William Homer McLemore

1915 - 2012  (96 years)

• Name	William Homer McLemore  [1]
  Birth	31 May 1915	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Feb 2012
  Notes	The Janke Tree at WorldConnect shows that he married Joy PERA on 25 Nov 1946, and that they had two children. William H. "Mac" McLemore was born in Portland, OR on May 31, 1915. He attended St Joseph's Military Academy in Rio Vista and Burlingame High School. Mac entered the Navy in 1934 serving aboard the USS Augusta, part of the Asiatic Fleet and skippered by, then, Capt. Chester Nimitz. He maintained that being on the Augusta with Nimitz was the best education he ever had. He was discharged from the Navy in 1937, and reenlisted for WWII. Mac was then assigned to PT Base Ron 4 which moved to various islands in the South Pacific before he was assigned to PT 121. PT 121 was destroyed by friendly fire on March 27, 1944. Mac and his surviving shipmates evaded capture after the sinking by standing on the reef of a nearby enemy held island for 5 hours before being rescued. Mac was then re-stationed on PT Base Ron 4. Mac had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to tell stories about his time in the Navy and about the various jobs he held over his lifetime. He worked for GTE Sylvania for over 20 years until his retirement in 1980. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Joy, his daughters Joy (Gary Rabins), Jeanne (Gary Roberts), grandchildren Ellen & David Roberts and cousin Camille Whitaker. Services will be held Tuesday March 6, 2012 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in San Jose at 11:00 AM. Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on March 4, 2012
  Person ID	I38433	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	Homer Sheppard McLemore,   b. 21 Jul 1891, Mason City, Mason County, Illinois d. 1 Mar 1915, Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon (Age 23 years)
  Mother	Jessie Dell Tribble,   b. 12 Feb 1896, Mississippi d. 17 Oct 1959, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1910  [2]
  Family ID	F11732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 May 1915 - Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), "Janke Tree" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:984135&id=I4176 (Reliability: 3). [S318] Santa, MaryLynn (mltomsan@aol.com) "Linked Families" Ver 2005-05-17 01:39:02 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mltomsan5.