death of DL Capt. Jerry L. Farquhar, age 87

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~ IN MEMORY ~

USAF veteran, DL Capt. Jerry L. Farquhar

August 19, 1938 ~ October 19, 2025

 

As noted in the November-December ALPA Air Line Pilot magazine, the passing of Delta Air Lines Captain Jerry L. Farquhar………….

Jerry Lance Farquhar joined Delta Air Lines 08-15-1963 and was Miami based. Jerry was widowed in 2015 with the passing of his wife Dotty….please see below.  Per whitepages listing, Jerry had most recently resided in Florida : 32801 US Highway 441 N Lot 118, Okeechobee, FL 34972.

PCN memorial site https://pcnflightwest.blogspot.com/2025/12/dl-capt-jerry-l-farquhar.html

 

Source dated 2015 : https://www.usafaclasses.org/1960/class-news/Latest/Archives/Classnews-JanMar15.htm

“Jerry married Dotty in 1995; Dotty was a former B727 Captain with Miami Air International, while Jerry flew Delta Air Lines for 33 years. The Farquhars lived north of Lake Okeechobee, FL, maintained a condo in Lighthouse Point, FL, and spent considerable time in the Exuma Islands on their 44' Cherubini ketch rig--the 'Paladin.' Jerry and Dotty owned a Piper Aztec, and a 1946 Piper Cub."

Source dated 2009   :  https://www.usafaclasses.org/1960/class-news/Web-Columns/Classnews-2009-01/Classnews-2009-01.htm  has more Farquhar family stories

 

Source :  https://www.usafaclasses.org/1960/Roster/gbnf/gbnf-wall.htm  notes date of passing as October 19, 2025.

 

Also an author, you can find Jerry’s book at https://www.amazon.com/Sky-Retired-Captain-Looks-Fifty-Nine/dp/1970153091  In the Sky: A Retired Captain Looks Back over Fifty-Nine Years

 

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Wife’s obit https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newszapfl/name/dorothy-westby-obituary?id=16275854

 

Dorothy Westby Obituary

OKEECHOBEE - Dorothy C. Westby was born Apr. 10th, 1938 in Tulsa, Okla., and was known as Dotty to family and friends. She and her husband, Jerry L. Farquhar, a retired airline captain, moved from Lighthouse Point to Okeechobee in 2002. Dotty loved Okeechobee for its quiet ways and good people. Dotty was an amazing woman; a champion swimmer and equestrian as a girl, she went on to graduate from Rhode Island School of Design, and had a successful career as an artist. She earned her pilots license at age 40 and took up her second career as a charter pilot at age 42. She retired in 1996 as an airline captain flying the Boeing 727, which she loved. She continued to fly a Piper Aztec twin engine and her 1946 Piper J-3 Cub at their fly-in community in Indian Hammock……………….

 She died quietly and suddenly on Mar. 17th, 2015. She is survived by her husband Jerry Farquhar, daughter Kristen Moeller and son-in-law David Cottrell; son, Robert C Moeller IV; daughter-in-law, Patricia Moeller; and her two grandsons Augusts and Tristan Moeller…………….www.OkeechobeeFuneralHome.com