Norman Francis Trenary

NORMAN FRANCIS TRENARY, AGE 102, DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES ON AUGUST 17, 2019 IN SUN CITY, CA. HE WAS BORN IN WICHITA, KS BUT SPENT MOST OF HIS YOUNGER YEARS IN ARKANSAS CITY, KS. HIS FATHER, VERNON TRENARY, PASSED AWAY WHEN NORMAN WAS FIVE MONTHS OLD. HIS MOTHER WAS ETHEL (MANSFIELD) TRENARY, AN ACCOMPLISHED SEAMTRESS. HE MARRIED ANN EVENICK IN 1946 AT THE MISSION INN IN RIVERSIDE. HIS ONLY CHILD, PATRICK LEE TRENARY, WAS BORN IN 1949 AND BECAME A MARINE CORPS OFFICER. NORMAN WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IN ARKANSAS CITY AND GRADUATED IN 1935. HIS FIRST JOB OUT OF STATE JOB WAS PICKING APPLES IN WASHINGTON IN 1936. IN 1941 HE TRAVELED TO THE US TERRITORY OF ALASKA FOR SIX MONTHS WORKING FOR THE FAIRBANKS EXPLORATION COMPANY IN YAKATAN. HIS CAREER PROFESSION WAS IN THE US CIVIL SERVICE RISING TO GS 12 LEVEL. HIS WORK TITLE WAS QUALITY CONTROL AGENT OR TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE.HE WORKED FOR THE US NAVY IN LOS ANGELES DURING 1942 AND THE FOR THE US ARMY AIR CORPS IN SAN BERNARDINO , CA IN THE INSTRUMENTS SCHOOL AT NORTON AIR CORPS BASE FROM 1942 UNTIL 1945. HE THEN MOVED TO THE EL TORO MARINE CORPS WHERE HE WAS A QUALITY CONTOL OFFICE FOR TEN YEARS. HE THEN SERVED IN LONDON FROM 1955-1957 STATIONED IN THE US EMBASSY AS AN AIR CORPS QUALITY CONTROL AGENT FOR THE REPUBLIC AIRCRAFT COMPANY. HE THEN MOVED TO ITALY AND WORKED AT THE FIAT MOTOR PLANT SPECIALIZING IN F-86 AIRCRAFT INSPECTION. HE ENDED HIS CAREER IN GARDENA, CA, SERVING AS A PACKING SPECIALIST WITH A GS 12 RATING. NORM WAS A 32TH DEGREE MASON AND ACTIVE IN VARIOUS