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Author Jean Quaal Recounts Experience as Widow of Long-Missing Aircraft Pilot in Powerful Memoir On Extended Grief

Jean Quaal is the wife of an air hearse pilot who was missing for over a year until the tragic remains of their crash were finally found in the Colorado mountains. Recently, she finally published a memoir detailing the emotional toll the experience took on her and her family. Titled “Searching: When Songbirds Ceased to Sing,” the book was partly a means for her to cope with her great loss while also giving thanks to all who had solved her missing husband’s case.


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“A story about a desperate search, its tragic discovery and one woman’s slow rediscovery of the past as a means to cope with it all.”

On October 28th, 1974, two brothers-in-law were piloting an air hearse on a return flight from Gallup, New Mexico. Their destination was Sturgis, South Dakota, and they were transporting victims of a fatal car/train accident.

However, on that day, the plane mysteriously vanished.

Today, his wife, Jean Quaal, has decided to share the emotional tragedy surrounding her husband’s disappearance in a memoir titled “Searching: When Songbirds Ceased to Sing.”

“Searching” describes in great detail the experience of someone in Quaal’s painful predicament. Despite Rapid City Flight Service issuing a Missing Aircraft Alert to all surrounding airports, it would be a year before the truth finally came to light. By then, the search had extended to an enormous six-state area with multiple authorities and investigators rightly troubled by the mystery. At some point, Quaal had even resorted to consulting with a psychic to get even the faintest clue as to what had happened to her husband.

Eventually, the remains of her husband’s plane were finally found somewhere in the Colorado mountains. The most probable cause for its crash was said to have been engine failure and bad weather.

Still, “Searching” is a deep exploration into the mind of someone who has suffered from having a missing person case in their family for such an extended period. Quaal describes her feelings in great detail, along with all the methods she had applied to manage her grief.

Those who would like to read Jean Quaal’s story for themselves can purchase a copy of “Searching: When Songbirds Ceased to Sing” on ReadersMagnet Bookstore, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.

Author Bio
Jean was born on January 20, 1943, attended grade school in Wasta, SD and graduated High School in Sturgis, SD in year 1960. She took College courses in Business and Music at BHSU, Spearfish, SD. After college she worked as a secretary/bookeeper, jail matron, loan counselor, activity director, home health and pianist. She also loves writing, painting, dancing, dining, arts/crafts, music and cats.

“Searching: When Songbirds Ceased to Sing”
Author: Jean Quaal
Published date: August 3, 2023
Publisher: ReadersMagnet LLC
Genre: Memoir

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