COL. CYRIAQUE JOHN LOISEL passed away peacefully Oct. 8, 2009, in his home after a difficult struggle with lung cancer.

He was born June 28, 1922, in the Bronx, N.Y. He graduated from Queens College in 1942, St. Louis University in 1952 and M.I.T. in 1961.

Colonel Loisel proudly served in the United States Air Force for 26 years as a Command Pilot and Meteorologist. In WWII, he flew 100 missions in B-25s and was credited with sinking six Japanese warships and freighters. In the Korean War, he flew B-29s over North Korea. During the Vietnam conflict, Colonel Loisel was the Vice Commander of the First Weather Group, Saigon, South Vietnam.

His assignments took him to California, Morocco, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Illinois where he retired in August 1970 as the Vice Commander, Headquarters Air Weather Service.

His first wife Virginia Loisel preceded him in death in 1992.

He is survived by his present wife Carolyn Loisel of Green Valley; his daughter Jacqueline Kittleson; his son John Loisel; as well as four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Colonel Loisel will be interred at the Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, Calif.