THE DEMOCRAT-TRIBUNE, Mineral Point, Wis., Thur., 8 Feb 1973 (p16/c3): REUBEN S. JACKSON, 78, a former Mineral Pointer and a 1913 graduate of Mineral Point High School died January 9 at Riverside, Calif.
He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War I, and after his discharge worked for the Air Force in a civilian capacity at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. When World War II broke out, he was chief civilian of the Air Force Supply. In 1942, his superiors obtained a commission for him in the Air Force Service Command as a Lieutenant Colonel and he went to England for a two-year tour in the Supply Division of the Strategic Air Service Command. During this period he was promoted to full colonel.
After the close of World War II and being separated from the military service, he returned to Wright Field to assume the position in civilian supply and maintenance and he held this position until his retirement in 1954.
He is survived by his wife, the former Audrey A. Schenk of Dayton, Ohio, whom he married in 1919; three children and 10 grandchildren.
He had been a resident of Riverside, Calif., since 1957.
-During the Summer of 1942, Reuben, hired his *niece, Dorothy Jackson, as a typist at Wilbur Wright field, Dayton, Ohio.
* Niece: Daughter (only living child of Reuben's brother, Charles Israel Jackson, of Janesville, WI in 1942. (My mother)...Susie
13 July 2023: Contributions by K.B. # 47795739
He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War I, and after his discharge worked for the Air Force in a civilian capacity at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. When World War II broke out, he was chief civilian of the Air Force Supply. In 1942, his superiors obtained a commission for him in the Air Force Service Command as a Lieutenant Colonel and he went to England for a two-year tour in the Supply Division of the Strategic Air Service Command. During this period he was promoted to full colonel.
After the close of World War II and being separated from the military service, he returned to Wright Field to assume the position in civilian supply and maintenance and he held this position until his retirement in 1954.
He is survived by his wife, the former Audrey A. Schenk of Dayton, Ohio, whom he married in 1919; three children and 10 grandchildren.
He had been a resident of Riverside, Calif., since 1957.
-During the Summer of 1942, Reuben, hired his *niece, Dorothy Jackson, as a typist at Wilbur Wright field, Dayton, Ohio.
* Niece: Daughter (only living child of Reuben's brother, Charles Israel Jackson, of Janesville, WI in 1942. (My mother)...Susie
13 July 2023: Contributions by K.B. # 47795739
THE DEMOCRAT-TRIBUNE, Mineral Point, Wis., Thur., 8 Feb 1973 (p16/c3): REUBEN S. JACKSON, 78, a former Mineral Pointer and a 1913 graduate of Mineral Point High School died January 9 at Riverside, Calif.
He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War I, and after his discharge worked for the Air Force in a civilian capacity at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. When World War II broke out, he was chief civilian of the Air Force Supply. In 1942, his superiors obtained a commission for him in the Air Force Service Command as a Lieutenant Colonel and he went to England for a two-year tour in the Supply Division of the Strategic Air Service Command. During this period he was promoted to full colonel.
After the close of World War II and being separated from the military service, he returned to Wright Field to assume the position in civilian supply and maintenance and he held this position until his retirement in 1954.
He is survived by his wife, the former Audrey A. Schenk of Dayton, Ohio, whom he married in 1919; three children and 10 grandchildren.
He had been a resident of Riverside, Calif., since 1957.
-During the Summer of 1942, Reuben, hired his *niece, Dorothy Jackson, as a typist at Wilbur Wright field, Dayton, Ohio.
* Niece: Daughter (only living child of Reuben's brother, Charles Israel Jackson, of Janesville, WI in 1942. (My mother)...Susie
13 July 2023: Contributions by K.B. # 47795739
He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War I, and after his discharge worked for the Air Force in a civilian capacity at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. When World War II broke out, he was chief civilian of the Air Force Supply. In 1942, his superiors obtained a commission for him in the Air Force Service Command as a Lieutenant Colonel and he went to England for a two-year tour in the Supply Division of the Strategic Air Service Command. During this period he was promoted to full colonel.
After the close of World War II and being separated from the military service, he returned to Wright Field to assume the position in civilian supply and maintenance and he held this position until his retirement in 1954.
He is survived by his wife, the former Audrey A. Schenk of Dayton, Ohio, whom he married in 1919; three children and 10 grandchildren.
He had been a resident of Riverside, Calif., since 1957.
-During the Summer of 1942, Reuben, hired his *niece, Dorothy Jackson, as a typist at Wilbur Wright field, Dayton, Ohio.
* Niece: Daughter (only living child of Reuben's brother, Charles Israel Jackson, of Janesville, WI in 1942. (My mother)...Susie
13 July 2023: Contributions by K.B. # 47795739
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