Colonel Richard Ware Mabee

1915 - 2002  (86 years)

• Name	Richard Ware Mabee
  Title	Colonel
  Birth	24 Dec 1915	Westwood, Lassen County, California   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	Jan 1920	West County Road, Anaheim, Orange County, California   [3]
  	Roy Mabee, Head, M, W, 33, Wd, Texas, Illinois, Missouri, Farms own farm Richard C Mabee, Son, M, W, 4, S, California, Texas, Texas
  Census	Apr 1930	Anaheim, Orange County, California   [4]
  	Roy Mabee, Head, M, W, 43, Wd, married at 19, Texas, Illinois, Missouri, farmer, fruit farm Dick R Mabee, Son, M, W, 14, S, California, Texas, Texas
  Census	11 Apr 1940	United States Military Academy Cadet Barracks, Jefferson Road, Highland, Orange County, New York   [5]
  	Richard W Mabee, –, M, W, 24, S, completed 4 years college, born in California, residence 1 April 1935 was San Francisco, California, Cadet U. S. M. A., wages earned in 1939 - $750
  Graduation	Jun 1940	U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York   [6]
  Census	30 Mar 1950	2534 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Oregon   [7]
  	Richard W Mabee, Head, White, Male, 34, Married, born in California, Armed Forces Mildred H Mabee, Wife, White, Female, 30, Married, born in Oregon, in 1949 lived in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, parents born in Finland, started but did not complete 1 year of college Mary A Mabee, Daughter, White, Female, 4, never married, born in Oregon Anne E Mabee, Daughter, White, Female, 2, never married, born in Japan
  Residence	1953	595 Alameda Avenue, Astoria, Oregon   [8]
  	Richard W Mabee (Mildred H) United States Army r 595 Alameda av
  Death	26 Jul 2002	Atherton, San Mateo County, California   [9]
  Obituary	7 Aug 2002	San Mateo County, California   [10]
  	Col. Richard Ware Mabee died July 26 of a massive heart attack at his home in Atherton. He was 86. A 1940 West Point graduate, he fought in World War II in the Aleutian Islands and later served as battalion commander in the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines. Col. Mabee continued on to Japan for occupation duty at the end of the war. He received a graduate degree in East European studies from Indiana University and taught military science at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Later he was selected as military attache for duty in Finland. Col. Mabee retired from active duty in 1962. He settled in Atherton in 1962, working first in defense electronics and later becoming assistant director of personnel for San Mateo County. He originally aspired to be concert violinist but his plans changed after he won an appointment to the military academy, family members said. He is survived by his daughters, Anne E. Murase of Tokyo and Marie-Alice DuMabeiller of San Francisco; and one grandson. A funeral Mass was held at the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park on August 2. Burial will be in Warrenton, Oregon, beside his wife Mildred, who died in 1995. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to a charity. Spangler Mortuaries of Menlo Park provided funeral arrangements
  Reference Number	11541
  Burial	Ocean View Cemetery, Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon   [11]
  Person ID	I11481	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Roy Mabee,   b. 24 Sep 1886, Sweetwater, Texas d. 1 Dec 1956, Anaheim, Orange County, California (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Alice Stambaugh,   b. 7 Oct 1885, Texas d. 9 Aug 1955, Los Angeles County, California (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Jan 1906	Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma   [12, 13]
  	Roy Mabee of Jester, and Miss Anna Stambaugh, of El Reno were married at the residence of James Brown, the groom's stepfather in this city.
  Family ID	F8623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mildred Evelyn Huntus,   b. 24 Sep 1919, Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon d. 5 Oct 1995, Atherton, San Mateo County, California (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Y  [14]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F8840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, California Birth Index, 1940-1997 says Richard C. [S303] 1920 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Anaheim, Orange, California; Roll: T625_123; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 282. [S302] 1930 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Anaheim, Orange, California, Roll: 180, Enumeration District: 12, Image: 1170. [S455] 1940 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Highlands, Orange, New York, Roll T627-2708, Page 3A, ED 36-31B. [S192] Information taken from the Internet by John MayBee #8, http://wardbook.west-point.org. [S526] 1950 United States Census; Url: https://1950census.archives.gov/, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, ED 42-6, Dwelling 9. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Astoria, Oregon, City Directory, 1953. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/. [S192] Information taken from the Internet by John MayBee #8, http://www.almanacnews.com/morgue/ online edition of the Almanac your source for local news about Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside, Publication Date: Wednesday, August 07, 2002. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 149684784,. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995. [S483] Newspapers.com; Url: https://www.newspapers.com/, Mangum Weekly Star (Mangum, Oklahoma), 11 Jan 1906, Thu, Page 6. [S192] Information taken from the Internet by John MayBee #8, http://www.almanacnews.com/morgue/ husband's obit.