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Submitted: 9/6/17 • Approved: 9/6/17 • Last Updated: 9/9/17 • R1193130-G1193130-S3
LIEUTENANT COLONEL US Air Force
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
1916 - 2013
Maxine Eleanor Booth Hadfield
1921 - 2012
Maxine Eleanor (Booth) Hadfield, 90, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2012.
She was born July 15, 1921, in Macomb, Mo. She married Edward Hadfield in 1943. She was a well-known artist with displays at the local colleges.
Maxine is survived by her husband, Edward; sons, Jack of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and Paul (wife, Marjo) of Sherwood, Ark.; two grandchildren, Philip (wife, Andrea), and Wendy (husband, James); and three great-grandchildren, Korte, Susan and Madeline.
There will be no services held. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you make a donation to your favorite charity .
Lt. Col. Edward Hadfield (Ret.) was born in El Paso, Texas, about the time Pancho Villa threatened to attack the city in 1916. His parents were H. P. Hadfield (born in Sirth Rock, Arkansas) and Anna B. Snuggs (born in Viameda, Arkansas). In 1924, he moved to Amarillo, Texas, where he worked in many different jobs during the Great Depression. Later, he moved to Little Rock, Ark., with his family. He graduated from the University of Arkansas (BSME) in 1941, went straight into the military and became a test pilot. In 1943, while in Arkansas, he was testing a P-47 Thunderbolt and broke the sound barrier (unrecorded). During his military service he received more college degrees in Illinois where he met his wife of 69 years, Maxine Booth. After retiring from the military, he moved to Florida to take up home construction, investing, and traveling.
Ed was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Maxine Booth. Ed is survived by his two sons, Paul, of Ark., and Jack, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; two grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
As per his request, Ed's body was donated to science and no service will he held.
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