| Name |
Richard Wayne Mabee [1] |
| Title |
LT |
| Birth |
10 Jun 1922 |
Des Moines, Iowa  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1 Jan 1925 |
2412 Elizabeth Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa [3] |
- Oliver E Mabee, Head, Male, White, 41, Mar, born in South Dakota, parents: Gabriel D. Mabee, Canada, and Ida Clou, Illinois, married at Lake City, Iowa
Sarae Mabee, Wife, Female, White, 39, Mar, born in Iowa, parents: James O Smith, Michigan, 73, and Mary Hanson, Denmark, 66, married at Lake City, Iowa
Willard B Mabee, Son, Male, White, 17, S, born in Iowa, parents: Oliver E Mabee, South Dakota, 41, and Sarae Smith, Iowa, 39, married at Lake City, Iowa
Hildred M Mabee, Daughter, Female, White, 14, S, born in Iowa, parents: Oliver E Mabee, South Dakota, 41, and Sarae Smith, Iowa, 39, married at Lake City, Iowa
Richard W Mabee, Son, Male, White, 2, S, born in Iowa, parents: Oliver E Mabee, South Dakota, 41, and Sarae Smith, Iowa, 39, married at Lake City, Iowa
|
| Census |
Apr 1930 |
2412 Elizabeth Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa [4] |
- Oliver E Mabee, Head, owns house worth $2350, M, W, 46, M, age at first marriage 23, North Dakota, Canada (French), New York, clerk, automobile company
Sara H Mabee, Wife, F, W, 44, M, age at first marriage 21, Iowa, Michigan, Denmark
Richard Mabee, Son, M, W, 7, S, Iowa, North Dakota, Iowa
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| Census |
13 Apr 1940 |
2412 Elizabeth Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa [5] |
- Oliver E Mabee, owns home worth $2000, Head, M, W, 56, M, completed 3 years high school, born in South Dakota, Salesman, Automobile Co., wages earned in 1939 - $1700
Sarah E Mabee, Wife, F, W, 54, M, completed 4 years high school, born in Iowa
Richard W Mabee, Son, M, W, 17, S, attended school, completed 3 years high school, born in Iowa
|
| Anecdote |
- George Monthan (who is 94 years old and sharp as a tack) told me the following:
"After ATC, Ed and Dick were put in a squadron as Ensigns to be Weapons Officers, rather than pilots, for a big, twin engine bomber, carrier-based, that was planned to carry atomic weapons. Dick deployed to the Mediterranean, where he died in November 1951 while on a catapult shot off the carrier when his plane crashed into the sea.
"The Navy never recovered his body, but his family held a service in Des Moines, Iowa. I was able to get a plane to fly in a raging snowstorm to Des Moines. His father met me at the airport, and I stayed with them for a day or so."
|
| Interred-Burial |
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa [7] |
- Mabee; Sara E.; 1885-1977; LT Richard W.; 1922-1951; Lost at Sea; Oliver E.; 1883-1958
|
| Graduation |
1945 |
United Stated Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland [1] |
| Residence |
1948 |
3737 Denver Avenue, Corpus Christi, Texas [8] |
- Richard W Mabee (Mariane) USN r 3737 Denver av
|
| Death |
30 Nov 1951 |
USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt (CVA) [1, 6] |
- killed on a take off from his carrier.
|
| Obituary |
1 Dec 1951 |
Des Moines, Iowa [9] |
- Mr and Mrs R. P. Haselton and Mr and Mrs Paul Junker attended memorial services in Des Moines on Sunday for Mrs Haselton's nephew Navy Lieutenant Richard Mabee, who crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after a take off from an aircraft carrier, Nov 30, 1951. His body was not recovered.
Lt Mabee was born June 10, 1922 in Des Moines and graduated in June 1940 from East High School. He was a member of St Marks Episcopal Church. Her enlisted in the U S Navy in June 1940 and served one year on the USS Oklahoma before entering the Naval Preparatory School at Norfolk, Va. He was admitted to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis and graduated with the class of 1945. He was married to Miss Mariane Carlson of Des Moines, June 6, 1945.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two small daughters, Annette Sue and Patricia Louise; his parents, Mr and Mrs O E Mabee of Des Moines, a brother Willard of Dubuque, and a sister, Mrs C W (Hildred) Brown of Clifton, Ariz.
Twelve officers of the U S Navy attended the memorial services, including two from French Morocco, where Lt Mabee was stationed.
[Richard graduated in June 1945, but it was the Class of 1946. The Navy pushed them through in 3 years instead of 4 because of the war.]
|
| Obituary |
19 Dec 1951 |
Carroll, Iowa [2] |
- Mr and Mrs R. P. Haselton and Mr and Mrs Paul Junker attended memorial services in Des Moines on Sunday for Mrs Haselton's nephew Navy Lieutenant Richard Mabee, who crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after a take off from an aircraft carrier, Nov 30, 1951. His body was not recovered.
Lt Mabee was born June 10, 1922 in Des Moines and graduated in June 1940 from East High School. He was a member of St Marks Episcopal Church. Her enlisted in the U S Navy in June 1940 and served one year on the USS Oklahoma before entering the Naval Preparatory School at Norfolk, Va. He was admitted to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis and graduated with the class of 1945. He was married to Miss Mariane Carlson of Des Moines, June 6, 1945.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two small daughters, Annette Sue and Patricia Louise; his parents, Mr and Mrs O E Mabee of Des Moines, a brother Willard of Dubuque, and a sister, Mrs C W (Mildred) Brown of Clifton, Ariz.
Twelve officers of the U S Navy attended the memorial services, including two from French Morocco, where Lt Mabee was stationed.
[Richard graduated in June 1945, but it was the Class of 1946. The Navy pushed them through in 3 years instead of 4 because of the war.]
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| Reference Number |
20068 |
| Burial |
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa [10] |
- His name is between his parents on their tombstone
|
| Person ID |
I19961 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1922 - 1951 (29 years)
