Ruben Leroy Pete

1915 Rice Lake, Wisconsin – 1962 Seattle, WA

 

 

Continuation of tree (7th child of Joseph Pitre/Mabel Irene Calkins); all known surname descendants:

                9         Ruben Leroy Pete  b: 12 March 1915  Rice Lake, Baron, WI; d: 16 December 1962  Seattle, King, WA

                                  +Mildred Hesiltine Carney (Scott)  b: 29 March 1908  Fayetteville, Washington, AR; m: 3 April 1941  Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, ID [Robert Lee/Hattie Penelope Fagala]  (divorced May 1954); d: 5 October 1995  Edmonds, Snohomish, WA

                           10        Judith Ann Pete  b: Abt. 1942  Seattle, King, WA

                                          +William G. Patterson  b: Abt. 1942; m: October 1962  Seattle, King, WA

 

                             *2nd Wife of Ruben Leroy Pete:

                                  +Thelma Marie Brown (Ostroski)  b: 12 September 1922  Helena, Andrew, MO; m: 19 July 1954  Seattle, King, WA  [John W./Beulah McFarland]  (divorced April 1957); d: 18 June 1963  Seattle, King, WA

 

                             *3rd Wife of Ruben Leroy Pete:

                                  +Edna Evelyn Chapman (Winkle, Ellingwood)  b: 9 June 1915  Malta, Phillips, MT; m: 6 April 1958  Portland, Multnomah, OR [Charles W./Maude Miller]  (divorced December 1959); d: 11 June 1963  Seattle, King, WA

 

                             *4th Wife of Ruben Leroy Pete:

                                  +Marguerite Alice Reeder (Rees, Lynch, Dilley)  b: 10 August 1912  Cashmere, Chelan, WA; m: 24 December 1959  Seattle, King, WA [Charles/Edna Tetherow]; d: 18 December 1985  Bremerton, Kitsap, WA

 

  

Notes for Ruben Leroy Pete:

Census

- 1930 Seattle, King, Washington:  Rueben 15, with parents & siblings

 

- 1940

- 1950 Seattle, King, WA:  Ruben L. Pete 35 power machine operator/bag. Co., wife Mildred H. 42, Jerold S. (Scott) 19, Jack E. 15 (Scott), Claudett F. 14 (Scott), Judith Ann 7.

WWII Records:  Ruben Leroy Pete, res. 7536-13th SW, Seattle, WA; b. 12 Mar 1915 Rice Lake, WI; contact mother Mrs. Irene Pete (10446-11th Ave. SW, Seattle, WA); 5'9", 140 lbs., hazel eyes & brown hair, sallow complexion; 16 Oct 1940 Seattle, WA.

1936 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Directory:  Pete, Ruben L. lab r615 N 13th

1938 Seattle, WA Directory:  Pete, Ruben r8403 9th av SW

1939 Seattle, WA Directory:  Pete, Ruben L. r9221 White Center pl

1957 Seattle, WA Directory:  Pete, Ruben whseman Natl Fruit Canning r318 SW 102d

 

Obituary:  Seattle Daily Times, Wednesday, 19 December 1962:  Ruben Pete - Funeral services for Ruben Pete, 47, of 14115 Aurora Av. N., who died Sunday of a heart attack, will be at 1 o'clock tomorrow in the White Center Funeral Home.  Cremation will follow.  Mr. Pete was born in Rice Lake, Wis.  He had lived in Seattle since he was 7.  He was a warehouseman.  He was a member of the Salmon Bay Eagles and Local 117, Warehousemen's Union.  Surviving are his wife, Marguerite; a daughter, Mrs. Judith Patterson, Seattle; three stepdaughters, Melodee A. Lynch and Mrs. Louis Martinez, both of Seattle, and Mrs. Melvin Karn, Petaluma, Calif.; four stepsons, Victor D. Rees, Robert R. Rees and Jack E. Scott, all of Seattle, and Gerald R. Scott, Chula Vista, Calif.; two brothers, Joseph and Albert Pete, both of Seattle, and three sisters, Mrs. Wilbur Bell, Seattle, Mrs. Gladys Cox, Tacoma, and Mrs. Tony Rees, Renton.

 

Notes for Thelma Marie Brown:

Tombstone Inscription, Riverton Crest Cemetery, Tukwila, WA:  Thelma M. Ostroski / 1922 / 1963

 

Notes for Edna Evelyn Chapman:

- Fourth husband was Bruce McDougal

Obituary:  Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, WA), Thursday, 13 June 1963:  McDougal - Edna E.  Beloved wife of Bruce.  Mother of Mrs. Don (Geraldine) Urvin, Long Beach, Wash.; Mrs. Bobby (Patricia) Drake, Germany; Mrs. Clayton (Joan) Hamel, Seattle.  Six grandchildren.  Sister of Carl Chapman, Reno, Nev.; Mrs. Eva Myrick, Seattle.  Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chapman, Seattle.  Announcement later.  Yarington, White Center Funeral Home.

 

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Items in RED have been verified against parish register entries. 

- Some items in RED from online death certificates (1920-1938), online death registrations (1888-1919), and online marriage certificates.

 

Last updated:  26 August 2023.