WATERTOWN, WIS. – Wisconsin Aviation, Inc. hosted a celebration of life for local pilots Bob Groh, 64, of the town of Delafield, Wis., and Jim Quinn, 66, of Wauwatosa, Wis., November 23 at Watertown Municipal Airport, Watertown, Wisconsin.
Groh and Quinn were killed when the Piper Saratoga they were flying crashed November 5, 2013, while on approach to the Kirksville, Missouri airport, en route from Denver, Colorado to Watertown. Quinn was the flight school manager at Wisconsin Aviation, Inc. at Watertown, and a mentor pilot for Groh, who was on a business flight at the time of the accident. The cause of the accident was not known at press time.
A memorial scholarship in Jim Quinn’s name has been set up at BMO Harris Bank, 205 North Second Street, Watertown WI 53094. For additional information, contact Krys Brown at 920-261-4567 or 608-268-5000.