{"id":165,"date":"2015-09-11T04:38:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T04:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2016-01-30T18:28:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T23:28:52","slug":"robert-john-bob-gatto-ppa-299","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/gone-west\/robert-john-bob-gatto-ppa-299\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert John &#8220;Bob&#8221; Gatto, (PPA #299)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page_content\">\n<p> Robert John Gatto, passed away at his home on Thursday, November 1, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Bob started flying at the age of 16 as a birthday gift from his parents. A Pilot for Air Net with over 20 years of dedicated service. His love of flying took him to Flight Safety where he worked as an instructor. A veteran of the US Air Force, he served during the Vietnam War. A member of the Professional Pilot Assoc., Flight Watch and &#8220;Q.B.&#8217;s&#8221; of Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>A devoted family man, he is survived by his wife Debra; son Victor Gatto; step-daughter Michelle (Scott) Cox; step-son Shawn (Kim) Smith; grandchildren Derek and Haley Hukle, Shayne and Nicholas Smith; sister Lorraine (John) Naughton; nieces and nephews; mother-in-law Betty Christian; former son-in-law Jeramie Hukle; good friend Greg Laya; many other extended family members and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Preceded in death by parents John and Lydia Gatto; daughter Elaine Gatto.<\/p>\n<p>Family will receive friends 5-8 p.m., Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Schoedinger Northeast Chapel, 1051 E. Johnstown Rd., Gahanna where the Funeral Service will be held 1:00 p.m., Sunday, November 11, 2007. Private cremation arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial contributions may be made to HomeReach Hospice, 3595 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, Ohio 43214 in his memory. <\/p>\n<p>Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoedinger.com\/\">www.schoedinger.com<\/a> to send a condolence to Bob&#8217;s family.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert John Gatto, passed away at his home on Thursday, November 1, 2007. Bob started flying at the age of 16 as a birthday gift from his parents. A Pilot for Air Net with over 20 years of dedicated service. His love of flying took <a href=\"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/gone-west\/robert-john-bob-gatto-ppa-299\/\" title=\"Robert John &#8220;Bob&#8221; Gatto, (PPA #299)\">[Read More]<\/a>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-165","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions\/166"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/propilots.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}