Tony Guenther, 84, of Longwood, FL, began eternal life with our Lord and Savior on December 28, 2023. He was born on August 28, 1939, at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama, to Colonel Louis Augustine Guenther and Leonora Elkins Guenther.
Shortly after WWII ended in 1945, Tony moved to Tokyo, Japan with his military family. They lived in a Japanese millionaire’s undamaged house for a year while his father contributed to the American presence. The Japanese adventure ended in Nagoya, Japan and the family relocated to Falls Church, VA in 1947.
Tony attended the Saint James Catholic school with his siblings while in the states. The family later moved to Madrid, Spain where Tony attended a high school that was co-founded by his father for military dependents, the Madrid Dependent High School. After graduating from there in 1957, he then attended West Point Military Academy where he participated in numerous sports and sang in the choir.
He graduated from West Point in 1962 and went into the U.S. Air Force where he was commissioned as an officer. His brother, Joe said that “He lived in missile holes at the ready with a match in case there was a launch.” He spent the next 23 years serving our country and accomplishing huge feats for the Aerospace military industry.