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Mort Katz

October 15th, 1946  ~  May 29th, 2012

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Obituary

Mort was born October 15,
1946 in Des Moines, Iowa and passed away unexpectedly May 29, 2012. He attended
North High and graduated from Drake University in Des Moines. While in college
ROTC Mort discovered a desire to be a pilot. He joined the Air Force, earned his
pilot’s license, flew T37’s and T38’s, B-52’s in Vietnam and he flew more than
300 combat missions. Mort was also an air traffic controller in Baton Rouge,
Little Rock and Houston. For the last 25 years he enjoyed being an electrical
sales manager in the Dallas area. He had many loves. He passionately watched ALL
sports - Cowboys football, Mavericks, Rangers and any golf tournaments. He was a
golf fanatic from his Air Force days and tried to play as often as possible. He
loved boating and water skiing and taught all three of his children to ski at
Lake Ouachita in Arkansas. His love for snow skiing was the same and he shared
his talents with his family teaching and taking them to Steamboat, Angel Fire
and Telluride. Mort enjoyed his love of coaching his daughter’s competitive soft
ball teams for many years. He loved refereeing high school and college
basketball and did so for 30 years. He was a coin collector especially of Indian
head pennies. His love for people was immense and he always had a joke, funny
story or just a hug and huge smile for all of his friends. But most of all, Mort
Katz loved his family. His greatest blessings and joys have come from Melissa
Casey, Jeffrey Ryan, Christine Elizabeth and his wife and best friend of 40
years, Linda Katz. The newest loves of his life are grandchildren Cole Austin,
Ayden James, Ashlyn Blake and Abigail Laughlin. He was a loving, active, caring
man who will be greatly missed. Mort is also survived by two wonderful
son-in-laws, Jason and Ryan Rueschhoff, sister and brother-in-law Linda and
Larry Forman, sister Jan Miles, nephews and nieces, Scott Forman, Jennifer
Coffey, Reid Forman, Jacque Scheinberg, Bruce Miles, Sherry Newman and their
spouses, children, and many dear and loving forever friends. The family will
receive friends on Sunday, June 3, 2012 from 2-4:00 p.m. at Allen Family Funeral
Options in Plano, Texas. A funeral service to honor Mort will be held Monday,
June 4, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Custer Road United Methodist Church, 6601 Custer
Road, Plano, Texas. 75023 with Rev.Tim Morrison officiating. Burial will follow
the service at Ridgeview Memorial Park, Allen, Texas. If desired, donations may
be made in Mort’s memory to USO at www.uso.org

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2120 W. Spring Creek Pkwy
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75023

Phone: 972-596-8200
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