Harry Theodore Wilkes

1924 - 2009  (85 years)

• Name	Harry Theodore Wilkes  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	28 Jun 1924	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1930	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [4]
  Death	8 Sep 2009	Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont, USA   [2]
  SSN issued	California, USA   [2]
  Social Security Number	555-24-3930  [2]
  Death	8 Sep 2009	Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
  	Birchwood Terrace Healthcare Nursing Home
  Burial	14 Sep 2009	Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery, Pflugerville, Travis, Texas, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I23674	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	Nathan Wilkes,   b. 1 Dec 1893, Minnesota, USA d. 7 Jul 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ethel Solotaroff,   b. 22 Jul 1901, Palestine d. 2 Jun 1989, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Verna May Steffen,   b. 27 May 1923   d. 5 Nov 1993, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	6 Jul 1948	Jackson, Missouri, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F8303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F8304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 28 Jun 1924 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Residence - 1930 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Marriage - 6 Jul 1948 - Jackson, Missouri, USA Death - 8 Sep 2009 - Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont, USA SSN issued - - California, USA Death - 8 Sep 2009 - Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Harry T. Wilkes Harry Theodore Wilkes, 85, quietly and peacefully passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. He was a resident of the Birchwood Terrace Healthcare Nursing Home in Burlington, Vermont. Harry was born on June 28, 1924, in Los Angeles, California. He was the only child of Nathan Wilkes and Ethel Solotaroff. He graduated from Garfield High School and attended UCLA prior to enlisting in the Army/Air Corp in 1943. He flew many combat missions in B-17's over Germany during WWII. He survived a few close calls, including a crash landing in England and earning the Purple Heart. After the war, he was among the original hand- picked airmen who helped form the Strategic Air Command. He spent the rest of his military career flying B-36's and B-52's. He retired from the Air Force in 1969 with the rank of Lt. Col. and chose Austin, Texas, as his permanent retirement home. Harry went on to work for the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation as a senior accountant. He retired from the state in 1986 to finally lead a more leisurely life and travel the world. Harry met Verna May Steffen of Raymond, Minnesota, before heading off to World W ar II and he returned several years later to sweep her off her feet. They were married in St. Louis, Missouri in 1948. They were blessed with three wonderful children, David, Bruce and Donna. Verna passed away in 1993. Harry then married Elaine Cole Seay, a long time friend of the family and widow of a former B-52 crew member, in San Antonio in 1994. The happy newlyweds resided in first in Austin and then moved to Sun City in Georgetown, the Meridian Retirement Community in Temple, and finally relocated to Burlington, Vermont to be near Elaine's children and grandchildren. Harry was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Verna. He is survived by David and Miranda Wilkes and son Stephen, Amman, Jordan; Bruce and Lynette Wilkes and four children (Christie, Eric, Bryan and Joshua), Syracuse, Utah; Donna Wilkes, Show Low, Arizona; and his beloved wife Elaine, Burlington, Vermont. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 14, 2009, at the Cook-Walden Capital Parks Mortuary in Pflugerville, Texas. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery immediately following the services.

  
  

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