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Subject: Mark Stewart CONTE (1972-2004) (obit.)
Date: 13 Feb 2005 14:29:50 -0700

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Surnames: CONTE, BAKER, MOON
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Mark Stewart Conte

Mark Stewart Conte died Dec. 7, 2004, in a commercial aviation accident in Flagstaff, Ariz. He was 32.

A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Davis Funeral Chapel, 116 D St. Friends and family are invited to a reception following the service at Lillard Hall, adjacent to the Yolo County Airport at 24901 County Road 95.

Born March 19, 1972, in Galveston, Texas, he moved with his family to Davis in 1977. He graduated from Davis High School in 1991 and received a diploma from Sacramento City College in 1995 in Airframe and Power Plant Maintenance.

He worked in Yolo and Solano counties in the agricultural applications industry. He was employed by Grower's Air Service of Woodland as a loader, and later as an aircraft mechanic. After receiving his commercial aviation license, he worked for William D. Joslin of Dixon as an aircraft mechanic and agricultural pilot.

In 1999, Mark was employed by San Joaquin Helicopters, and then DynCorp, California Department of Forestry support divisions, where he was contracted as a mechanic to service air tanker and spotter aircraft in the CDF Air Tanker Program at McClellan Field. During the fire season, he worked as a Base Mechanic at the Redding Interagency Air Attack Base.

He continued his flight certification program, obtaining certifications for multi-engine aircraft, and night instrumentation flight. In 2002, he joined ARDCO Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., as a co-pilot flying DC-4 Air Tankers and operating on fires in California, Arizona and New Mexico.

In January, he married Julie Christine Baker, a San Diego native and graduate of UC Davis. They made their home in Escondido.

When the federal contracts for commercial air tankers were terminated this spring, he began flying for Aero Charter Inc., carrying bank certificates and blood supplies between cities in Arizona and New Mexico. On the night of Dec. 7, he died when his aircraft, a Cessna twin-engine 310, was heard to develop engine problems and crashed shortly after take off.

He is survived by his wife, Julie Baker; his parents, Dr. Fred S. and Elisabeth E. Conte of Davis; his brother, Samuel E. Conte of Kingston, Wash.; and his sister, Claire S. Moon of Hermitage, Tenn.

Donations may be made in his memory to Angel Flight America.

Arrangements are under the direction of Davis Funeral Chapel.

(Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," during the week of December 13, 2004, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise." (315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616) <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>;. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

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