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Clarence James Traube

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Clarence James Traube

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
5 Nov 2007 (aged 92)
Texas, USA
Burial
Groves, Jefferson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Clarence was born in New York City to Clarence Harold and Elizabeth Josephine Cahill Traube. He graduated from Manhattan College with a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering. He was hired by the Texas Company in New York and transferred to the Port Arthur plant in 1944 and retired from Texaco in 1980.

He met Winona Miller Dyson while both were employed at the Texas Company. They married on October 19, 1945 at St. James Church in Port Arthur. He served as president and member of the Board of Directors of the Texaco P. A. W. Employee Credit Union; he was a student advisor for the Lamar Student Chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers; served as a member of Port Arthur Housing Finance Committee; and was an active member of St. James Catholic Church. He received the Service to Mankind award from the Evening Sertoma Club in 1993, was honored with a proclamation by the Mayor of Port Arthur declaring Tuesday, March 30, 1993 as Clarence J. Traube Day, and by the Senate of the State of Texas, 73rd Legislature. He coached little league baseball for over 30 years and a plaque was placed at Grado Field in his honor.

Survivors include his wife, of sixty two years Winona "Nonie" Traube, daughter, Joan Ann and husband, Albert J. Gray and son, Michael J. Traube and wife, Linda S.; his granddaughters, Nancy Ashworth and her husband, Chris, Kathy Jones and her husband, Perry, Sandra Lane, grandsons, David Gray and his wife, Alicia, James Traube and great grandchildren, Brittney Ashworth, Hunter Ashworth, Madelyn Jones, Barron Gray, Darien Mulligan and Michael R. Traube. Also surviving is his sister, Elizabeth M. Traube.
Clarence was born in New York City to Clarence Harold and Elizabeth Josephine Cahill Traube. He graduated from Manhattan College with a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering. He was hired by the Texas Company in New York and transferred to the Port Arthur plant in 1944 and retired from Texaco in 1980.

He met Winona Miller Dyson while both were employed at the Texas Company. They married on October 19, 1945 at St. James Church in Port Arthur. He served as president and member of the Board of Directors of the Texaco P. A. W. Employee Credit Union; he was a student advisor for the Lamar Student Chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers; served as a member of Port Arthur Housing Finance Committee; and was an active member of St. James Catholic Church. He received the Service to Mankind award from the Evening Sertoma Club in 1993, was honored with a proclamation by the Mayor of Port Arthur declaring Tuesday, March 30, 1993 as Clarence J. Traube Day, and by the Senate of the State of Texas, 73rd Legislature. He coached little league baseball for over 30 years and a plaque was placed at Grado Field in his honor.

Survivors include his wife, of sixty two years Winona "Nonie" Traube, daughter, Joan Ann and husband, Albert J. Gray and son, Michael J. Traube and wife, Linda S.; his granddaughters, Nancy Ashworth and her husband, Chris, Kathy Jones and her husband, Perry, Sandra Lane, grandsons, David Gray and his wife, Alicia, James Traube and great grandchildren, Brittney Ashworth, Hunter Ashworth, Madelyn Jones, Barron Gray, Darien Mulligan and Michael R. Traube. Also surviving is his sister, Elizabeth M. Traube.

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