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Lieutenant Charles Edward Reimer Jr.

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Lieutenant Charles Edward Reimer Jr. Veteran

Birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Death
27 Sep 1955 (aged 25)
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
Burial
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.5099538, Longitude: -81.5860447
Plot
Section 9 Lot 67-A1
Memorial ID
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THREE DIE IN CRASH OF TWO NAVY PLANES
Jacksonville, Fla, (AP)--Two Navy planes
collided in flight about 10 miles northeast
of Jacksonville Tuesday, and crashed, carrying
three persons to their deaths.
The Naval Air Station said the planes a TV-2 jet
trainer and an AD-6 Skyraider, a propellor driven
attack plane were engaged in training operations.

The Navy identified the Pilot of the Skyraider
as Lieutenant (j.g.) Charles Edward Reimer, 25,
Lakewood, Ohio. The two in the jet trainer were
identified as Lieutenant Bernard William Timmer,
35, Twin Lake, Michigan; and Lieutenant George
Amedee LeBlanc, 25, Jacksonville.
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Date: Tuesday, October 4, 1955
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Paper: Plain Dealer

LT. CHARLES E. REIMER
Weather permitting, a squadron of five planes
from Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fla. will fly
here so its pilots and crews may attend the
funeral of Lt. Charles E. Reimer, naval flier.

The services will be at 3 p.m. today in Christ
Evangelical and Reformed Church. The fliers
will form a guard at the burial in Lake View
Cemetery. Friends may call at the Mandley
Funeral Home, 15480 Triskett Road, N.W.

Lt. Reimer was killed in an air collision on
September 27, at Jacksonville. He had been
in the service 39 months, and had just
returned from a world cruise aboard the
carrier, Midway.

He was a graduate of West High School and
of Baldwin-Wallace College in 1952.

Surviving him are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Reimer, 11820 Edgewater Drive,
Lakewood.

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Name: Reimer, Charles E. Lieut. J.G., U. S. Navy
Date: Oct 3 1955
Source: Cleveland Press;
Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #148.
Notes: Reimer, Charles E., Lieut. J.G., U. S. Navy,
Beloved son of Charles E. and Esther, Grandson of
William C. Anderson, passed away Sept. 27 at Jacksonville,
Fla. Friends may call After 7 P. M. Monday at the Chas. A.
Mandley Funeral Home, 15480 Triskett Rd. at Lorain Ave.
Services at Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, W.
98th and Cudell, Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 3 p. m.

In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the
Cleveland Christian Home for Children, Father Flanagan's
Boys' Home, or other charities. Burial at Lake View Cemetery.
THREE DIE IN CRASH OF TWO NAVY PLANES
Jacksonville, Fla, (AP)--Two Navy planes
collided in flight about 10 miles northeast
of Jacksonville Tuesday, and crashed, carrying
three persons to their deaths.
The Naval Air Station said the planes a TV-2 jet
trainer and an AD-6 Skyraider, a propellor driven
attack plane were engaged in training operations.

The Navy identified the Pilot of the Skyraider
as Lieutenant (j.g.) Charles Edward Reimer, 25,
Lakewood, Ohio. The two in the jet trainer were
identified as Lieutenant Bernard William Timmer,
35, Twin Lake, Michigan; and Lieutenant George
Amedee LeBlanc, 25, Jacksonville.
--
Date: Tuesday, October 4, 1955
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Paper: Plain Dealer

LT. CHARLES E. REIMER
Weather permitting, a squadron of five planes
from Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fla. will fly
here so its pilots and crews may attend the
funeral of Lt. Charles E. Reimer, naval flier.

The services will be at 3 p.m. today in Christ
Evangelical and Reformed Church. The fliers
will form a guard at the burial in Lake View
Cemetery. Friends may call at the Mandley
Funeral Home, 15480 Triskett Road, N.W.

Lt. Reimer was killed in an air collision on
September 27, at Jacksonville. He had been
in the service 39 months, and had just
returned from a world cruise aboard the
carrier, Midway.

He was a graduate of West High School and
of Baldwin-Wallace College in 1952.

Surviving him are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Reimer, 11820 Edgewater Drive,
Lakewood.

--
Name: Reimer, Charles E. Lieut. J.G., U. S. Navy
Date: Oct 3 1955
Source: Cleveland Press;
Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #148.
Notes: Reimer, Charles E., Lieut. J.G., U. S. Navy,
Beloved son of Charles E. and Esther, Grandson of
William C. Anderson, passed away Sept. 27 at Jacksonville,
Fla. Friends may call After 7 P. M. Monday at the Chas. A.
Mandley Funeral Home, 15480 Triskett Rd. at Lorain Ave.
Services at Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, W.
98th and Cudell, Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 3 p. m.

In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the
Cleveland Christian Home for Children, Father Flanagan's
Boys' Home, or other charities. Burial at Lake View Cemetery.

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  • Originally Created by: Auto Graver
  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78149108/charles_edward-reimer: accessed ), memorial page for Lieutenant Charles Edward Reimer Jr. (26 Oct 1929–27 Sep 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78149108, citing Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by vjk (contributor 939622).