Terry S. Alviola

Terry S. Alviola

Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Terry S. Alviola was born on February 8, 1924, in Dipolog, Zamboanga, Philippines, to Pedro Alviola and Lutgarda Siokin. His father was a Philippine Constabulary Officer. He lived in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines, until his early 20's. Terry graduated as Valedictorian of his high school class. He was a student at Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila when the Japanese attacked Manila. He served in the Philippine Army as a guerrilla fighter during World War II. After the war, he was a student at Silliman University at Dumaguete, Philippines. He won a scholarship to study air traffic control with the Federal Aviation Administration in Oklahoma City. He met Jean A Johnson at a breakfast program during his training, and they married October 2, 1951, in Oklahoma City. He later graduated from Oklahoma City University with honors in civil engineering. Terry was a member of Northwest Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife, Jean; his son, Breck; his three daughters, Kim, Leslie, and Teri Dawn, and the men who love them; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 3, 2016, at the Northwest Church of Christ with burial following at the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.