Miami Herald, The (FL) - September 9, 2001
Deceased Name: M. JUREIT , HOMEMAKER, WIFE OF INVENTOR
Mildred Hildebrand Jureit, a dedicated homemaker and wife of noted inventor J. Calvin Jureit, died Wednesday in West Palm Beach. She had suffered a stroke several months earlier.
Mildred Lane Hildebrand was born in Richmond, Va., on May 6, 1922, the second of eight children. In high school, she played on the varsity basketball team and was elected May Queen. Afterward. she studied for a year at Madison College, where she considered going into nursing.
In 1944, she was working at a meatpacking company and volunteering with the United Service Organization when she met a young Seabee, an engineer in the Navy construction battalion.
''We kind of fell for each other right away. This gal really looked good to me,'' said J. Calvin Jureit, recalling that he spotted his future wife for the first time as she leaned against a piano.
Later that evening, she took him on a very long tour of the building - and showed him every nook and cranny as the couple sought to stretch out their earliest moments together. They continued to see each other steadily until Jureit was shipped overseas to the Pacific.
He returned in January 1946, and in March they were married. Mildred Jureit supported her husband as he attended college at Georgia Tech and as he later worked as a consulting engineer in Toledo. During their time in Ohio, she worked for a glass company as a bookkeeper's secretary.
Although Mildred Jureit had been raised a Baptist and later attended a Methodist church, she had a healing experience shortly after her marriage that inspired her to join her husband in his Christian Scientist faith. She was active in the Second Church of Christ, Scientist in Miami for many years.
''Mil and Cal,'' as the couple came to be known, had their first son, Glenn, in 1947 and twins Robert and Kenneth seven years later. They were living in Miami in 1955 when J. Calvin Jureit came up with the idea that would revolutionize modern housing construction - the gang nail connector.
The invention led to his starting Automated Building Components Inc. When the company went public in the early 1960s, Mildred Jureit served on the board. Business trips took them around the world, from England to South Africa to Australia.
J. Calvin Jureit remembered one time when they were the honored guests at a banquet in Melbourne, Australia. Their hosts presented his wife with a kangaroo skin cape and invited her to dance along the u-shaped row of tables. ''She lived it up,'' recalled her husband.
An avid reader of newspapers and National Geographic, Mildred Jureit also was active in the Vizcayans and Fairchild Tropical Garden. She loved flower arranging, and was so talented that when she took a course in the Japanese style known as ichibana, the teacher accused her of having taken a class before.
In addition to her husband and sons, Mildred Jureit is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
Private services will be held today.
Deceased Name: M. JUREIT , HOMEMAKER, WIFE OF INVENTOR
Mildred Hildebrand Jureit, a dedicated homemaker and wife of noted inventor J. Calvin Jureit, died Wednesday in West Palm Beach. She had suffered a stroke several months earlier.
Mildred Lane Hildebrand was born in Richmond, Va., on May 6, 1922, the second of eight children. In high school, she played on the varsity basketball team and was elected May Queen. Afterward. she studied for a year at Madison College, where she considered going into nursing.
In 1944, she was working at a meatpacking company and volunteering with the United Service Organization when she met a young Seabee, an engineer in the Navy construction battalion.
''We kind of fell for each other right away. This gal really looked good to me,'' said J. Calvin Jureit, recalling that he spotted his future wife for the first time as she leaned against a piano.
Later that evening, she took him on a very long tour of the building - and showed him every nook and cranny as the couple sought to stretch out their earliest moments together. They continued to see each other steadily until Jureit was shipped overseas to the Pacific.
He returned in January 1946, and in March they were married. Mildred Jureit supported her husband as he attended college at Georgia Tech and as he later worked as a consulting engineer in Toledo. During their time in Ohio, she worked for a glass company as a bookkeeper's secretary.
Although Mildred Jureit had been raised a Baptist and later attended a Methodist church, she had a healing experience shortly after her marriage that inspired her to join her husband in his Christian Scientist faith. She was active in the Second Church of Christ, Scientist in Miami for many years.
''Mil and Cal,'' as the couple came to be known, had their first son, Glenn, in 1947 and twins Robert and Kenneth seven years later. They were living in Miami in 1955 when J. Calvin Jureit came up with the idea that would revolutionize modern housing construction - the gang nail connector.
The invention led to his starting Automated Building Components Inc. When the company went public in the early 1960s, Mildred Jureit served on the board. Business trips took them around the world, from England to South Africa to Australia.
J. Calvin Jureit remembered one time when they were the honored guests at a banquet in Melbourne, Australia. Their hosts presented his wife with a kangaroo skin cape and invited her to dance along the u-shaped row of tables. ''She lived it up,'' recalled her husband.
An avid reader of newspapers and National Geographic, Mildred Jureit also was active in the Vizcayans and Fairchild Tropical Garden. She loved flower arranging, and was so talented that when she took a course in the Japanese style known as ichibana, the teacher accused her of having taken a class before.
In addition to her husband and sons, Mildred Jureit is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
Private services will be held today.
Miami Herald, The (FL) - September 9, 2001
Deceased Name: M. JUREIT , HOMEMAKER, WIFE OF INVENTOR
Mildred Hildebrand Jureit, a dedicated homemaker and wife of noted inventor J. Calvin Jureit, died Wednesday in West Palm Beach. She had suffered a stroke several months earlier.
Mildred Lane Hildebrand was born in Richmond, Va., on May 6, 1922, the second of eight children. In high school, she played on the varsity basketball team and was elected May Queen. Afterward. she studied for a year at Madison College, where she considered going into nursing.
In 1944, she was working at a meatpacking company and volunteering with the United Service Organization when she met a young Seabee, an engineer in the Navy construction battalion.
''We kind of fell for each other right away. This gal really looked good to me,'' said J. Calvin Jureit, recalling that he spotted his future wife for the first time as she leaned against a piano.
Later that evening, she took him on a very long tour of the building - and showed him every nook and cranny as the couple sought to stretch out their earliest moments together. They continued to see each other steadily until Jureit was shipped overseas to the Pacific.
He returned in January 1946, and in March they were married. Mildred Jureit supported her husband as he attended college at Georgia Tech and as he later worked as a consulting engineer in Toledo. During their time in Ohio, she worked for a glass company as a bookkeeper's secretary.
Although Mildred Jureit had been raised a Baptist and later attended a Methodist church, she had a healing experience shortly after her marriage that inspired her to join her husband in his Christian Scientist faith. She was active in the Second Church of Christ, Scientist in Miami for many years.
''Mil and Cal,'' as the couple came to be known, had their first son, Glenn, in 1947 and twins Robert and Kenneth seven years later. They were living in Miami in 1955 when J. Calvin Jureit came up with the idea that would revolutionize modern housing construction - the gang nail connector.
The invention led to his starting Automated Building Components Inc. When the company went public in the early 1960s, Mildred Jureit served on the board. Business trips took them around the world, from England to South Africa to Australia.
J. Calvin Jureit remembered one time when they were the honored guests at a banquet in Melbourne, Australia. Their hosts presented his wife with a kangaroo skin cape and invited her to dance along the u-shaped row of tables. ''She lived it up,'' recalled her husband.
An avid reader of newspapers and National Geographic, Mildred Jureit also was active in the Vizcayans and Fairchild Tropical Garden. She loved flower arranging, and was so talented that when she took a course in the Japanese style known as ichibana, the teacher accused her of having taken a class before.
In addition to her husband and sons, Mildred Jureit is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
Private services will be held today.
Deceased Name: M. JUREIT , HOMEMAKER, WIFE OF INVENTOR
Mildred Hildebrand Jureit, a dedicated homemaker and wife of noted inventor J. Calvin Jureit, died Wednesday in West Palm Beach. She had suffered a stroke several months earlier.
Mildred Lane Hildebrand was born in Richmond, Va., on May 6, 1922, the second of eight children. In high school, she played on the varsity basketball team and was elected May Queen. Afterward. she studied for a year at Madison College, where she considered going into nursing.
In 1944, she was working at a meatpacking company and volunteering with the United Service Organization when she met a young Seabee, an engineer in the Navy construction battalion.
''We kind of fell for each other right away. This gal really looked good to me,'' said J. Calvin Jureit, recalling that he spotted his future wife for the first time as she leaned against a piano.
Later that evening, she took him on a very long tour of the building - and showed him every nook and cranny as the couple sought to stretch out their earliest moments together. They continued to see each other steadily until Jureit was shipped overseas to the Pacific.
He returned in January 1946, and in March they were married. Mildred Jureit supported her husband as he attended college at Georgia Tech and as he later worked as a consulting engineer in Toledo. During their time in Ohio, she worked for a glass company as a bookkeeper's secretary.
Although Mildred Jureit had been raised a Baptist and later attended a Methodist church, she had a healing experience shortly after her marriage that inspired her to join her husband in his Christian Scientist faith. She was active in the Second Church of Christ, Scientist in Miami for many years.
''Mil and Cal,'' as the couple came to be known, had their first son, Glenn, in 1947 and twins Robert and Kenneth seven years later. They were living in Miami in 1955 when J. Calvin Jureit came up with the idea that would revolutionize modern housing construction - the gang nail connector.
The invention led to his starting Automated Building Components Inc. When the company went public in the early 1960s, Mildred Jureit served on the board. Business trips took them around the world, from England to South Africa to Australia.
J. Calvin Jureit remembered one time when they were the honored guests at a banquet in Melbourne, Australia. Their hosts presented his wife with a kangaroo skin cape and invited her to dance along the u-shaped row of tables. ''She lived it up,'' recalled her husband.
An avid reader of newspapers and National Geographic, Mildred Jureit also was active in the Vizcayans and Fairchild Tropical Garden. She loved flower arranging, and was so talented that when she took a course in the Japanese style known as ichibana, the teacher accused her of having taken a class before.
In addition to her husband and sons, Mildred Jureit is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
Private services will be held today.
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