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Services: Friday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m.
Jerry A. Linthicum, 61, died after a brief battle with cancer Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005, at UCLA Medical Center.
A visitation will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at Reis Family Mortuary of San Luis Obispo, 991 Nipomo St. A graveside memorial honoring Jerrys life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at San Luis Cemetery in San Luis Obispo, 2 Higuera St., with a reception to follow.
Jerry was born May 20, 1943, in Vian, OK, to Virgil and Alline Linthicum. The family moved to California in 1951, where they reared their three children.
Jerry moved to San Luis Obispo in 1967 in order to attend Cal Poly, where he graduated in 1970 with a degree in aeronautical engineering. Following graduation, he moved to the Bay Area. At this time, he started his professional career as a civil engineer with the Kiewit construction company and was involved with building the BART elevated rail system, the cooling canals at Pacific Gas and Electrics Pittsburg power plant and container port in Oakland before leaving to pursue the financial planning and life insurance business. He returned to San Luis Obispo in 1973, embarking on a new career in Financial and Estate Planning.
Jerry received his Charted Life Underwriter designation in 1979 and formed Linthicum Financial Services.
Jerrys passion for business and sales led him to become one of three founding partners of Call America Business Communications, founded in 1983. Following the sale of the company in 1996, Jerry acquired Cross Creek Ranch of San Luis Obispo, a commercial farming and citrus operation.
In addition to his family, Jerrys passion in life was general aviation. His pursuit of this passion culminated when he engineered, designed and built an Experimental Glasair III, which he took to Oshkosh International Air Show, winning Reserve Grand Champion, Kit-Built Sport Class in 1993. Jerrys Glasair also won Best of Fly-In 1994 for custom built, kit-built and composite at the Northwest EAA Fly-In. In 1995, Glasair N109JL won the Copper State Fly-In Grand Champion.
Jerry is survived by his wife and partner Molly Linthicum of San Luis Obispo; daughter Kristi LaRae Logan and son-in-law Gregory Logan of San Luis Obispo; son Jay Bradley Linthicum of San Luis Obispo; granddaughters Kylie LaRae Logan and Kara Leigh Logan of San Luis Obispo; former wife Euleta Linthicum of Paso Robles; brother Mike Linthicum of Santa Barbara; nieces and nephews Jenifer Relyea of Studio City, Max Poulton of Bakersfield, Monique Rodgers of Bakersfield and John Linthicum of Santa Barbara. He is further survived by many relatives and friends.
Contributions may be made to Young Eagles, PO Box 2683, Oshkosh, WI 54903-2683, enabling young, underprivileged pilots to receive their licenses.
The family wishes to thank the staff of French Hospital Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center for their loving care and support.
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