Robert LeaMond Tune

1926 - 1973  (47 years)

• Name	Robert LeaMond Tune  [1, 2]
  Birth	28 Sep 1926	Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas   [1, 3]
  	Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 Name: Robert Lea Mond Tune Event: Birth Event Date: 28 Sep 1926 Event Place: Midlothian, Ellis, Texas, United States Gender: Male Father: Robert William Tune Mother: Aletha May Stafford Certificate Number: 57248 Digital Folder Number: 4687359 Image Number: 00308 Source Citation: "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXM2-KV4 : accessed 30 Aug 2012), Robert Lea Mond Tune, 1926.
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Nov 1973	Veterans Hospital, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas   [1, 4]
  	Cause of death: Myocardial Infarction-Complete heart block
  Burial	8 Nov 1973	Ovilla Cemetery, Plot A2-22, Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas   [1]
  Person ID	I6277	Rhodes Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

  Family	Betty Lou Clark,   b. 12 Jan 1926, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, USA d. 2 Sep 1995, At home in Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1945	Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas
  	Marriage license #6874 State of Texas, County of Ellis Robert LeaMond Tune married Betty Lou Clark October 23, 1945 in Red Oak , Ellis County, Texas by Lynn H. McAlden. Recorded in Book 34, page 295 for Marriages in Ellis County, Texas on November 13, 1945
  Children	1. Living Tune   2. Living Tune   3. Living Tune   4. Living Tune
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F2228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Bureau of Vital Statistics Birth Records of Ellis County, Texas Robert LeaMond Tune, born Tuesday, September 28, 1926 at 2:30 A. M. Attending physician, R. S. Payne of Dallas, Texas Recorded in Birth Records of Ellis County, Texas Volume 10, page 81. === Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 about Robert Lea Mond Tune Name: Robert Lea Mond Tune Date of Birth: 28 Sep 1926 Gender: Male Birth County: Ellis Father's name: Robert William Tune Mother's name: Aletha May Stafford Roll Number: 1926_0006 Photocopy on file Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche. ******************* 1930 United States Federal Census about Robert LeaMond Tune Name: Robert Tune Home in 1930: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas Age: 3 6/12 Estimated birth year: abt 1926 Birthplace: Texas Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Robert Mother's name: Letha Race: White Father's Occupation: Barber--owns shop Class of worker(father): Owner Residence: Ovilla Rent/home value: Owned with value of &800.00 Radio Set: Yes Age at first marriage: single Parents' birthplace: Father--Texas; Mother--Texas Household Members: Name Age Robert Tune 37 Letha Tune 28--Age at first marriage was 23 Robert Tune 3 years 6 months Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas; Roll: 2327; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 41; Image: 511.0(15) Source Information: 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, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. 1940 United States Federal Census about Robert LeaMond Tune Name: Robert Tune Home in 1940: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas Age: 13 Estimated birth year: abt 1826 Birthplace: Texas Relation to Head of House: Son Race: White Father's Occupation: Barber--owns shop Residence: Ovilla Household number:153 Parents Rent/home value: Owned with value of $300.00 Parents' birthplace: Texas Household Members: Name, Age, Relation to head of house, Birthplace Robert Tune 47, head, Texas Letha Tune 38, wife, Texas Robert Tune 13, son, Texas Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Precinct 7, Ellis, Texas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: 43; Image: Sheet: 8A Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. ********************* Photocopies of records on file...... National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records 9700 Page Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63132-5100 National Archives and Records Administration http://www.nara.gov/regional/stlouis.html NAVPERS-601 Name: TUNE, Robert LeaMond Service Number: 358 26 83 Rate: S2c V6 Date reported aboard: 28 December 1944 Present Ship or Station: ARM GRD SCH NAV REP BASE SAN DIEGO CALIF Ship or Station Received from: NTC SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Night Vision Test with Radium Plaque Adaptometer Pass: Yes Transferred this date to the Armed Guard Center (Pacific) Treasure Island, San Francisco, California for duty in an Armed Guard gun crew. Auth: BuPers Despatch 152007 dated November 1941. === U. S. Navy Transfer Record 1 25 January 1945 Date received aboard: 26 January 1945 New Ship or Station: Armed Guard Center (Pacific) Last Ship or Station: AG School NAV RPR BASE, San Diego, Cal. === 21 Aug 1945 Copy of document on file--note that document states ethnicity..... California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957 about Robert LeaMondTune Name: Robert Tune Arrival Date: 21 Aug 1945 Age: 18 Birth Date: Abt 1927 Gender: Male Ethnicity: Irish-German (Irish) Nationality: U. S. A. Height: 6 feet Weight: 175 Length of Service at Sea: 6 months Position in Ship's Company: S 1/c Shipped or Engaged: When: 01 June 1945; Where: Ulithi Atoll Whether to be discharged at port of arrival: No Whether able to read: Yes Ship Name: Laura Drake Gill Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California Port of Departure: Okinawa; Ryukyus via Saipan, Mariana Islands Archive information (series:roll number): IMUSACA1907:130174 Source Information: Ancestry.com. California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008-2011. ---- Note about the Ulithi Atoll...... From Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulithi Ulithi is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about 191 km (103 nautical mi) east of Yap. It consists of 40 islets totalling 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi), surrounding a lagoon about 36 km (22 mi) long and up to 24 km (15 mi) wide-at 548 km2 (212 sq mi) one of the largest in the world. It is administered by the state of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. Ulithi's population was 773 in 2000. There are four inhabited islands on Ulithi Atoll. They are Falalop, Asor, Mogmog, and Fedarai. Falalop is the most accessible with an air strip, a small resort hotel, gas dealership, store and one of three public high schools in Yap state. Mogmog is the seat of the high chief of Ulithi Atoll though each island has its own chief. Ulithi was a major staging area for the U.S. Navy in the final year of the Second World War. As the Second World War moved west across the Pacific, the US Navy required a more forward base for operations. The Japanese had established a radio and weather station on Ulithi and had used the lagoon as an anchorage occasionally early in the war, but had abandoned it by 1944. Ulithi was perfectly positioned to act as a staging area for the US Navy's western Pacific operations.[3][4] The atoll is in the westernmost of the Caroline Islands, 360 miles (580 km) southwest of Guam, 850 miles (1,370 km) east of the Philippines and 1,300 miles (2,100 km) south of Tokyo. It is a typical volcanic atoll, with a coral reef, white sand beaches and palm trees. Ulithi's forty small islands barely rise above the sea, with the largest being only half a square mile in area. However the reef runs roughly twenty miles north and south by ten miles across, enclosing a vast anchorage with an average depth of 80 to 100 feet (30 m). The anchorage was well situated, but there were no port facilities to repair ships or re-supply the fleet.[5] U.S. naval forces including carriers in the distance at anchor in Ulithi March 1945 On September 23, 1944, an army regiment of the 81st Division landed unopposed, followed a few days later by a battalion of Seabees.[6] The survey ship USS Sumner surveyed the lagoon and reported it capable of holding 700 vessels. It became the undisclosed Pacific base for the major operations late in the war, including Leyte Gulf and the Okinawa operation. The huge anchorage capacity was greater than either Majuro or Pearl Harbor, and over seven hundred ships anchored there at a time. ---- Note about the ship Laura Drake Gill U.S. Merchant Ships Participating in Pacific Theater Combat Operations and Engagements Earning Battle Stars Assault-occupation of Okinawa Gunto 26 June 1945-30 June 1945 Source: http://www.usmm.org/battlepacific.html Maritime Commission Hull Number Liberty Ship 2943 - Laura Drake Gill Source: http://www.usmm.org/libertyships.html ---- Daddy had a photo of the ship S.S. Donald Macleay which also served from 10 May 1945-22 May 1945 in the Assault-occupation of Okinawa Gunto. It is also listed at http://www.usmm.org/battlepacific.html. Liberty ships Ship Name: SS Donald MacLeay Namesake: Donald MacLeay MC Hull No.: 2040 Ship type: standard Laid down:12 June 1943 Launched: 1 July 1943 Fate : Scrapped 1967 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Liberty_ships,_C === U. S. Navy Record Transfer Record 2 Date transferred: 24 February 1946 Present Ship or Station: USN Receiving Station Shoemaker, Calif. Naval Air Station, Alameda, California Ultimate Destination & Duty: VR-2, NAS, Alameda, Calif., Furas ComNATS WesCo. Intermediate Reportings Reported: 26 February 1946 Transferred: 07 March 1946; Transferred this date to Air Trans Ron FOUR for duty. Auth: NATSPAC OAK. P. O. 13-46 of 27 Feb. 1946 Reporting-Ultimate Destination Reported at Air Transport Squadron Four Date & Time: 0800 3-8-46 C. A. Keller Comdr. USN (HR) === U. S. Navy Record Transfer Record 3 05 June 1946 Shoemaker, Alameda County, California 5450 rn Name: Tune, Robert LeaMond Service Number: 358 26 83 Rate: Slc Class: V6 Present Ship or Station: Air Transport Squadron Four Transfer Record Date Transferred: 6/5/46 Authority: ALNAV 395 45 Ultimate Destination & Duty: Trans to US Naval Personnel Sep Cen, Shoemaker, Calif. for discharge Marks assigned upon transfer: Conduct: 40 Records in man's possession: Service Record; Health Record; Pay record; Personal Effects G. R. Wachold-ENS Ass't Pers Officer === Notice of Separation from U. S. Naval Service Serial #: 358 26 83 Name: Tune, Robert Leamond Rank & Classification: Seaman 1/c V6 USNR Permanent Address: Rt. #2, Midlothian, Texas (Ellis County) Place of Separation: 5450 Shoemaker, California Character of Separation: Honorable Address from which employment will be sought: Rt. #2, Midlothian, Texas (Ellis County) Race: White Sex: Male Marital Status: Married U. S. Citizen: Yes Date and Place of Birth: 9-28-26 Ovilla, Texas Enlistment Date: 22 August 1944 Date of Entry into Active Service: 20 September 1944 Length of Service: 1 year, 9 months, 15 days Place of Entry into Active Service: Midlothian, Texas Qualifications, Certificates Held,, Etc.: Seaman 1/c, See rating description booklet. NavPers 15165. Ratings Held: AS, S2/c, S1/c Foreign &/or Sea Service: Yes Service Schools Completed: None Service (Vessels & Stations Served On): NTC, San Diego, Calif. 8 weeks AGC (Pacific) VR-2 NAS, Alameda, Calif. Kind of Insurance: NSI Effective Month of Allotment Discontinuance: 6-46 Mo. Next Premium Due: 7-46 Amount of Premium Due Each Month: $6.40 Intention of Veteran to Continue Insurance: No Total Payment upon Discharge: $111.94 Travel or Mileage Allowance included in Total Payment: $94.40 Initial Mustering Out Pay: Paid Name of Distributing Officer: B. D. Pollock LT(JG) 520 001 Remarks: Asiatic-Pacific American Area Victory Medal Point System Signature (By Direction of Commanding Officer): J. T. Ifft, Lieutenant USNR Name and Address of Last Employer: North American Aviation Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas Dates of Last Employment: 9-43 through 7-44 Main Civilian Occupation: Dry cleaning Job Preference: Dry Cleaning Non-Service Education (Years Successfully Completed): Gram.: 8/ High School: 3 Vocational or Trade Courses: Typing (H. S. 2 years) & Agriculture (H. S. 2 years) Off Duty Educational Courses Completed: None Date of Separation: 6-6-46 Signature: Robert LeaMond Tune ==== Daddy's Honorable Discharge Certificate reads as follows: C3433748 Series C Honorable Discharge from the United States Navy This is to certify that Robert LeaMond Tune, a Seaman First Class USNR is Honorably Discharged from the U. S. Naval Personnel Separation Center, Shoemaker, California and from the Naval Service of the United States this 6th day of June 1946. This certificate is awarded as a Testimonial of Fidelity and Obedience. W. E. Martin Captain, USNR, Commanding ****************** No image available at Ancestry....... U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 about Robert Leamond Tune Name: R. Tune Gender: Male Birth Date: 28 Sep 1926 Death Date: 6 Nov 1973 SSN: 450300904 Branch 1: NAVY Enlistment Date 1: 20 Sep 1944 Release Date 1: 6 Jun 1946 Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. ********************** Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 about Robert L Tune Name: Robert L Tune Birth Date: 28 Sep 1926 Birth Place: Ovilla, Texas Gender: Male Race: White Residence: Rural, Ellis, Texas Father: Robert W Tune Mother: Letha Mae Stafford Age at Death: 47 Death Date: 6 Nov 1973 Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah. === Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 about Robert Tune Name: Robert Tune Death Date: 6 Nov 1973 Death County: Dallas Gender: Male Marital Status: Single(Incorrect, was Married) Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit. Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976 Certificate # 83342 Name: Robert L. Tune Death date: 06 Nov 1973....5:08 P. M. Death place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas...Veterans Administration Hospital Gender: Male Race or color (on document): White Age at death: 47 years Estimated birth year: 1926 Birth date: September 28, 1926 Birth place: Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas Marital status: Married Spouse name: Betty Lou Clark Tune Father name: Robert W. Tune Father birth place: Texas Mother name: Letha Mae Stafford Mother birth place: Texas Occupation: Trophy Manufacturer Social Security Number: 450-30-0904 Residence: Rural (Ovilla) Route 2, P. O. Box 258, Midlothian, Ellis County, Texas Cemetery name: Ovilla Cemetery Burial place: Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas Burial date: Removal on November 6, 1973 Additional relatives: Informant: VA Hospital Records, Dallas, Texas Film number: 2242947 Digital GS number: 4169226 Image number: 1187 Reference number: 1189 Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Source Citation: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J69B-6HM : accessed 31 Aug 2012), Robert L. Tune, 06 Nov 1973; citing reference 1189, State Registrar Office, Austin, Texas. === Social Security Death Index about R. L. Tune Name: R. L. Tune SSN: 450-30-0904 Born: 28 Sep 1926 Died: Nov 1973 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951) Source Citation: Number: 450-30-0904;Issue State: Texas;Issue Date: Before 1951. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. === Photocopy on file Obituary Waxahachie Daily Light Wednesday 7 November 1973 Page 8, column 5 "R. L. Tune Rites Slated" "OVILLA--Robert LeaMond Tune, 47, a life-long resident of Ovilla, died Tuesday in the Veterans' Hospital in Dallas. Mr. Tune was born Sept. 28, 1926, at Ovilla and operated a trophy manufacturing company. He was a member of the Ovilla United Methodist Church and served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge, No. 195, at Ovilla, and was past district deputy grand master of the IOOF Grand Lodge of Texas. Funeral services are planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ovilla United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Sullivan of Fort Worth and the Rev. Richard Beaty of Ovilla officiating. Burial will be in the Ovilla Cemetery under the direction of Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home of Waxahachie. He is survived by his widow Betty Lou Clark Tune; two daughters both of Dallas; two sons of Ovilla; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tune of Ovilla; and one granddaughter." === Laid To Rest Robert LeaMond Tune Texas S1 U. S. Navy World War II September 28, 1926-November 6, 1973 Ovilla Cemetery Plot A2-22 Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas THE SOLDIERS GRAVE BY PEARL RIVERS Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave, A lonely, mossy mound; And yet to hearts like mine and thine It should be holy ground. Speak softly, let no careless laugh, No idle, thoughtless jest, Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps The hero in his rest. For him no reveille will beat When morning beams shall come; For him, at night, no tattoo rolls Its thunders from the drum. Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed, Ere laid beneath this sod, His ashes to his native land, His gallant soul to God. ******************************************** Some of my memories of Daddy.....by Gloria Jeanne Tune "Daddy taught me how to throw, catch and hit a baseball. I was pretty good for a girl! We had many baseball games in the pasture behind our home." "Sometimes when I think of him, I actually have the oddest memory of how he smelled when he came home from a day at work in his trophy manufacturing shop....a blend of sweat, wood, and what else I don't know. But it was the smell of my Daddy and is a good memory!" "I remember once in Ovilla a family was in need. The community came together, my father among the group, and bought bags of groceries and gave to the family." "One time when Daddy came home from somewhere, he opened the door and in walked a sailor in his white uniform. I imagine he was hitchhiking & Daddy gave him a ride." "Daddy taught me a very hard lesson in life. I was probably less than 10 years old & had a habit of biting the edges of Mama's tin measuring cups. How many I ruined I have no idea, but the last time I did that, Daddy told me he would tear up my Dick Tracy's baby girl doll. Guess I didn't believe him & bit up another cup; Daddy took my doll and destroyed it....I thought he was the meanest man in the whole world, but I never destroyed another thing, be it a tin cup or whatever. Mama told me years later that after destroying the doll, Daddy went outside behind the house and cried." "Daddy would come home from work occasionally and say "Mama, let's go fishing'. She threw things together so quickly, then we piled into the car & headed to Possum Kingdom Lake. Such fun!" "When I was young, but probably old enough to know better, my sister & I were playing around with the cigarette lighter in our parents' car. We'd hold it close to our hand, but not touching. So I decided to try it out on my little brother. Problem was, I actually touched it to his hand, whereupon he screamed in pain. I found my Daddy and Mama at the doctor's office, scared more for my brother than myself. I cried all the way home & went straight to bed. I thought for sure I'd get the spanking of my life, but Daddy said I'd suffered enough and thought I learned my lesson." "Daddy loved to make homemade ice cream and taffy. He helped throw some great socials in Ovilla, some of them down in our pasture....good food, music & lots of watermelons." "After a day of hard work at the trophy shop, Daddy & Mama would come home tired. Daddy would sit down in his chair in front of the television & of course Mama went to the kitchen to cook supper. Before long Daddy would ask Mama to bring him a glass of tea, which just made me so mad. I wanted to get that glass of tea for him and pour it over his head! Mama never seemed to mind though." "Daddy was the boss......period!" ********************************* Meaning of Names Robert English, Scottish, and French (also Scandinavian): one of the many French names of Germanic origin that were introduced into Britain by the Normans. This one is composed of the nearly synonymous elements hrod fame + berht bright, famous. It had a native Old English predecessor of similar form (Hreodbeorht), which was supplanted by the Norman name. It was the name of two dukes of Normandy in the 11th century: the father of William the Conqueror (sometimes identified with the legendary Robert the Devil), and his eldest son. It was borne by three kings of Scotland, notably Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), who freed Scotland from English domination. The altered short form Bob is very common, but Hob and Dob, which were common in the Middle Ages and gave rise to surnames, are extinct. See also Rupert. Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart. Irish Gaelic Roib?aeard. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Roberto. German: Rupprecht. Low German (also English): Rupert. Short forms: English: Bob, Rob. Scottish: Rob, Rab. Pet forms: English: Bobby, Robbie, Robin. Scottish: Robbie, Rabbie; Roban (Gaelic). Feminine form: English: Roberta. A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192800507 LeaMond Lemond or Lamond Scottish: variant of Lamont. Lamont Scottish and northern Irish: from the medieval personal name Lagman, which is from Old Norse Logma?Br, composed of log, plural of lag ?Utlaw?Uu (from leggja ?Utto lay down?Uu) + ma?Br, ?Utman?Uu (genitive manns). French: habitational name from places called Amont, in Haute-Sa?aone and Haute-Vienne. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 Tune Surname English: variant of Towne. French (Champagne): possibly from a shortened form of the personal name Opportune, which was borne by an 8th-century abbess of Montreuil. Towne Surname English: topographic name for someone who lived in a village, as opposed to an outlying farm or hamlet, from Middle English toun (Old English tun, which originally meant ?Utfence?Uu and then ?Utenclosure?Uu, although the sense ?Utsettlement, village?Uu was already firmly established in the Old English period) . Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 www.ancestry.com

  
  

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  [S359] Personal Family Information. [S364] Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. [S372] Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935. [S362] Texas Death Certificate.