Tenth Generation (Continued)
Family of Robert Wesley* McDONALD (836) & Violet “Doll” WHEELER
1374. Louise May McDONALD (Robert Wesley*9, Dorcas Ann BOUNDY8, Maria CORNISH7, Samuel6, Mary ADAMS5, John4, Mary NEALE3, John2, Bennett1) 
. Born on 21 Apr 1919 in Chicago, IL, USA. Louise May died in WA, USA, on 14 Apr 2011; she was 91. Buried on 20 Apr 2011 in Ivy Green Cemetery, Bremerton, WA, USA.
Notes from Laing MacDowell:
> First Contact-phone call Feb 14,1996.
> Maternal Grandparents migrated to Chicago in 1908. Mother born Jul 30, 1895.
Her father was 46 years old when Louise was born.
> She knew very little about her family until she discovered, in late 1995, from a history of Norfolk Va. that her father was born in Canada. She did know about her half- brother, Atwood, and her paternal Grandfather’s & Grandmother’s names and that her father had 2 or 3 siblings. She located me through the Genealogical office in Charlottetown when she enquired about her grandfather.
> Louise grew up in Chicago, (but lived <1928-1930> in St. Louis Mo.) graduated from High School in 1937 and spent two years at Northwestern University then worked for Kempers Insurance.
> Her husband graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and they enjoyed 30 years of Navy life before settling near Seattle, Wa.
> Her husband has been a mountain climber and member of Olympic Mountain Rescue team and plays cello with the Bremerton Symphony Orchestra and is president of it’s association.
> In addition to her large family she enjoys gardening and writing local history and now Genealogy.
- Dec 2010: Received an email from her daughter Mary Gorden: I was cleaning up Mom's email and found this. Her memory is so bad that she has no recollection of anything she gets. If you'd like to add me to your list of relatives to replace Mom, I'll try to keep in touch. Mary Gorden,
- 2011- from an email from Mary Gorden, Louise Reh's daughter, informing us of her death April 14th, from pneumonia. She would have been 92 years old April 21st
- 2011 Kitsap Sun - http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/apr/18/shipyard...thor-reh-dies-at-91/
“Shipyard history author Reh dies at 91
By Ed Friedrich
[published] Monday, April 18, 2011
BREMERTON — Louise Reh, co-author of the most comprehensive history of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and recipient of the Navy's highest civilian honor, died on Friday after a brief illness. She was 91.
Reh and Helen Lou Ross, commemorating the shipyard's 100th anniversary, wrote "Nipsic to Nimitz" in 1991 after spending five years collecting stories and photographs. The book's title referred to ships based at the Bremerton Navy yard in 1891 and 1991.
A year after the first printing, the women received the Meritorious Public Service Award from the Navy for their "continuing commitment to create an accurate depiction of how the shipyard has played a vital role in the history of this country ..."
"She was very intelligent in the way she put that book together," said Pat Caldwell of Bremerton, who worked on the book with Reh and Ross. She knew exactly how to do it and everybody went along with her. "She was very organized, a very wonderful person, personally and professionally."
Ross died in 2007 at the age of 92.
Reh and husband Frank, a Navy officer, first lived in Bremerton from 1955 to 1959 and returned in 1968 after Navy tours. Frank, who helped his wife with "Nipsic to Nimitz," served 33 years in the Navy, retiring as a captain. He died in 2000 at the age of 81.
After her husband passed away, Louise moved to The Willows in East Bremerton and later to Seattle.
In 2009, the Puget Sound Navy Museum's library was named in honor of the Rehs for their service and contributions to the shipyard, museum and community. Louise had donated proceeds from "Nipsic to Nimitz" to the museum.
The book is still for sale there for $65, with all proceeds benefiting the museum.
Before "Nipsic to Nimitz," Reh published two books about the shipyard's first 50 years: "Fifty Dollars an Acre" and "Fair Winds of Change."
"She was a lovely, gracious lady and very generous in sharing her research," said Carolyn Neal, executive director of the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum. "Those two small books proved you can go out and write and publish local history and people will gobble it up. I think that encouraged other people to do it."
Reh was born Louise May MacDonald on April 21, 1919, and grew up in Chicago. She met her future husband when they worked together on their high school newspaper and ran against each other for class vice president. She won.
They were married in 1942 in San Francisco while he was on liberty from his ship, the USS Dewey.
Louise, an avid gardener and landscaper, served as a Kitsap County Master Gardener. Caldwell said she knew every tree in the city. She also was interested in genealogy, and found a large family on her father's side that she didn't know existed. She published articles for genealogy magazines on the joy of an only child discovering many cousins.
Reh is survived by her six children, Mary L. Gorden, Frank J. Reh Jr., Patricia J. Reh, Margaret E. Reh, Daniel R. Reh, and Christopher A. Reh; sister-in-law Charlotte Reh; son-in-law Thomas Slattery; daughters-in-law Candice and Zina; eight grandchildren, Beth, Rob, Reed, Dale, Emma, Georgia, Vivien, and Ben; granddaughter-in-law Roxanne, and two great-grandsons, Isaiah and Marcos.
A memorial Mass is planned for Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Bremerton. Burial will be at Ivy Green Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Miller-Woodlawn Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions can be made to Our Lady Star of the Sea, Kitsap County Historical Society or Child Care Resources in Seattle.”
- 2011 (from daughter Mary Gorden):
“The article [about mother Louise Reh - see - http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/apr/18/shipyard...thor-reh-dies-at-91/ ] was actually on the front page of the newspaper itself last Tuesday. We were pretty sure that the [Kitsap] Sun would run a news article about Mom. She and Dad were big deals in a smallish town. My sister Maggie actually wrote the article and sent it to the newspaper. This allowed us to get out the word in Bremerton to a lot more people. The Shipyard Commander came to the funeral. And the Mayor of Bremerton was there through all the events, even at the grave site. So that was nice.
The only picture I have of the funeral is attached. I'm seated on the left. My sister Maggie is seated on the right. My three brothers, Dan (on the left), John (in the center) and Chris are standing behind us. The young man between Maggie and me is my sister Pat's youngest son Dale. Pat was in a car accident the day before the funeral and, while she came to the Mass, she left after that because she was stiff and sore. She should be fine. The bench we are on was put in by the Bremerton Garden Club and on the back it says "In memory of Captain Frank and Louise Reh". Another nice thing.
Meeting all of the Canadian relatives was a major event in Mom's life. And she enjoyed you all.”
. Born on 21 Apr 1919 in Chicago, IL, USA. Louise May died in WA, USA, on 14 Apr 2011; she was 91. Buried on 20 Apr 2011 in Ivy Green Cemetery, Bremerton, WA, USA.Notes from Laing MacDowell:
> First Contact-phone call Feb 14,1996.
> Maternal Grandparents migrated to Chicago in 1908. Mother born Jul 30, 1895.
Her father was 46 years old when Louise was born.
> She knew very little about her family until she discovered, in late 1995, from a history of Norfolk Va. that her father was born in Canada. She did know about her half- brother, Atwood, and her paternal Grandfather’s & Grandmother’s names and that her father had 2 or 3 siblings. She located me through the Genealogical office in Charlottetown when she enquired about her grandfather.
> Louise grew up in Chicago, (but lived <1928-1930> in St. Louis Mo.) graduated from High School in 1937 and spent two years at Northwestern University then worked for Kempers Insurance.
> Her husband graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and they enjoyed 30 years of Navy life before settling near Seattle, Wa.
> Her husband has been a mountain climber and member of Olympic Mountain Rescue team and plays cello with the Bremerton Symphony Orchestra and is president of it’s association.
> In addition to her large family she enjoys gardening and writing local history and now Genealogy.
- Dec 2010: Received an email from her daughter Mary Gorden: I was cleaning up Mom's email and found this. Her memory is so bad that she has no recollection of anything she gets. If you'd like to add me to your list of relatives to replace Mom, I'll try to keep in touch. Mary Gorden,
- 2011- from an email from Mary Gorden, Louise Reh's daughter, informing us of her death April 14th, from pneumonia. She would have been 92 years old April 21st
- 2011 Kitsap Sun - http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/apr/18/shipyard...thor-reh-dies-at-91/
“Shipyard history author Reh dies at 91
By Ed Friedrich
[published] Monday, April 18, 2011
BREMERTON — Louise Reh, co-author of the most comprehensive history of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and recipient of the Navy's highest civilian honor, died on Friday after a brief illness. She was 91.
Reh and Helen Lou Ross, commemorating the shipyard's 100th anniversary, wrote "Nipsic to Nimitz" in 1991 after spending five years collecting stories and photographs. The book's title referred to ships based at the Bremerton Navy yard in 1891 and 1991.
A year after the first printing, the women received the Meritorious Public Service Award from the Navy for their "continuing commitment to create an accurate depiction of how the shipyard has played a vital role in the history of this country ..."
"She was very intelligent in the way she put that book together," said Pat Caldwell of Bremerton, who worked on the book with Reh and Ross. She knew exactly how to do it and everybody went along with her. "She was very organized, a very wonderful person, personally and professionally."
Ross died in 2007 at the age of 92.
Reh and husband Frank, a Navy officer, first lived in Bremerton from 1955 to 1959 and returned in 1968 after Navy tours. Frank, who helped his wife with "Nipsic to Nimitz," served 33 years in the Navy, retiring as a captain. He died in 2000 at the age of 81.
After her husband passed away, Louise moved to The Willows in East Bremerton and later to Seattle.
In 2009, the Puget Sound Navy Museum's library was named in honor of the Rehs for their service and contributions to the shipyard, museum and community. Louise had donated proceeds from "Nipsic to Nimitz" to the museum.
The book is still for sale there for $65, with all proceeds benefiting the museum.
Before "Nipsic to Nimitz," Reh published two books about the shipyard's first 50 years: "Fifty Dollars an Acre" and "Fair Winds of Change."
"She was a lovely, gracious lady and very generous in sharing her research," said Carolyn Neal, executive director of the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum. "Those two small books proved you can go out and write and publish local history and people will gobble it up. I think that encouraged other people to do it."
Reh was born Louise May MacDonald on April 21, 1919, and grew up in Chicago. She met her future husband when they worked together on their high school newspaper and ran against each other for class vice president. She won.
They were married in 1942 in San Francisco while he was on liberty from his ship, the USS Dewey.
Louise, an avid gardener and landscaper, served as a Kitsap County Master Gardener. Caldwell said she knew every tree in the city. She also was interested in genealogy, and found a large family on her father's side that she didn't know existed. She published articles for genealogy magazines on the joy of an only child discovering many cousins.
Reh is survived by her six children, Mary L. Gorden, Frank J. Reh Jr., Patricia J. Reh, Margaret E. Reh, Daniel R. Reh, and Christopher A. Reh; sister-in-law Charlotte Reh; son-in-law Thomas Slattery; daughters-in-law Candice and Zina; eight grandchildren, Beth, Rob, Reed, Dale, Emma, Georgia, Vivien, and Ben; granddaughter-in-law Roxanne, and two great-grandsons, Isaiah and Marcos.
A memorial Mass is planned for Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Bremerton. Burial will be at Ivy Green Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Miller-Woodlawn Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions can be made to Our Lady Star of the Sea, Kitsap County Historical Society or Child Care Resources in Seattle.”
- 2011 (from daughter Mary Gorden):
“The article [about mother Louise Reh - see - http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/apr/18/shipyard...thor-reh-dies-at-91/ ] was actually on the front page of the newspaper itself last Tuesday. We were pretty sure that the [Kitsap] Sun would run a news article about Mom. She and Dad were big deals in a smallish town. My sister Maggie actually wrote the article and sent it to the newspaper. This allowed us to get out the word in Bremerton to a lot more people. The Shipyard Commander came to the funeral. And the Mayor of Bremerton was there through all the events, even at the grave site. So that was nice.
The only picture I have of the funeral is attached. I'm seated on the left. My sister Maggie is seated on the right. My three brothers, Dan (on the left), John (in the center) and Chris are standing behind us. The young man between Maggie and me is my sister Pat's youngest son Dale. Pat was in a car accident the day before the funeral and, while she came to the Mass, she left after that because she was stiff and sore. She should be fine. The bench we are on was put in by the Bremerton Garden Club and on the back it says "In memory of Captain Frank and Louise Reh". Another nice thing.
Meeting all of the Canadian relatives was a major event in Mom's life. And she enjoyed you all.”
On 17 Oct 1942 when Louise May was 23, she married Frank John REH in San Francisco, CA, USA. Born on 14 Aug 1919 in Chicago, IL, USA. Frank John died in Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA, USA, on 29 Oct 2000; he was 81.
- Son of Paul Reh (1878-1953) and Anna Klausegger (1878-1964)
- 2000 "United States Social Security Death Index,"
first name: Frank
middle name: J
last name: Reh
birth date: 14 August 1919
social security number: 341-05-1700
place of issuance: Illinois
last residence: Kitsap, Washington
zip code of last residence: 98310
death date: 29 October 2000
estimated age at death: 81
in San Francisco, CA, USA. Born on 14 Aug 1919 in Chicago, IL, USA. Frank John died in Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA, USA, on 29 Oct 2000; he was 81.- Son of Paul Reh (1878-1953) and Anna Klausegger (1878-1964)
- 2000 "United States Social Security Death Index,"
first name: Frank
middle name: J
last name: Reh
birth date: 14 August 1919
social security number: 341-05-1700
place of issuance: Illinois
last residence: Kitsap, Washington
zip code of last residence: 98310
death date: 29 October 2000
estimated age at death: 81
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