St. George, Utah - Richard Grube Longaker, 92, of St. George, UT, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2011 at Dixie Regional Medical Center. He was born August 23, 1919 in Atlantic City, N.J. to the late Herbert and Isabel Longaker. He attended St. Bonaventure College, USC, and graduated from the U.S. Armed Forces Industrial College. He spent over 30 years with major aircraft manufacturers, in flight operations engineering and marketing. During WWII, he was assistant director of flight operations at the 403rd base air depot in North Ireland. Later, employed by Global Marine Corp, he introduced heavy lift Hovercraft operations to the upper Canadian Arctic. He designed, supervised construction, transported and operated a new heavy lift Hovercraft (while employed by the Frank W. Hake Co. of Philadelphia, PA) to supply Eskimo villages on the Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska. The craft was later sold to the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, where he trained military personnel in operations and maintenance. He retired after that. He and his wife, Agnes, of 43 years resided in CA, TX and UT. Richard was a member of the St. George Catholic Church. Richard is survived by his wife, Agnes; his four children: Jackson, William, Marcus and Rebecca; four step-children: Nancy, Kathi, Tom and Karen; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A private family celebration of his life will be held in California. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary, (435) 673-4221.