MAJ Robert Amasa Read

Male 1916 - 2007  (91 years)


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  • Name Robert Amasa Read 
    Title MAJ 
    Birth 12 Feb 1916  Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Robert Amasa Read in the Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999
      Name: Robert Amasa Read
      Birth Date: 12 Feb 1916
      Birth Place: Shenandoah, Iowa, United States
      Father: Thomas Henry Read
      Mother: Themis Ethel Nordstrom
      FHL Film Number: 1535554
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Feb 2007  Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Robert Amasa Read in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
      Name: Robert Amasa Read
      [Robert A Read]
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birth Date: 12 Feb 1916
      Birth Place: Shenandoah P, Iowa
      Death Date: 19 Feb 2007
      Father: Thomas H Read
      Mother: Themis Noirdstrom
      Type of Claim: Original SSN.
      Notes: Jan 1952: Name listed as ROBERT AMASA READ; 27 Feb 2007: Name listed as ROBERT A READ

      Robert Read in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
      Name: Robert Read
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 12 Feb 1916
      Death Date: 19 Feb 2007
      Cause of Death: Natural
      Branch 1: ARMY
      Enlistment Date 1: 15 Jan 1941
      Release Date 1: 27 Feb 1946

      Burial:
      Rose Hill Cemetery
      Shenandoah
      Page County
      Iowa, USA
    Person ID I5309  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2017 

    Father Thomas Henry Read 
    Mother Themis Nordstrom 
    Family ID F1784  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maribelle Redfield 
    Children 
     1. Robin Read
    Family ID F1783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Feb 1916 - Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Feb 2007 - Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones

    Rose Hill Cemetery
    Shenandoah, Page, IA

  • Notes 
    • Robert A. Read, age 91, passed away February 19, 2007, at his home in Shenandoah, Iowa. A memorial celebration of Mr. Read's life will be held 1:30 P.M. Friday May 4, 2007 at Selby-Kirsch Funeral Chapel in Shenandoah. Inurnment with full military honors will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. A reception will follow at his residence, 404 South Center, Shenandoah, Iowa.

      Survivors include his wife, Maribelle (Redfield) Read of Shenandoah; daughter, Robin Read Brunelli and husband Sam of Washington, DC; grandchildren, Dara O'Hara and husband, Tim, of New York City, New York and Tia Mahaffy and husband, Michael, of Greenwich, Connecticut, Courtney Briggs of Houston, Texas, Dr. Ashley Briggs and husband Jude Goetzinger of Brandon, South Dakota; nephew, Duane Sullivan and wife, Marlene, of Omaha, Nebraska and son, Chad Parkhurst; niece, Juli Briggs and husband, Jack, of Brandon, South Dakota; niece, Kathryn Gaver and husband, John, of Tampa, Florida; nephews, Lance Rydberg and wife, Kaye, of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Tom Rydberg and wife, Marsha, of Tampa, Florida, other close relatives and many friends.

      Robert A Read in the Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954
      Name: Robert A Read
      [Robert Amasa Read]
      Birth Date: 12 Feb 1916
      Birth Place: Shenandoah, Iowa
      Application Date: 3 May 1949
      Application Place: Shenandoah, Iowa, USA
      entry Fort Riley Kansas 15 Jan 1941
      discharge 27 Feb 1946
      departure for foreign service 5 Feb 1945
      return from foreign service 3 Sep 1945
      list of military organizations served
      CRCT Fort Riley Kansas
      29th Cav Rcn Group
      104th Cav Rcn Sqn