Jack Aaron Mabee

1920 - 1995  (75 years)

• Name	Jack Aaron Mabee
  Birth	3 Mar 1920	Centralia, Lewis County, Washington   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	Apr 1930	1217 Ward Street, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington   [3]
  	Aaron Maybee, Head, owns house worth $2000, M, W, 48, M, age at first marriage 25, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, Contractor, Posts and Poles Clara M Maybee, Wife, F, W, 36, M, age at first marriage 25, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri Jack A Maybee, Son, M, W, 10, S, Washington, Michigan, Kansas Eloise M Burnett, Daughter, F, W, 22, M, age at first marriage 18, Oregon, Michigan, Kansas, waitress, Logging Camp
  Census	8 Apr 1940	1217 Ward Street, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington   [4]
  	Clara E Maybee, owns home worth $1500, Head, F, W, 46, Wd, born in Kansas Jack A Maybee, Son, M, W, 20, S, completed 4 years high school, born in Washington, Proprietor, Confectionary, own account
  Milit-Beg	3 Feb 1941	Centralia, Lewis County, Washington   [5]
  	Coast Artillery Corps as a Corporal. He was single, with one year of college, 70" tall, and weighed 156
  Note	Maybee Society Member Number 60
  Num Child	He never married but acknowledged a son
  Obituary	John Aaron Mabee who is better known to the world as Sourdough Jack Mabee (which, he would remind us, was spelled without the "Y") died April 17, 1995, of heart failure. He was born, 1920, and had celebrated his 75th Birthday in Florida in March, with 10 members of the Maybee/Mabie/Mabee family in attendance. He had suffered his share of illness and health problems, but he was so vibrant that his death was a great shock to all of us. At the time of his death he was preparing for the Communicator a write-up of his recent trip to visit family in Denver and Atlanta, to attend the Maybee Society Reunion in Florida, to visit the National (Episcopal) Cathedral that meant a good deal to him as he was an Episcopalian andbecause of the great love he had for Native Americans, he went to see the exhibit at the Smithsonian. While there he also visited Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. His trip included a visit with Kim and Gary Mabee and the opportunity to see the Mabee Farm House at Rotterdam Junction. He finished with a visit with Joe and Jan -- good friends in the Northeast. He was so grateful to be able to attend the reunion and was very appreciative of his hosts and friends on the trip, including Jack and Mary Maybee, George Franchere, De Brenner, Harold Maybee (a brother to his good friend Mel Maybee) Kim and Gary and others of the family. Jack was always busy, planning new projects and experimenting with new recipes. His cookbooks and recipes were famous worldwide. He sometimes supplemented his income as Santa Claus and other personalities whose portraits were translated into beautiful Christmas cards and advertisements. Besides his sourdough business he also, in his earlier years, was a deck hand on riverboats, a trader in Alaska with his Mukluk shop, an official for the Department of Veteran affairs. Sourdough was an enthusiastic supporter of the Maybee Society and we will miss his calls, letters and visits. To learn more about his life, see Newsletters 8:8; 13:2,3; 19:6; 21:6, 26:5.
  Reference Number	60
  Death	17 Apr 1995	Seattle, King County, Washington   [2, 7]
  Person ID	I60	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Aaron Grayson Maybee,   b. 6 Sep 1878, Homer Township, Calhoun County, Michigan d. 10 Jul 1939, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Clara Etta Brown,   b. 13 Jul 1893, Wichita, Kansas d. 15 Apr 1969, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Sep 1909	Dallas, Polk County, Oregon   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S396] Alice Edith George, Submission by Maybee Society Member, Jack Mabee # 60, birth certificate. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S302] 1930 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Centralia, Lewis, Washington, Roll: 2507, Page 2A, Enumeration District: 11, Image: 101. [S455] 1940 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Centralia, Lewis, Washington, Roll T627-4350, Page 1B, ED 21-12. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. [S128] Information printed in the Maybee Society Communicator, #41. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Washington Death Index, 1940-1996. [S11] Maybee Society Card File, Jack Mabee, # 60. [S66] Steve Mabie, MS 257 - Steve Mabie; Number: 257, Oregon Marriages, 1906-20.