckage of his light plane after being reported overdue on a flight to Castor from Edmonton. A Twin Otter 440 search aircraft from CFB Edmonton found the plane at 3:15 near Heisler, about 50 km N. of Castor. Search director Capt. Keith Hummel said Mr. Wilkie was alone on the plane, which left Edmonton Municipal airport about 12:30 am Tuesday for the 50 min flight to Castor. Capt. Hummel said there was no indication at the site of the cause of the crash. The aircraft went down in flat, farming terrain, mixed with patches of trees. 2 search and rescue aircraft put in about 16 hours of flying time said Capt. Hummel. Mr. Wilkie was piloting his Cessna 182, returning from a business trip to Edmonton for his firm E&R Electric Ltd. Of Castor. Capt. Hummel said the federal transport dept. will investigate the crash. Officials notified Mrs. Wilkie at about 5 am Tuesday that her husbands' plane was missing. Earlier at about 2 am, she received a phone call asking for her husband. Peggy knew it was the airport phoning said a family member. The wreck was spotted about 15 hours after takeoff. Mr. Wilkie was a pilot for 7 years. Survivors include his wife Margaret Rose, daughters Janice - 17 and Jacqueline - 16 of Castor. Services held at Community Centre February 27, 1981. Interment at Castor Cemetery.