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 F. Baxter Lane
March 04, 2006
Retired Air Force Col. F. Baxter Lane, 58, of 111 Merino Drive, Canonsburg, Pa., died yesterday at home of natural causes.
Born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1947, son of the late Lawrence and Theresa Brassard Lane, he graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1965 and from the University of Massachusetts in 1970. He also received a master's degree from South Illinois University, and degrees from the Air Command and Staff College and the Air War College, both at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
From 1970 to 1975, he was a pilot in the Air Force and flew the C-141 Starlifter. From 1984 to 1998, he served as director of operations and as operations group commander for the Air Force Reserve Command. He was promoted to colonel in 1996. He flew in Desert Shield/Desert Storm from September 1990 to April 1991.
On June 7, 1998, Col. Lane was appointed commander of the 911th Airlift Wing at Pittsburgh International Airport, where he was responsible for a $41 million operation with more than 1600 personnel. He later was employed by the Transportation Safety Administration at Greater Pittsburgh International Airport and at Annapolis Junction in Maryland.
He and his wife, the former Kathryn Meehan, were married June 14, 1969.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Kelly Lane of Durham, N.C.; two sons, Brian Lane of Amherst, N.Y., and Brendan Lane of Dover, Del.; two brothers, Lawrence J. Lane of Lenox and John M. Lane of Boston; his stepmother, Aileen Lane of Pittsfield, and two grandchildren.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- Friends of F. Baxter Lane will be received at SOLLON FUNERAL HOME LTD., 30 East College St., Canonsburg, Pa., Monday, March 6, and Tuesday, March 7, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at 11 at St. Patrick's Church by the Rev. John J. Batykefer, pastor.
Burial in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies will be Thursday, March 9 at a time to be announced. Family requests memorials be made to Albert Gallatin Home Care and Hospice, 20 Highland Park Drive, Uniontown, PA 15401, or the Little Sisters of the Poor. Mr. Lane leaves two daughters-in-law, Wendy and Janelle; a sister-in-law, Susan, and two grandchildren, Annabel and Colin. Additional information and tributes may be left at www.sollon.com
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