John James Cannell was born to Tom and Phoebe
Cannell in Forest Grove, Oregon February 24,
1939.
He married Loreli Thagon August 21, 1959 in
Canby, Oregon (later divorced) and had four
children: Thomas Robert, June 14, 1961; John
James, June 14, 1963; Julia Ann, October 30,
1964; Susan Loreli, October 22, 1969.
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Graduation from Portland State University
in 1961, Jim taught school for 5 years. During
that time he learned to fly and in 1966 was
accepted by Northwest Airlines for jet flight
training...and so began his 30+ year career
with Northwest.
The final chapter in this career was checking
out as a 747 Captain in 1984, based in Seattle,
but also at various times being based in New
York flying to Europe, in Minneapolis flying
primarily to the Orient, and finally in 1991
was one of the first pilots to transfer to
the new base in Honolulu, flying to Australia,
flying Northwest's first flght ever to Bangkok,
and flew all Northwests Asian routes with
an occasional Tokyo-New york non-stop thrown
in for good measure. Jim took early retirement
in 1997.
In 1984 Jim married Perseka Law and they moved
to a 700 acre hay farm in Ellensburg, WA.
They had four children: William Winston Law,
Jan 23, 1986; Robert Coulter Law, June 16,
1987; Margaret Melanie Law, April 20, 1989;
Katherine Phoebe Law, December 1, 1990.
After Jim's retirement from Northwest in 1997,
he decided to begin to phase out of the hay
business in WA and move his family to Honolulu,
where they are living at present.
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Jim
and Perseka had also started a mini-storage
business in Ellensburg in 1991 which had
grown to over 400 units and almost 60,000
sq ft of total buildings.
After running this business for four years
from Hawaii, it was sold in 2001 and, in
a tax exchange, ten condominiums were purchased
in Waikiki, which they run as a vacation
rental business through the internet. www.alohabeachcondos.com
. In the exchange they also acquired a small
business building , also in Waikiki, which
has offices upstairs, and a restaurant downstairs.
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They
plan to open a newly remodeled restaurant
in the fall of 2003 . The picture of Jim
and Perseka in front of a mural (click
to enlarge) of the Pan American
Clipper, which they commissioned a German
artist to paint on one wall of the restaurant,
will partially explain why it will be called
the Clipper Cafe and Deli.
If
I may slip into the first person here for
a minute I'd like to say that a pilot friend
of mine from my original Northwest class
said he intended to have, "He just never
got it !" put on his tombstone. In all humbleness,
I feel I have, time and again, proven I'm
much more deserving of that epitaph than
he! - Jim
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graduated from Washington State University
in Veterinary Science in 1986 and then
moved on to work for Merck Sharpe &
Dohm where he has risen from sales representative
to Vice President of Sales. He married
Emily Smith , October 24, 1994, and
they have two children: James Brooks
October 16, 1996; Grace Murray , November
16, 1998. They live in Harleysville,
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attended Washington State University
and the University of Oregon where he
met Shannon Sanders, whom he married,
February 16, 1994. They both work for
Costco and have two children: Claire
Lane, November 11, 1996 ; Thomas Scott
August 5, 1998. In July, 2003, they
moved to Wilsonville, OR from Eugene
where they have lived since their marriage.
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| Julie
graduated from Central Washington University
where she met and married Tom Leonard,March
11, 1989. They have one daughter: Hailie
Camille, July 26, 1991. Through the
years they have been very involved with
the foster children program and have
been appointed legal guardians for the
two girls who have lived with them for
over 12 years: Jenny (June 9, 1983)
and Josie (February 13, 1986) Liu. The
family lives in Federal Way, WA. >Back
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| Susan
graduated from Washington State University
and married Trent Bunch, September 29,
1999. They live in Renton, WA with Trent's
two children: Zachary Taylor, July 20,
1995; Riley Noel, December 12, 1997.
Trent and Susan both work for Microsoft. >Back
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Bobby, Maggie, and Katie all live with
their parents Jim and Perseka in Honolulu
and attend Iolani School. In the fall
of 2003 Billy is a senior in high school,
Bobby is a junior, Maggie is a freshman,
and Katie is in the 8th grade. Billy
is also taking 6 semester hours of college
work in flight instruction. The three
older offspring are in the marching
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Billy Cannell entered the Merchant Marine Academy July, 2004. The entire family traveled from their home in Honolulu to New York the first week in July. They went sightseeing in NYC and then on Friday they traveled to Long Island to see Billy inducted into the Merchant Marine Academy.
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