He was born on July 17, 1924 in St. Louis, MO to the late Charles C. Otis and Lila E. (Ray) Otis. On April 19, 1973, he married Wanda Otis who preceded him in death in 2007.
Val's first love was motorcycles. He rode them for 60 years. His second love was flying and being an instructor with over 300 students. Special projects with MS&T included being an inventor and fabricator of many [...]