Florida Death Index
Affiliate CD Number FDI12
Certificate Number 38467
Name John Paul Riddle
Event Date 06 Apr 1989
Event Place Dade, Florida
Gender Unknown
Age 87
Race White
Birth Date 19 May 1901
Affiliate File Name FDI12.txt
Affiliate Line Number 154854
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USA Social Security Death Index
Age 88
Given Name John
Middle Name P
Surname Riddle
Birth Date 19 May 1901
State Michigan
Last Place of Residence Florida
Previous Residence Postal Code 33134
Event Date 06 Apr 1989
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USA, GenealogyBank Obituaries
Deceased
Name John Paul Riddle
Event Type Obituary
Event Date 08 Apr 1989
Event Place Florida
Gender Male
Age 88
Relationship to Deceased Deceased
Birth Year (Estimated) 1901
Birthplace Pikeville, , Kentucky
Death Date About 08 Apr 1989
Newspaper Orlando Sentinel, The
Spouse and Children
Tandy Miles Riddle Child Unknown
John Paul Riddle Jr Child Unknown
Robert Strickland Pardee Child Unknown
James Lee Pardee Child Unknown
Christopher Pardee Son Male
Adele Cunningham Daughter Female
Others on Record
T Higbee Embry Non Relative Unknown
Adele Goeser Bowen Divorced Spouse Unknown
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Riddle was born on May 19, 1901 in Pikeville, Kentucky. He attended Pikeville College in his hometown and graduated in 1920. After college he married Adele Goeser and they had six children. He served in the US Army Air Service from 1920 to 1922. After serving in the military, he became a barnstormer. He last lived in Coral Gables, Florida. At 87 years old, Riddle came down with an illness and died a few days later, on April 6, 1989. Riddle's ashes were scattered over the Atlantic and he is remembered by a marker with his Royal Air Force cadets buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Arcadia, Florida
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The Prescott Courier - Apr 7 1989
"Riddle founder dies Courier Staff Report Aeronautical University founder and trustee John Paul Riddle died Thursday in a Miami hospital. He was 87. "
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1926-Embry-Riddle School Opens
1941-Riddle formed Riddle Aeronautical institute at Carlstrom Field
Inscription:
John Paul Riddle
M.B.E. (Member of the British Empire.)
1901-1989
American pioneer of aviation and co owner of the flying school where the British cadets were trained during WWII
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Find A Grave Memorial# 126749815
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Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards
Name: John Paul Riddle
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1943
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: USA
Birth Date: 19 May 1901
Birthplace: Pikeville Ky
Father's Name: Tandy Miles Riddle
Mother's Name: Bessie Ferrell
Traveling With Children: No
Digital Folder Number: 004552266
Image Number: 00128
and 1945 & 1946.