Marvin R. Loper, Major, USAF

Accident kills Airway Heights major.

Kettle Falls, Wash. – An Air Force major from Airway Heights was killed in one of two motorcycle accidents Saturday near Kettle Falls.

Marvin R. Loper, 40, apparently was rounding a curve on Highway 25 about 10 miles south of Kettle Falls shortly before noon when the cycle ran off the roadway and hit several poles, state troopers said.

Loper, who was not wearing a helmet, was killed instantly, troopers said.

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Maj Marvin R. Loper Jr.

BIRTH, 30 Jan 1942

DEATH, 24 Jul 1982 (aged 40)

BURIAL, River Ridge Cemetery, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan, USA

Major. Marvin R. Loper Jr. died in a motorcycle accident near Spokane, WA.