John "Jack" Allen Lundin
September 23, 1923 ~ November 10, 2022
John “Jack” Allen Lundin of Vienna, Virginia, died on November 10, 2022 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital after a short illness. Jack leaves behind his four children: son Erick (Fay), son James, son Robert (Carolyn), daughter Susan (Greg), four grandchildren Timothy (Tiffany), Pamela (Scott), David (Emily), Karen (Wes) and five great grandchildren Henry, Philip, Trevor, Linnea, and Oscar. Jack also leaves his last remaining cousin Gloria also age 99 and three nieces Sharon, Janice and Jean and their families.
Jack was preceded in death by: his parents Charles David Lundin (1943) and Esther Schnelle Lundin (1986), his wife Kyle Petersen Lundin (2009), twin older brothers Charles Lundin (1924) and Champion Lundin (2003), and two nieces Beverly and Sandra.
Jack was born on September 23, 1923 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Charles David and Esther. Jack liked to tell tales of growing up on James Avenue where his Dad got Jack involved in Scouting, earning his Eagle in 1938. He attended Monroe High School where he met the love of his life, Kyle Petersen. During his first semester studying chemistry at the University of Minnesota, he was playing football with his pals on December 7, 1941 when they heard the news about Pearl Harbor being attacked by the Japanese. The war put his studies at the “U” on an accelerated education track.
Enlisting in January 1943 in the pre-meteorology program of the Army Air Corps, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1943. In January 1944, the Army Air Corps decided it had too many meteorologists, so Jack was transferred to the Air Transport Command and after more training he was sent to Burma to support the India-Burma-China theater where he served as the weight and balance officer for the planes flying over “The Hump” to China. At the end of the war, he returned to the United States and was honorably discharged in March 1946. Under the GI Bill, Jack studied and graduated in 1947 from the “U” with BS in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. He continued his studies and earned a MS in Radio Chemistry in 1949.
Jack married his high school sweetheart, Kyle, on June 28, 1949. During their 59 years of marriage they raised three sons and one daughter. They enjoyed taking their family on vacations and spending weekends at Stonehouse gardening and restoring the house. After their children were grown, they visited relatives and old friends around the country and traveled to Europe a few times to chase down the genealogy of both of their families’ ancestors.
In 1952 Jack was hired by the Central Intelligence Agency where he worked for the next 35 years. Jack started his adult service in the Boy Scouts in 1967 while attending the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. Upon returning to Virginia in 1968, Jack volunteered with Troop 152 where he was Scoutmaster from 1969 to 1975. Jack continued his involvement with the Scouts until the end of October 2022 serving a multitude of positions including the Chairman of the George Mason District’s Eagle Board that he joined in 1975. He ushered over 800 young men (by his count) to Eagle during his 47 years on the board.
Jack was an avid woodworker creating furniture, toys for the grandchildren, Christmas ornaments, and little useful household tools. Jack enjoyed the friends and companionship he found when taking German Language classes, being a member of the Widow and Widowers Support Group and attending the Falls Church Military Forum. In March of 2021, Jack gave a well-received presentation to the Military Forum about his experiences during World War Two.
Jack enjoyed a life well lived and was a wonderful role model for his children. The love that Jack and Kyle instilled in their children is a lasting gift that they and their grandchildren will cherish forever.
Jack Lundin’s Memorial service will be held at the Vienna Presbyterian Church on December 28, 2022 at 11:00 AM with a reception afterwards. A video link for the service is available at https://www.viennapres.org/care-prayer/major-life-events/memorials/. Jack’s ashes will be interred in Minnesota next to his beloved Kyle’s this spring.
The family requests that any donations be made in Jack's name and sent to:
Troop 152
c/o Deirdre Naughton (treasurer)
9102 Wexford Dr
Vienna, VA 22182
Jack was preceded in death by: his parents Charles David Lundin (1943) and Esther Schnelle Lundin (1986), his wife Kyle Petersen Lundin (2009), twin older brothers Charles Lundin (1924) and Champion Lundin (2003), and two nieces Beverly and Sandra.
Jack was born on September 23, 1923 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Charles David and Esther. Jack liked to tell tales of growing up on James Avenue where his Dad got Jack involved in Scouting, earning his Eagle in 1938. He attended Monroe High School where he met the love of his life, Kyle Petersen. During his first semester studying chemistry at the University of Minnesota, he was playing football with his pals on December 7, 1941 when they heard the news about Pearl Harbor being attacked by the Japanese. The war put his studies at the “U” on an accelerated education track.
Enlisting in January 1943 in the pre-meteorology program of the Army Air Corps, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1943. In January 1944, the Army Air Corps decided it had too many meteorologists, so Jack was transferred to the Air Transport Command and after more training he was sent to Burma to support the India-Burma-China theater where he served as the weight and balance officer for the planes flying over “The Hump” to China. At the end of the war, he returned to the United States and was honorably discharged in March 1946. Under the GI Bill, Jack studied and graduated in 1947 from the “U” with BS in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. He continued his studies and earned a MS in Radio Chemistry in 1949.
Jack married his high school sweetheart, Kyle, on June 28, 1949. During their 59 years of marriage they raised three sons and one daughter. They enjoyed taking their family on vacations and spending weekends at Stonehouse gardening and restoring the house. After their children were grown, they visited relatives and old friends around the country and traveled to Europe a few times to chase down the genealogy of both of their families’ ancestors.
In 1952 Jack was hired by the Central Intelligence Agency where he worked for the next 35 years. Jack started his adult service in the Boy Scouts in 1967 while attending the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. Upon returning to Virginia in 1968, Jack volunteered with Troop 152 where he was Scoutmaster from 1969 to 1975. Jack continued his involvement with the Scouts until the end of October 2022 serving a multitude of positions including the Chairman of the George Mason District’s Eagle Board that he joined in 1975. He ushered over 800 young men (by his count) to Eagle during his 47 years on the board.
Jack was an avid woodworker creating furniture, toys for the grandchildren, Christmas ornaments, and little useful household tools. Jack enjoyed the friends and companionship he found when taking German Language classes, being a member of the Widow and Widowers Support Group and attending the Falls Church Military Forum. In March of 2021, Jack gave a well-received presentation to the Military Forum about his experiences during World War Two.
Jack enjoyed a life well lived and was a wonderful role model for his children. The love that Jack and Kyle instilled in their children is a lasting gift that they and their grandchildren will cherish forever.
Jack Lundin’s Memorial service will be held at the Vienna Presbyterian Church on December 28, 2022 at 11:00 AM with a reception afterwards. A video link for the service is available at https://www.viennapres.org/care-prayer/major-life-events/memorials/. Jack’s ashes will be interred in Minnesota next to his beloved Kyle’s this spring.
The family requests that any donations be made in Jack's name and sent to:
Troop 152
c/o Deirdre Naughton (treasurer)
9102 Wexford Dr
Vienna, VA 22182
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I was honored to be Jack’s German teacher for many years through Fairfax County Adult and Community Education. He stood out for many reasons — including his intelligence, insight, curiosity and perseverance — but perhaps most of all for his talent for and love of translating German poetry into English. Here is just one beautiful example:
Winter
The earth is covered with white velvet,
Winter came into the world overnight.
Nature dreamily lies in quiet.
Animals, forest and fields slumber.
Everything is covered with snow,
no bird will now sing,
until the sun in March newly
awakens us and the land
and the Spring songs again ring.
by Maria Kindermann, Translated by: J. Lundin, 2014.
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