David “Dave” Vandervoort, 89, of Paradise Valley, AZ & Alpine went to his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 9 at his residence. He was born in Texas to Henry Carl Vandervoort Senior and Velma Vandervoort. At 14, he learned to fly a tail dragger and was a distinguished varsity Panther golfer at Paschal High who caddied for Ben Hogan at Colonial Country Club. In 1947, Dave earned the Carnegie Medal for Heroism with Katie Beth Hunter for rescuing the two Ledbetter children from a capsized rowboat at a Fort Worth farm lake. Later Dave met his wife, Susie, while attending Texas A&M University at College Station. They married in the late 50’s and upon Dave’s graduation from Texas A&M in the Corps, they moved with the United States Air Force.
David “Dave” Vandervoort, 89, of Paradise Valley, AZ & Alpine went to his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 9 at his residence. He was born in Texas to Henry Carl Vandervoort Senior and Velma Vandervoort. At 14, he learned to fly a tail dragger and was a distinguished varsity Panther golfer at Paschal High who caddied for Ben Hogan at Colonial Country Club. In 1947, Dave earned the Carnegie Medal for Heroism with Katie Beth Hunter for rescuing the two Ledbetter children from a capsized rowboat at a Fort Worth farm lake. Later Dave met his wife, Susie, while attending Texas A&M University at College Station. They married in the late 50’s and upon Dave’s graduation from Texas A&M in the Corps, they moved with the United States Air Force.