Saying goodbye to a Mayflower ancestor

Mom (1925-2017) and Dad (1924-2018) passed away less than 3 months apart. This is them circa 1948/49, I think when they were engaged and possibly at the New Bedford, MA airport, pretty much a grass strip at the time. I have been told that Dad, a commercial pilot and co-owner of a flying school, built the first permanent structure at the airport and I know that he lived at the airport when he met Mom. He was born and grew up within walking distance of the airfield and loved cars, airplanes, and us. Dad was a descendant of Mayflower passengers Francis Cooke, Thomas Rogers, Peter Browne, William & Mary Brewster, George Soule, Richard Warren, John Alden, William & Priscilla Mullins, and Edward Doty if my latest supplemental is approved. [UPDATE: It was! Thank you, GSMD!] He was also a descendant of William Phillips, a founding purchaser of Taunton. Phillipses fought (and sometimes died) in King Philip's War, other colonial wars, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, WWII, the Korean Conflict, Vietnam, and the Cold War. Mom was a descendant of johnny-come-lately Famine Irish (1840s-1860s) who also served (and died) in the Civil War, WWI, and WWII. Thank you for being great parents, Mom & Dad, we love you very much.

https://www.messingermortuary.com/notices/Carlton-PhillipsSr