Arthur Allan Winquist

Arthur Allan Winquist, age 92, retired Air Force Lt. Colonel engineer and pilot instructor/flight examiner and retired Boeing principal engineer, died Thursday, February 29, 2024. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 am, Friday, March 15, 2024, at Reformation Lutheran Church, with burial to follow at Lakeview Cemetery. A licensed Professional Engineer (ED), he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a BS in Mechanical Engineering (1953), from the University of Southern California (USC) with MS (1965) and Engineer in Mechanical Engineering (1970) degrees with an MBA with Betta Gamma Sigma honor membership from Wichita State University (1980). Engineer degree dissertation results were published in the Naval Research Laboratory December 1969 Shock and Vibration Bulletin.Military awards include three Distinguished Flying Crosses, four Air Medals, Meritorious Service Medal. A Command Pilot with over 5,300 flight hours in fourteen different aircraft types, his instrument rated commercial pilot’s license was for several multi-engine land and helicopter type aircraft.Air Force engineering activities included equipment flight test, missile development and support, and aircraft modifications and production.Arthur was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur J. T. and Mary Niemi Winquist of Quincy, MA; spouse of 53 years, Jo-Ann Jackson Winquist; daughters, Jeanne and Deborah; twin son, Robert; sister, Marian (Walter) Kinzinger of Warrington, PA. He is survived by twin son, William (Kathleen) of Charlotte, NC; triplet daughters, Elizabeth, Nancy R. Moore (Tom) of Wichita, and Kimberly A. Lester of Chanute, KS; grandchildren, Beau and Michelle Desmarteau, Kelsie A. Lester.Memorials have been established with Reformation Lutheran Church, 7601 E. 13th St. N., Wichita, KS 67206; Wichita Symphony Orchestra, 225 W. Douglas Ave. #207, Wichita, KS 67202; Victory in the Valley, 3755 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67218.Services in care of Downing & Lahey East Mortuary.