Aaron Gilbert Reimann
Tucker, Georgia
May 23, 1917 - October 20, 2020
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of [one of] His godly ones” (Psalm 116:15).
Aaron Gilbert Reimann passed peacefully from earth to heaven on October, 20, 2020. He was 103 years old. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, and friend and will be greatly missed by his family.
But we do not grieve as those who have no hope. We rejoice because we will see him again. We thank God for the privilege of being impacted forever by his extraordinary life.
Gilbert was born on May 23, 1917, in Schenectady, New York, to Aaron and Helena Reimann who were immigrants to America from Austria and Romania in the early 1900s. They came as children, were processed at Ellis Island, and settled in Schenectady. He spent the first 22 years of his life in Schenectady. In 1935 he graduated from Draper High School third highest in scholastic standing, and in 1939 he graduated from Union College with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
He was an accomplished pianist, playing with his own band and several other bands at resorts, weddings, and dances, earning his way through college.
Upon graduation from college, Gilbert moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to take a job at American Lava Corporation in the engineering department. It was in Chattanooga that he met his first wife, Violet Marie Elrod, a nursing student at Erlanger Hospital. They married on September 19, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was in RADAR training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology following his commission into the U.S. Naval Reserve. They were married 55 wonderful years until she passed away on December 18, 1997. With Violet he had three children (Donna, Cheryl, and Jim).
On September 12, 1998, Gilbert married Inez Wyatt, and they were married just over twenty years before she passed away on November 26, 2018.
He was also predeceased by his son, James Gilbert Reimann, on December 18, 2013, and his son-in-law, Douglas Gainey, on May 13, 2020.
Gilbert is survived by two daughters: Donna Reed and her husband Ben of Dunwoody and Cheryl Gainey of Norcross; daughter-in-law Pam Reimann of Dawsonville; four grandchildren: Mark Gainey and his wife Miyoung, Jeremy Reimann and his wife Michelle, Aaron Reimann and his wife Courtney, and Bethany Belt and her husband Aaron; nine great-grandchildren: Taylor Reimann, Morgan Reimann, Lily Reimann, Aubrey Reimann, Teagan Reimann, Israel Reimann, Kaley Belt, Sabrina Belt, and Olivia Gainey; four step great-grandchildren: Joseph Radman, Hailey Goonan, Connor Hardeman, and Colin Goonan; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Lieutenant Aaron Gilbert Reimann served in World War II in the U.S. Naval Reserve aboard the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa, a heavy cruiser, from March 1942 until January 1946. He was one of three RADAR officers aboard the ship. On June 6, 1944, the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa participated in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings at Normandy, France, as the flagship of one of the naval bombardment groups and engaged coastal batteries and other targets in the area during the following weeks under the direction of Admiral Morton L. Deyo who was in charge of the entire fleet. General Dwight D. Eisenhower boarded the ship in Ireland to give the orders regarding the invasion. General Omar Bradley was picked up in Plymouth, England, and was aboard the ship during the invasion.
Early in the morning on June 6, Gilbert’s prayers and thoughts were on many things: prayers of gratitude for the opportunity to serve the country he deeply loved, prayers for God’s protection during the coming awesome battle which would claim the lives of many souls, prayers for his wife and baby daughter back home, and prayers for a mighty victory over the oppression that had swept Europe and the world. His mind was afire with the thoughts of what God had allowed him to experience: meeting General Dwight D. Eisenhower and hearing him say, “We have a mission to perform, and with God’s help we will do it and do it successfully,” meeting General Omar Bradley and Admiral Morton L. Deyo, being part of the ultra, top-secret, newly-developed science of RADAR as a RADAR operator, being on the all-important flagship for the largest and most awesome collection of men, ships, planes, and material poised to strike at any moment to invade the coast of France, and being part of the objective to liberate Europe from the terror and oppression of Adolf Hitler.
In January 1945, the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet for operations in the Western Pacific. The ship bombarded Japanese installations during the February 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima and, along with the U.S.S. Alabama, the March-June invasion of Okinawa.
Gilbert moved to Georgia in 1956 with his family of five and worked at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Marietta. A few years later he got a Master of Public Health Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, after which he worked for CDC in Atlanta until he retired on January 8, 1982.
Upon moving to Georgia in 1956, Gilbert joined First Baptist Church Atlanta with his family and served there for many years as a deacon, a Sunday school teacher of the John Lake Class, a member of the Saints Alive Senior Adult Choir, and as director of the ukulele band. Gilbert had a deep love for his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for his family, and for his country.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 24, at 10:00 A.M. at the Bill Head Funeral Home, 6101 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Georgia. A celebration of Gilbert’s life will be held at 11:00 A.M. in the funeral home chapel. Dr. Scott Downing will be officiating.
Interment will follow the service at Floral Hills Memory Gardens, 3000 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Georgia.
Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory - Lilburn/Tucker Chapel
6101 Lawrenceville Highway
Tucker, GA 30084
Tucker, Georgia
May 23, 1917 - October 20, 2020
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of [one of] His godly ones” (Psalm 116:15).
Aaron Gilbert Reimann passed peacefully from earth to heaven on October, 20, 2020. He was 103 years old. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, and friend and will be greatly missed by his family.
But we do not grieve as those who have no hope. We rejoice because we will see him again. We thank God for the privilege of being impacted forever by his extraordinary life.
Gilbert was born on May 23, 1917, in Schenectady, New York, to Aaron and Helena Reimann who were immigrants to America from Austria and Romania in the early 1900s. They came as children, were processed at Ellis Island, and settled in Schenectady. He spent the first 22 years of his life in Schenectady. In 1935 he graduated from Draper High School third highest in scholastic standing, and in 1939 he graduated from Union College with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
He was an accomplished pianist, playing with his own band and several other bands at resorts, weddings, and dances, earning his way through college.
Upon graduation from college, Gilbert moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to take a job at American Lava Corporation in the engineering department. It was in Chattanooga that he met his first wife, Violet Marie Elrod, a nursing student at Erlanger Hospital. They married on September 19, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was in RADAR training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology following his commission into the U.S. Naval Reserve. They were married 55 wonderful years until she passed away on December 18, 1997. With Violet he had three children (Donna, Cheryl, and Jim).
On September 12, 1998, Gilbert married Inez Wyatt, and they were married just over twenty years before she passed away on November 26, 2018.
He was also predeceased by his son, James Gilbert Reimann, on December 18, 2013, and his son-in-law, Douglas Gainey, on May 13, 2020.
Gilbert is survived by two daughters: Donna Reed and her husband Ben of Dunwoody and Cheryl Gainey of Norcross; daughter-in-law Pam Reimann of Dawsonville; four grandchildren: Mark Gainey and his wife Miyoung, Jeremy Reimann and his wife Michelle, Aaron Reimann and his wife Courtney, and Bethany Belt and her husband Aaron; nine great-grandchildren: Taylor Reimann, Morgan Reimann, Lily Reimann, Aubrey Reimann, Teagan Reimann, Israel Reimann, Kaley Belt, Sabrina Belt, and Olivia Gainey; four step great-grandchildren: Joseph Radman, Hailey Goonan, Connor Hardeman, and Colin Goonan; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Lieutenant Aaron Gilbert Reimann served in World War II in the U.S. Naval Reserve aboard the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa, a heavy cruiser, from March 1942 until January 1946. He was one of three RADAR officers aboard the ship. On June 6, 1944, the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa participated in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings at Normandy, France, as the flagship of one of the naval bombardment groups and engaged coastal batteries and other targets in the area during the following weeks under the direction of Admiral Morton L. Deyo who was in charge of the entire fleet. General Dwight D. Eisenhower boarded the ship in Ireland to give the orders regarding the invasion. General Omar Bradley was picked up in Plymouth, England, and was aboard the ship during the invasion.
Early in the morning on June 6, Gilbert’s prayers and thoughts were on many things: prayers of gratitude for the opportunity to serve the country he deeply loved, prayers for God’s protection during the coming awesome battle which would claim the lives of many souls, prayers for his wife and baby daughter back home, and prayers for a mighty victory over the oppression that had swept Europe and the world. His mind was afire with the thoughts of what God had allowed him to experience: meeting General Dwight D. Eisenhower and hearing him say, “We have a mission to perform, and with God’s help we will do it and do it successfully,” meeting General Omar Bradley and Admiral Morton L. Deyo, being part of the ultra, top-secret, newly-developed science of RADAR as a RADAR operator, being on the all-important flagship for the largest and most awesome collection of men, ships, planes, and material poised to strike at any moment to invade the coast of France, and being part of the objective to liberate Europe from the terror and oppression of Adolf Hitler.
In January 1945, the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet for operations in the Western Pacific. The ship bombarded Japanese installations during the February 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima and, along with the U.S.S. Alabama, the March-June invasion of Okinawa.
Gilbert moved to Georgia in 1956 with his family of five and worked at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Marietta. A few years later he got a Master of Public Health Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, after which he worked for CDC in Atlanta until he retired on January 8, 1982.
Upon moving to Georgia in 1956, Gilbert joined First Baptist Church Atlanta with his family and served there for many years as a deacon, a Sunday school teacher of the John Lake Class, a member of the Saints Alive Senior Adult Choir, and as director of the ukulele band. Gilbert had a deep love for his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for his family, and for his country.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 24, at 10:00 A.M. at the Bill Head Funeral Home, 6101 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Georgia. A celebration of Gilbert’s life will be held at 11:00 A.M. in the funeral home chapel. Dr. Scott Downing will be officiating.
Interment will follow the service at Floral Hills Memory Gardens, 3000 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Georgia.
Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory - Lilburn/Tucker Chapel
6101 Lawrenceville Highway
Tucker, GA 30084
Aaron Gilbert Reimann
Tucker, Georgia
May 23, 1917 - October 20, 2020
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of [one of] His godly ones” (Psalm 116:15).
Aaron Gilbert Reimann passed peacefully from earth to heaven on October, 20, 2020. He was 103 years old. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, and friend and will be greatly missed by his family.
But we do not grieve as those who have no hope. We rejoice because we will see him again. We thank God for the privilege of being impacted forever by his extraordinary life.
Gilbert was born on May 23, 1917, in Schenectady, New York, to Aaron and Helena Reimann who were immigrants to America from Austria and Romania in the early 1900s. They came as children, were processed at Ellis Island, and settled in Schenectady. He spent the first 22 years of his life in Schenectady. In 1935 he graduated from Draper High School third highest in scholastic standing, and in 1939 he graduated from Union College with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
He was an accomplished pianist, playing with his own band and several other bands at resorts, weddings, and dances, earning his way through college.
Upon graduation from college, Gilbert moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to take a job at American Lava Corporation in the engineering department. It was in Chattanooga that he met his first wife, Violet Marie Elrod, a nursing student at Erlanger Hospital. They married on September 19, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was in RADAR training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology following his commission into the U.S. Naval Reserve. They were married 55 wonderful years until she passed away on December 18, 1997. With Violet he had three children (Donna, Cheryl, and Jim).
On September 12, 1998, Gilbert married Inez Wyatt, and they were married just over twenty years before she passed away on November 26, 2018.
He was also predeceased by his son, James Gilbert Reimann, on December 18, 2013, and his son-in-law, Douglas Gainey, on May 13, 2020.
Gilbert is survived by two daughters: Donna Reed and her husband Ben of Dunwoody and Cheryl Gainey of Norcross; daughter-in-law Pam Reimann of Dawsonville; four grandchildren: Mark Gainey and his wife Miyoung, Jeremy Reimann and his wife Michelle, Aaron Reimann and his wife Courtney, and Bethany Belt and her husband Aaron; nine great-grandchildren: Taylor Reimann, Morgan Reimann, Lily Reimann, Aubrey Reimann, Teagan Reimann, Israel Reimann, Kaley Belt, Sabrina Belt, and Olivia Gainey; four step great-grandchildren: Joseph Radman, Hailey Goonan, Connor Hardeman, and Colin Goonan; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Lieutenant Aaron Gilbert Reimann served in World War II in the U.S. Naval Reserve aboard the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa, a heavy cruiser, from March 1942 until January 1946. He was one of three RADAR officers aboard the ship. On June 6, 1944, the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa participated in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings at Normandy, France, as the flagship of one of the naval bombardment groups and engaged coastal batteries and other targets in the area during the following weeks under the direction of Admiral Morton L. Deyo who was in charge of the entire fleet. General Dwight D. Eisenhower boarded the ship in Ireland to give the orders regarding the invasion. General Omar Bradley was picked up in Plymouth, England, and was aboard the ship during the invasion.
Early in the morning on June 6, Gilbert’s prayers and thoughts were on many things: prayers of gratitude for the opportunity to serve the country he deeply loved, prayers for God’s protection during the coming awesome battle which would claim the lives of many souls, prayers for his wife and baby daughter back home, and prayers for a mighty victory over the oppression that had swept Europe and the world. His mind was afire with the thoughts of what God had allowed him to experience: meeting General Dwight D. Eisenhower and hearing him say, “We have a mission to perform, and with God’s help we will do it and do it successfully,” meeting General Omar Bradley and Admiral Morton L. Deyo, being part of the ultra, top-secret, newly-developed science of RADAR as a RADAR operator, being on the all-important flagship for the largest and most awesome collection of men, ships, planes, and material poised to strike at any moment to invade the coast of France, and being part of the objective to liberate Europe from the terror and oppression of Adolf Hitler.
In January 1945, the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet for operations in the Western Pacific. The ship bombarded Japanese installations during the February 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima and, along with the U.S.S. Alabama, the March-June invasion of Okinawa.
Gilbert moved to Georgia in 1956 with his family of five and worked at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Marietta. A few years later he got a Master of Public Health Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, after which he worked for CDC in Atlanta until he retired on January 8, 1982.
Upon moving to Georgia in 1956, Gilbert joined First Baptist Church Atlanta with his family and served there for many years as a deacon, a Sunday school teacher of the John Lake Class, a member of the Saints Alive Senior Adult Choir, and as director of the ukulele band. Gilbert had a deep love for his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for his family, and for his country.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 24, at 10:00 A.M. at the Bill Head Funeral Home, 6101 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Georgia. A celebration of Gilbert’s life will be held at 11:00 A.M. in the funeral home chapel. Dr. Scott Downing will be officiating.
Interment will follow the service at Floral Hills Memory Gardens, 3000 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Georgia.
Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory - Lilburn/Tucker Chapel
6101 Lawrenceville Highway
Tucker, GA 30084
Tucker, Georgia
May 23, 1917 - October 20, 2020
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of [one of] His godly ones” (Psalm 116:15).
Aaron Gilbert Reimann passed peacefully from earth to heaven on October, 20, 2020. He was 103 years old. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, and friend and will be greatly missed by his family.
But we do not grieve as those who have no hope. We rejoice because we will see him again. We thank God for the privilege of being impacted forever by his extraordinary life.
Gilbert was born on May 23, 1917, in Schenectady, New York, to Aaron and Helena Reimann who were immigrants to America from Austria and Romania in the early 1900s. They came as children, were processed at Ellis Island, and settled in Schenectady. He spent the first 22 years of his life in Schenectady. In 1935 he graduated from Draper High School third highest in scholastic standing, and in 1939 he graduated from Union College with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
He was an accomplished pianist, playing with his own band and several other bands at resorts, weddings, and dances, earning his way through college.
Upon graduation from college, Gilbert moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to take a job at American Lava Corporation in the engineering department. It was in Chattanooga that he met his first wife, Violet Marie Elrod, a nursing student at Erlanger Hospital. They married on September 19, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was in RADAR training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology following his commission into the U.S. Naval Reserve. They were married 55 wonderful years until she passed away on December 18, 1997. With Violet he had three children (Donna, Cheryl, and Jim).
On September 12, 1998, Gilbert married Inez Wyatt, and they were married just over twenty years before she passed away on November 26, 2018.
He was also predeceased by his son, James Gilbert Reimann, on December 18, 2013, and his son-in-law, Douglas Gainey, on May 13, 2020.
Gilbert is survived by two daughters: Donna Reed and her husband Ben of Dunwoody and Cheryl Gainey of Norcross; daughter-in-law Pam Reimann of Dawsonville; four grandchildren: Mark Gainey and his wife Miyoung, Jeremy Reimann and his wife Michelle, Aaron Reimann and his wife Courtney, and Bethany Belt and her husband Aaron; nine great-grandchildren: Taylor Reimann, Morgan Reimann, Lily Reimann, Aubrey Reimann, Teagan Reimann, Israel Reimann, Kaley Belt, Sabrina Belt, and Olivia Gainey; four step great-grandchildren: Joseph Radman, Hailey Goonan, Connor Hardeman, and Colin Goonan; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Lieutenant Aaron Gilbert Reimann served in World War II in the U.S. Naval Reserve aboard the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa, a heavy cruiser, from March 1942 until January 1946. He was one of three RADAR officers aboard the ship. On June 6, 1944, the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa participated in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings at Normandy, France, as the flagship of one of the naval bombardment groups and engaged coastal batteries and other targets in the area during the following weeks under the direction of Admiral Morton L. Deyo who was in charge of the entire fleet. General Dwight D. Eisenhower boarded the ship in Ireland to give the orders regarding the invasion. General Omar Bradley was picked up in Plymouth, England, and was aboard the ship during the invasion.
Early in the morning on June 6, Gilbert’s prayers and thoughts were on many things: prayers of gratitude for the opportunity to serve the country he deeply loved, prayers for God’s protection during the coming awesome battle which would claim the lives of many souls, prayers for his wife and baby daughter back home, and prayers for a mighty victory over the oppression that had swept Europe and the world. His mind was afire with the thoughts of what God had allowed him to experience: meeting General Dwight D. Eisenhower and hearing him say, “We have a mission to perform, and with God’s help we will do it and do it successfully,” meeting General Omar Bradley and Admiral Morton L. Deyo, being part of the ultra, top-secret, newly-developed science of RADAR as a RADAR operator, being on the all-important flagship for the largest and most awesome collection of men, ships, planes, and material poised to strike at any moment to invade the coast of France, and being part of the objective to liberate Europe from the terror and oppression of Adolf Hitler.
In January 1945, the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet for operations in the Western Pacific. The ship bombarded Japanese installations during the February 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima and, along with the U.S.S. Alabama, the March-June invasion of Okinawa.
Gilbert moved to Georgia in 1956 with his family of five and worked at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Marietta. A few years later he got a Master of Public Health Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, after which he worked for CDC in Atlanta until he retired on January 8, 1982.
Upon moving to Georgia in 1956, Gilbert joined First Baptist Church Atlanta with his family and served there for many years as a deacon, a Sunday school teacher of the John Lake Class, a member of the Saints Alive Senior Adult Choir, and as director of the ukulele band. Gilbert had a deep love for his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for his family, and for his country.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 24, at 10:00 A.M. at the Bill Head Funeral Home, 6101 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Georgia. A celebration of Gilbert’s life will be held at 11:00 A.M. in the funeral home chapel. Dr. Scott Downing will be officiating.
Interment will follow the service at Floral Hills Memory Gardens, 3000 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, Georgia.
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6101 Lawrenceville Highway
Tucker, GA 30084
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