Gerda Laura Lichtblau

1897 - 1991  (93 years)

• Name	Gerda Laura Lichtblau  [1]
  Birth	12 Sep 1897	St. Louis, Missouri, United States   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 Feb 1991	Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, California, United States
  Person ID	I12259	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles E Lichtblau,   b. 4 May 1867, Spandau, Germany d. Aug 1908 (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Lillie Dorothea Philippi,   b. 5 Jan 1872, d. 7 Sep 1965 (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F34830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myles Weir Read,   b. 20 Jul 1898, Hgn, Bergen, New Jersey, United States d. 25 Mar 1979, Dobbs Ferry, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York (Age 80 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. [S115] Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington,, Census Place: Dobbs Ferry, Westchester, New York; Roll 1660; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 134; Image: 98.0.