McAllister Museum lost a longtime friend and valued volunteer when John Heurion, 89, died Feb. 17, at the Cottage in the Meadow. John was one of those who worked to transform McAllister Flying Service into a museum after Charlie McAllister died. John volunteered for 13 years at the museum and was charter member No. 3.

John was born January 13, 1924, in Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from high school, he worked at the Ford bomber plant. Later he joined the Army Air Corps, and worked as an airplane mechanic on B-24s and B-29s. After the family moved to Big Timber, Montana, he joined the Montana National Guard and worked as an AS&MT.

He met Rose Mary Love, and they married in Power, Montana. They moved to Shelby, Montana, where he continued working for the National Guard.

He worked for the Rail Post Office (RPO), sorting mail en route between Shelby, Montana, and Williston, North Dakota. When the RPO disbanded, he was transferred to the Yakima Post Office. For the last five years of his Post Office career he was a supervisor; he retired in 1985.  Besides his McAllister Museum volunteer service, he volunteered at the Community Civic Center and the Yakima County Sheriff’s Station in Terrace Heights.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Memorial Hospital Hospice Care or McAllister Museum.