Michael S. Oakey

Michael S. Oakey, 78, of Economy, formerly of Beaver, passed away Monday, January 29, 2024.

Born August 26, 1945 in Las Vegas, NV, he was a son of the late Thomas and Babette Oakey. Mike was a 1963 graduate of Carmel High School, CA, going on to study History and Aerospace Studies at Oregon State where he commissioned as a Second Lieutenant through the ROTC program. He proudly served in the U.S. Air Force for 12 1/2 years, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters. Following his discharge from the military, Mike began a long career as a pilot, first with Eastern Airlines for 16 years, and then for another 15 with the former USAir, now American Airlines. After retirement he had moved to Jacksonville, Florida with Martha where they had lived 16 years before returning home to Beaver County. He was an active member of the Vietnam Veterans Chapter 862, VFW, Air Force Association, Distinguished Flying Cross Society, and the Airline Pilots Association.

Mike will be greatly missed by his wife of 29 years, Martha Wolf Oakey; son, John (Kristi) Oakey, and grandchildren, Blake, Brady (Maddie), Trinity, Alivia, Kaleb, and Kinley Oakey.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Kathleen Russell.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday February 16, 2024 Our Lady of the Valley Parish, Saints Peter and Paul Church, 200 Third Street, Beaver, PA 15009, at 11:30am, followed by inurnment at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, 1158 Morgan Road, Bridgeville PA 15017, with Full Military Rites at 2:30pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Mike can be made to Good Samaritan Hospice, Attn: Development Office, 134 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16023, or Our Lady of the Valley Parish, Saints Peter and Paul Church 200 Third Street, Beaver, PA 15009