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(Bio submitted by Karen Phillips #46884884)
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REA, Emily, Red Cross Staff Worker, daughter of Laura and Robert Rea was born in Madison, Indiana. She was graduated from Madison high School and from Hanover College, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
For a few years she was employed in the Federal Land Bank at Louisville, Kentucky. From there she went to Frankfort, Kentucky where she served as secretary to former Governor A. B. Chandler and Keene Johnson. Offering her services in the war effort, she enlisted for Red Cross service and was sent overseas. For several months she served at a rest center for pilots and air crew members at Bedford, England where she assisted in providing recreation and entertainment for members of the air force who were sent to the Red Cross Stations for rest after they had completed so many missions. After the invasion of France and Germany she was transferred to Paris, where she had been doing Red Cross work. Emily was killed in an airplane crash April 14, 1945 near the Isle of Man. She had been granted a leave April 12 to come home and her plane was near the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland when the crash occurred. In addition to the parents she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Max Healey and Miss Margaret Rea, with the diplomatic services at La Paz, Bolivia, South America.
(Bio submitted by Karen Phillips #46884884)
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REA, Emily, Red Cross Staff Worker, daughter of Laura and Robert Rea was born in Madison, Indiana. She was graduated from Madison high School and from Hanover College, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
For a few years she was employed in the Federal Land Bank at Louisville, Kentucky. From there she went to Frankfort, Kentucky where she served as secretary to former Governor A. B. Chandler and Keene Johnson. Offering her services in the war effort, she enlisted for Red Cross service and was sent overseas. For several months she served at a rest center for pilots and air crew members at Bedford, England where she assisted in providing recreation and entertainment for members of the air force who were sent to the Red Cross Stations for rest after they had completed so many missions. After the invasion of France and Germany she was transferred to Paris, where she had been doing Red Cross work. Emily was killed in an airplane crash April 14, 1945 near the Isle of Man. She had been granted a leave April 12 to come home and her plane was near the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland when the crash occurred. In addition to the parents she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Max Healey and Miss Margaret Rea, with the diplomatic services at La Paz, Bolivia, South America.
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(Bio submitted by Karen Phillips #46884884)
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REA, Emily, Red Cross Staff Worker, daughter of Laura and Robert Rea was born in Madison, Indiana. She was graduated from Madison high School and from Hanover College, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
For a few years she was employed in the Federal Land Bank at Louisville, Kentucky. From there she went to Frankfort, Kentucky where she served as secretary to former Governor A. B. Chandler and Keene Johnson. Offering her services in the war effort, she enlisted for Red Cross service and was sent overseas. For several months she served at a rest center for pilots and air crew members at Bedford, England where she assisted in providing recreation and entertainment for members of the air force who were sent to the Red Cross Stations for rest after they had completed so many missions. After the invasion of France and Germany she was transferred to Paris, where she had been doing Red Cross work. Emily was killed in an airplane crash April 14, 1945 near the Isle of Man. She had been granted a leave April 12 to come home and her plane was near the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland when the crash occurred. In addition to the parents she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Max Healey and Miss Margaret Rea, with the diplomatic services at La Paz, Bolivia, South America.
(Bio submitted by Karen Phillips #46884884)
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REA, Emily, Red Cross Staff Worker, daughter of Laura and Robert Rea was born in Madison, Indiana. She was graduated from Madison high School and from Hanover College, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
For a few years she was employed in the Federal Land Bank at Louisville, Kentucky. From there she went to Frankfort, Kentucky where she served as secretary to former Governor A. B. Chandler and Keene Johnson. Offering her services in the war effort, she enlisted for Red Cross service and was sent overseas. For several months she served at a rest center for pilots and air crew members at Bedford, England where she assisted in providing recreation and entertainment for members of the air force who were sent to the Red Cross Stations for rest after they had completed so many missions. After the invasion of France and Germany she was transferred to Paris, where she had been doing Red Cross work. Emily was killed in an airplane crash April 14, 1945 near the Isle of Man. She had been granted a leave April 12 to come home and her plane was near the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland when the crash occurred. In addition to the parents she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Max Healey and Miss Margaret Rea, with the diplomatic services at La Paz, Bolivia, South America.
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In Loving memory of
EMILY HARPER REA
who died in the service of the
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Buried at Cambridge, England
1911 - 1945
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