Myles Weir Read

1898 - 1979  (80 years)

• Name	Myles Weir Read  [1]
  Birth	20 Jul 1898	Hgn, Bergen, New Jersey, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Mar 1979	Dobbs Ferry, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I12254	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Harry Humphrey Read,   b. 25 Jan 1867, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 5 Sep 1933, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Rosa Georgiana Tower,   b. 16 Jul 1866, Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gerda Laura Lichtblau,   b. 12 Sep 1897, St. Louis, Missouri, United States d. 16 Feb 1991, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, California, United States (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1922	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
  Children	1. Georgiana Read   2. Priscilla Read   3. Philip Standish Read, ^,   b. 22 Jun 1927, Dobbs Ferry, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York d. 2 Nov 2000, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F5443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] article, New York Times, New York, NY, 27 Mar 1979. Obituary. MYLES WEIR REA Myles Weir Read, a former merchandise manager for B. Altman & Company, died Sunday of a heart attack at his home in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. He was 80 years old. Mr Read was associated with Altman's for 37 years, retiring as merchandise manager in 1962. In 1963, he became a vice president of Werner Store, a California chain. In recent years, Mr. Read had been a consultant in the shoe field, working with department stores and manufacturers. Mr. Read served in World War I as an aviator and was a past commander of American Legion Post 1048. He was a direct descendant of Myles Standish. He is survived by his wife, Gerda; two daughters, Priscilla Peak of Malibu, Calif., and Georgiana Batten of Weyland, Mass., and a son, Philip Read of Brookhaven, L.I., New York City and Palm Beach, Fla. [S112] Social Security Death Index (U.S. Social Security Administration), SS# 057-03-7104.