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Reed, Walter

appeared in Glenview Announcements, 4 Feb 2016, p. 19
Description
Media Type
Genealogical Resource
Newspaper
Item Type
Obituaries
Notes
Birth Date: 1924-01-01
Spouse: Jeanne Reed
Survived by: His wife of 46 years, Jeanne; three children, Brian Reed, Andrew Reed and McRae Reed; one grandchild
Age 91; resident of Wilmette IL; born Werner Rindsberg in a German village, arrested at age 14 with his father in 1938; sent to Belgium in 1939 with other children, and when Nazis invaded Belgium in 1941, fled to southern France; only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, two younger brothers were sent to Poland and killed; mother had relatives in New York, made it to U.S. in 1941 at age 17, drafted into U.S. Army in 1943, served in an intelligence unit in France; fearing further anti-Semitism, changed his name to one more American; studied journalism at U. of Missouri, moved to Chicago in 1958; director of public relations for National Automatic Merchandising Association for 30 years; retired and opened a consulting business
Date of Publication
4 Feb 2016
Date Of Event
January 13, 2016
Last Name(s)
Reed
Language of Item
English
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