Captain John T. Creahan, USAF, served as a bomber pilot based in New Guinea in World War II.  While stationed in France, he flew the Berlin Airlift.  He died in France on July 28, 1955 at age 35, while testing a plane.  His widow and children returned to Southern California where his parents, Mabel and John T. Creahan, Sr. resided. 

At the time of death he was survived by his wife, Hazel and three daughters:  Julia Ann, Catherine Alice, and Patricia Marie Creahan.