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Born
21 Jul 1908 — Missouri
Died
31 Jan 1975 — Washington, DC
Burial
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Parents

  • Anthony Phillip Fonda Esq. (30 Mar 1878–15 Nov 1935)
  • Minnie M. Harrington (Apr 1884–23 Oct 1909)

Marriages and children

Elizabeth Haviland (26 Feb 1905–6 Apr 1971)

Children
  • Elia Fonda (1936–)
  • Valerie Diana Fonda (14 Sep 1938–)

Genealogy notes

b. MO; 1910 US Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Jackson Co., MO; 1920 & 1930 US Federal Census, Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO (lived with maternal grandparents Dr. James & Mira Hanington); SSDI issued MO, d. Washington, Washington, DC; bur. Arlington National Cemetery, VA; [Virginia Death Records - Anthony Paul Fonda, d. 1/31/1975 in Arlington]; o. Vietnam War USAF (COL); [School Yearbooks - Paul Fonda, Central High School Centralian, Kansas City, Missouri, 1922] >> www.fonda.org <<

[Fonda Commander of State CAP Wing - Washington. Jan. 18 (AP) - A. Paul Fonda, Fairchild aircraft plant executive at Hagerstown, was named today as commander of the Civil Air Patrol's Maryland wing. Maj. Gen. Lucas V. Beau, CAP national commander, tapped him to succeed Col. Bennett Crain, Washington attorney who resigned. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, retired former Air Force chief of staff and now chairman of the CAP executive board, hailed the appointment of Fonda as "giving impetus" to the CAP program. Fonda, who began flying as a hobby in 1928, is assistant manager of customer relations at Fairchild. A native of Kansas City, Mo., he holds an airline transport pilot rating and first class radio broadcast engineers license. Frederick (MD) News, 1954-01-19]

[New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 - Name: Paul Fonda, Arrival Date: 20-Apr-1948, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909, Gender: Male, Port of Departure: Kindley Field, Hamilton, Bermuda, Ethnicity/Nationality: , Ship Name: ]; [New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 - Name: Anthony Fonda, Arrival Date: 14-Dec-1948, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1908, Gender: Male, Port of Departure: London, England, Ethnicity/Nationality: , Ship Name: Moravian]; [New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 - Name: Anthony P Fonda, Arrival Date: 28-Sep-1952, Estimated Birth Year: , Gender: Female, Port of Departure: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ethnicity/Nationality: American, Ship Name: ]

[Fonda, Anthony Paul Col., USAF (Ret.) - On Friday, January 31, 1975, Col. Anthony Paul Fonda, of 2475 Virginia Ave., N.W. Husband of the late Elizabeth Haviland Fonda, Brother-in-law of Mrs. Douglas Sharp. Friends may call at Joseph Gawler's Sons, Inc., 5130 Wisconsin Ave. at Harrison Sts., N.W. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, where the family will be present on Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held at the Fort Myer Chapel on Thursday, February 6, 1975 at 11 a.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery. Washington (DC) Post, February 4, 1975]

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