Maury was born in 1928 in Magnolia, Mississippi to George & Zula May Seitz. He graduated from McComb High School in McComb Mississippi, and immediately took to the air with his first solo flight in a J-5A Piper Cub Cruiser “Cubby” at age 14. He flew for the Air Force through the cold war, with the 323rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron in clandestine refueling missions over the Eastern Bloc. The Air Force is where he met his wife, Captain Mildred Jean Disque. She was the greatest love of his life. After years of service, Captain Seitz and Mildred moved to Levittown, NY, where he began to fly for American Airlines as a commercial pilot. During this time, he was co-pilot on numerous chartered flights that backed up Air Force One during the Kennedy presidency. He met the Kennedy family and spent time with Caroline and John Jr. During the Cuban missile crisis, his plane carried a JFK decoy during a top-secret flight. Maury and Mildred later moved to Texas in 1977, where he eventually retired after over 30 years as a commercial pilot.
Maury was always active in his community. He one of the founders of the Cantiague Figure Skating Club in Hicksville, NY. He was a supporter of the Richland High School Band, in North Richland Hills, TX. He shared his passion for aviation with local Boy Scout & Girl Scout chapters, and sponsored field trips to airfields from local schools. He contributed to the Tarrant County Community College Aviation Library in Hurst, TX, the Airpower Museum at the Antique Airfield in Blakesberg, IA, and the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, TX. He was a member of the AOPA, the Allied Pilots Association, the Grey Eagles, and the Antique Aircraft Association.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mildred; his children, Linda Giese and her husband Bill, Kevin Seitz and his wife Karen, Patricia Scott and her husband Craig, Cynthia McMahon and her husband Richard; his grandchildren Jennilyn Harboe and her husband Rene, Ryan Giese, Megan Lewkowicz and her husband Ryan; and his great grandchildren Audri Aaron, Brady Aaron, Evan Harboe, Adam Lewkowicz and Emily Lewkowicz, his loving extended family (and “Cubby”, his original J-5A Piper Cub, now living in Fort Worth, TX).
His family would like to thank Ellery Arbor Memory Care of Colleyville, TX and Custom Care Home Health & Hospice of Dallas, TX, for their compassionate services.
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Jewell Maurice Seitz, 90, of Colleyville, TX, took his last flight August 1, 2019.
Maury was born in 1928 in Magnolia, Mississippi to George & Zula May Seitz. He graduated from McComb High School in McComb, Mississippi, and immediately took to the air with his first solo flight in a J-5A Piper Cub Cruiser “Cubby” at age 14. He flew for the Air Force through the cold war, with the 323rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron in clandestine refueling missions over the Eastern Bloc. The Air Force is where he met his wife, Captain Mildred Jean Disque. She was the greatest love of his life. After years of service, Captain Seitz and Mildred moved to Levittown, NY, where he began to fly for American Airlines as a commercial pilot. During this time, he was co-pilot on numerous chartered flights that backed up Air Force One during the Kennedy presidency. He met the Kennedy family and spent time with Caroline and John Jr. During the Cuban missile crisis, his plane carried a JFK decoy during a top-secret flight. Maury and Mildred later moved to Texas in 1977, where he eventually retired after over 30 years as a commercial pilot.
Maury was always active in his community. He one of the founders of the Cantiague Figure Skating Club in Hicksville, NY. He was a supporter of the Richland High School Band, in North Richland Hills, TX. He shared his passion for aviation with local Boy Scout & Girl Scout chapters, and sponsored field trips to airfields from local schools. He contributed to the Tarrant County Community College Aviation Library in Hurst, TX, the Airpower Museum at the Antique Airfield in Blakesberg, IA, and the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, TX. He was a member of the AOPA, the Allied Pilots Association, the Grey Eagles, and the Antique Aircraft Association.
His family would like to thank Ellery Arbor Memory Care of Colleyville, TX and Custom Care Home Health & Hospice of Dallas, TX, for their compassionate services.
