Stewart Herrick Fonda Jr

b. Syracuse, NY; 1925 New York State Census, Syracuse Ward 19, A.D.02, E.D.10, Onondaga Co., NY; 1930 US Federal Census, Cicero, Onondaga Co., NY; 1940 US Federal Census, Cicero, Onondaga Co., NY; 1950 US Federal Census, Mason City, Okanogan Co., WA (Stewart H Fonda, b. 1925, NY, Head, Hazel, Stewart); res. Parker, CO; res. Vienna, VA; bur. Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO; o. WWII and Korean War Veteran [served in the US Navy as aircraft mechanic, WWII stationed in Hawaii, officer training in June 1942 on the V12 program, honorably discharged 1945; re-enlisted in Reserves 1950, sent to Korea to perform aircraft maintenance on Corsairs; 2nd Class Petty Officer, Discharged 1-31-1954.] >> www.fonda.org <<

[US Department of State: The Biographic Register, July, 1974]; [Stewart Fonda, Jr - Sponsor - Double Angel Foundation, a crusade to raise the awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning on houseboats.]

[Stewart H. Fonda Jr. was born December 12, 1924, and grew up in Syracuse, NY. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II, and was stationed in Hawaii, where he was sent state side to Milwaukee, WI as an officer training candidate at Marquette University. He received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, but, since the war had ended, was not commissioned. While in Milwaukee, Stu met Hazel at a USO dance and they were married on December 26, 1944. He took his wife Hazel and toddler son Stewart to Coulee Dam, WA, where he worked at his first job as an engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation installing a new power plant at the dam. While there, he was called up by the Navy, and served on the aircraft carrier USS Boxer during the Korean War. After the war, he moved to Detroit, MI to work with the US Army Corps of Engineers. He later transferred to the Chicago office, where he spent the bulk of his career on water projects for the Great Lakes. In the mid-1970s he joined the State Department as an engineering advisor to The International Joint Commission tasked with advising and monitoring projects which affected both Canada and the United States. He retired in 1979 to Parker, CO. During retirement, Stewart had an excessive amount of free time, so he took up real estate sales until he moved to Loveland, CO in 2008. Stewart’s interests included serving as a Boy Scout troop master. At the time, his troop had more Eagle Scouts than any other troop in the Chicagoland area. He was also active in church activities. He enjoyed fishing, elk and deer hunting, skiing, hiking, dancing and taking long vacations by car. Stewart is survived by his sisters Ruth Lyke, Jane Winks and Janet Baum of Syracuse, NY, and brothers Howard Fonda of Syracuse and Clayton Fonda of Auburn, WA. He is also survived by his children Stewart Fonda III (Barbara) of Englewood, CO, David Fonda (Kathy) of Parker, CO, and Kathleen (Fonda) Gingery (husband Kevin) of Ft. Collins, CO. The surviving grandchildren are Amy Fonda of Aurora, CO, Jonathan Gingery (Leah) of Colorado Springs, Christopher Gingery of Ft. Collins, David Fonda Jr. (Samantha) of Laramie, WY, and step grandchildren Timothy Swanson of Englewood, CO, Laura Fitts of Colorado Springs, and Melissa Gracik of La Porte, CO. The 3 great grandchildren are Noah El Nassar of Aurora, CO, Emma Fonda of Laramie, WY, and Mary Gingery of Colorado Springs, and many nieces and nephews.]