Michael Dean Michaelis, age 58, passed away on July 9, 2019. Mr. Michaelis was born July 24, 1960, to Gilbert and Roberta Michaelis. He was a 1978 graduate of Alva High School. He went on to earn a bachelor of science in mathematics from Oklahoma State University. Mr. Michaelis met the love of his life in college and married his wife, Dana, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1986.

Captain Michaelis spent 27 years as a pilot with American Airlines, and served three years as the National Safety Committee chairman for the Allied Pilots Association beginning in 2007, and resumed his chairmanship with the...