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Rhea Gilmore Obituary


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GILMORE, Rhea 94, of Dayton passed away Monday, February 27, 2012. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ted Gilmore, her parents and 2 brothers. She leaves to mourn her passing, nieces Gail (John) Adams & Phyllis (Richard) Howland, nephew Jon (Helen) Turrell, many more nieces, nephews, great nieces & nephews, great-great nieces & nephews that she loved dearly. She graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Arts & Science. She went back to Indiana University and received her 3 year Teachers license in Arts & English. She went to the Art Institution in Chicago with a 2 year degree in Fine Arts, Perdue University with a 1 year Engineering Aide training. She had 70 years of continuous education. She worked at WPAFB from 1943 to 2006 in many different and interesting capacities. She married Ted Gilmore in 1947 and both learned to fly water planes and had many exciting trips throughout the US. She belonged to 2 German clubs, The Leiderkrontz-Turner & Eintrout. She volunteered at 3 different places until June 2011 when her health began to fail. She donated her body to Wright State University. She will be missed by hundreds of people. There will be no funeral or memorial service at her request.

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Published by Dayton Daily News from Mar. 1 to Mar. 4, 2012.

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Dick Glass

March 13, 2012

Too few hours were spent with Rhea. But she touched many of us, even if for only a short time. She was a good buddy to my parents, Richard and Lucille Glass and she and Ted visited with them many times while they were here. Rhea enjoyed chatting and exchanging giggles on the e-mails and expressed her thanks for the exchanges time and time again. It is a sad goodby from this electronics technician to Rhea the electronics technician.

March 13, 2012

Dearest "Roomy", as we called each other ever since sharing a room at the first Glass/Brouillette family reunion in 1999. You were such a blessing in my life and I will always cherish the many memories of you that I hold firmly in my heart. Hug Teddy, my dad, and Uncle Frank for me, please. Thank you for all you gave of yourself. You set an example of what we all would do well to strive for. God bless. Dianna

Bonita Gladman

March 2, 2012

Dear Dear Rhea, how i have missed seeing your smiling face in the hallways of Bldg 620, WPAFB. We would meet in the hallways, pushing our equipment carts to PMEL. Rest in peace, dear friend. Bonny

Connie Adam

March 1, 2012

Dear Aunt Rhear, You were so loved by our family. Our children have such wonderful memories of the great places we visited and the fun things they did at your house. You will be so missed. Love,David & Connie Adam

March 1, 2012

I Love you Rhea i know you Loved me and appreciated the little thing,s i did for you. It was a pleasure knowing you .Rest in Peace my Dear friend. Love Bonnie Burke

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