Smokejumper Obituary: Tuininga, Gene Maurin (Missoula 1951)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Gene, 28, died September 11, 1955, while acting as an aerial observer in a plane that went down about 45 miles southeast of Kalispell, MT. He was born January 31, 1927, in Hope, Idaho. Gene was buried in Coloma, California. He jumped at Missoula 1951-52, 54-55 and McCall 1953.

Identifier

Tuininga_Gene-Maurin_Missoula_1951

Publication Date

January 2002

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Tuininga, Gene Maurin (Missoula 1951)" (2002). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1281.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1281