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Walter and Olive Ann Beech

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first: 2019-08-18
most recent: 2019-08-18
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“She was gone now. The small town girl with bangs and a determined gaze, the slender young woman with fashion model looks, the corporate executive who brooked no nonsense, the wife and mother of two, the elegant first lady of aviation who blazed a trail for other women to follow. She had forged her life, molded into a shape of her choosing by sheer strength of will. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent, she had reminded herself in her desk diary, in a phrase that had become her guidepost. And no one ever did. So that is where I'll leave the story. If you want to learn more,”
2019-08-18 · Founders · #85 Walter and Olive Ann Beech (Aviation Legends) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“In her final years, I remember how sad I felt watching her decline, watching the once towering presence become a little old lady, watching her sharp mind and sharp wit fade. I've seen the same thing happen to many other people, but an Aunt Anne, it seemed particularly poignant poignant, given the imposing presence she had once been in my life. I carry part of Olivan with me to this day, think she said to me and to others Her sense of taste and dignity, her generosity, and as I've grown older, I have discovered the deep wisdom that lies in her simple life motto. Slowly we go. Life, and now skipping ahead just about five years later, her life ended peacefully at her home on the morning of july sixth, nineteen ninety three. She simply slipped away in her sleep.”
2019-08-18 · Founders · #85 Walter and Olive Ann Beech (Aviation Legends) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“She no longer seemed intimidating to me, and by that time I had grown very fond of her. I remember one New Year's Eve, nineteen eighty seven, I believe, when on a whim, I decided to drop by her house and wish her a happy New Year. We sat in her breakfast room, drank strong coffee, and talked. She seemed generally pleased that I had come by. I think I stayed for at least an hour. It was one of those few times, if not the only time, that I ever just sat alone with her and talked, casually and openly. Without the family or a bunch of other people around. It remains one of my fondest memories of Aunt of Aunt Anne.”
2019-08-18 · Founders · #85 Walter and Olive Ann Beech (Aviation Legends) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“He called her Annie, and she called him pauper. Together they built a company whose name became a byword for excellence. This is their story, a very human story, and one that I wanted to tell. So that is actually Walter and Olive's daughter, Mary Lynn Oliver, writing in the foreword for the book that I read this week and the one that I'm going to talk to you about today, which is The Barnstormer and the Lady Aviation Legends Walter and Olive Ann Beach by Dennis Farney. And I just thought of something. I was reading that. I'm going to go back to the first page real quick before we jump into the rest of the book. And where is the sentence that I'm looking for?”
2019-08-18 · Founders · #85 Walter and Olive Ann Beech (Aviation Legends) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source