Kenneth Earl Ginnow, age 83, passed away on Friday, September 9, 2005. He was born on June 12, 1922, in Neenah, WI, the son of Alfred and Bertha (Kuchenbecker) Ginnow. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Royden. Ken is survived by his wife, Buryle "Pedie" Ginnow of Hondo; daughter, Sandra Kyle of Hondo; son, Curtis Ginnow and wife, Brenda, of Henderson, Nevada; and Jeffrey Ginnow and wife, Susan, of Chesapeake VA, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Ken learned to fly airplanes upon graduation from high school and at the start of WWII when the Army recruiters found out he could pilot, they sent him to Uvalde, Texas as a flight instructor in the Army Air Corps. He was stationed at Garner Field, Randolph Field and numerous other military bases in the Uvalde/San Antonio area, It was during the time in Uvalde that he met and married Buryle L.'Pedie" Hale, on Dec. 2, 1944. Their marriage lasted over 60 years. After training many flight crews, Ken was transferred to the ChinaBurmaIndia. Theater, known as CBI, and was assigned to Squadron 1328. His mission was to fly fuel and supplies over the highest mountains in the world, the Himalayas, from India into China. The missions resulted in heavy losses and were affectionately called "Flying the Hump". As the war was being won in the Pacific he was transferred back to the states and finished his military flying career with the Air Transport Command (ATC). After the war he moved back to Neenah, WI and worked with his father at their gasoline and auto repair shop. He later worked as a sales manager for several car dealerships in the Appleton, WI area. In 1968 he left Wisconsin, buying a citrus farm near Falfurrias,, halfway between San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. This was an extreme change from selling autos in Wisconsin, but he loved working on the land, the weather, and the South Texas lifestyle. Farming turned into sales again, first of large irrigation systems and then back to trucks and autos. In 1978, after a number of years in "Fal" he and Pedie moved to Hondo, Texas. He again was back into ranching, selling cars and trucks, and, best of all, flying his airplane that he kept at the old Hondo Air Base. He retired from his last job, one that he really loved, that of driving a school bus for the Hondo and Castroville Independent School Districts, at the age of 80 years old. Ken was baptized as an infant and confirmed as a young man at Trinity Lutheran Church in Neenah, Wisconsin. He was a lifelong Lutheran and had been an active member of St. Paul Lutheran Church since moving to Hondo. He will be greatly missed, especially his beautiful bass voice in the choir. Pallbearers were Curtis Ginnow, Jeffrey Ginnow, Greg Janzow, Matthew Ginnow, Jason Ginnow, Chris Ginnow. Visitation was on Monday, Sept. 12, 2005, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Guinn-Horger Chapel. The funeral service was at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 13, at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Interment was in the Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section following the service.