![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly after graduating law school, his first son was born. Petersburg, Florida, where he received his J.D. ![]() Following his honorable release from active duty and transitioning into reserve duty in 1955, Fred entered Stetson Law School, St. Naval Academy in Annapolis, while attending the University of Maryland Law School at night. While still on active duty as a pilot, Fred taught celestial navigation and engineering courses at the U.S. They were married at the Jacksonville, Florida NAS chapel in 1953. It was as a US naval aviator serving with his squadron on the USS Leyte that he met the love of his life, Dorothy. Fred earned two victory medals for his active duty service during WWII and the Korean conflict, and also flew reconnaissance missions as a reserve naval aviator during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He always had a great love for boats and airplanes, especially the latter, and passed his love of flying on to his daughter, Diane, who is a professional airline pilot. He became a carrier-based naval aviator in his active and then reserve military duty, fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming a pilot. Naval Academy in Annapolis near the end of WWII, graduating with an engineering degree in 1949. As pioneers in the early history of Clearwater, the Wilder family had four generations of members at Calvary Baptist, and three generations were born in the Morton Plant Hospital.Īfter attending Vanderbilt University and The University of North Carolina, he entered the U.S. He trusted Christ and joined Calvary Baptist Church during his childhood, where he remained an active member for many years. 28, 1926 in Clearwater, Florida, and was a resident of Wellington, Florida, where he lived with his daughter Diane Coe, and his son-in-law John Coe.įred spent his happy childhood on and near the water of beautiful Clearwater, Florida, and graduated from Clearwater H.S. Stephen and Debra Wilder of Albany, GA, surrounded by loving family. 6, 2019, at the residence of his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Cmdr., US Navy, ret.), 92, entered into glory on Dec. ![]()
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