Henry Louis RIEKE

Born

3 March 1908 , Hamburg, Germany

Died

30 January 1950 , Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Henry Louis married Mary Josephine SPANIOL . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Josephine SPANIOL was born 17 April 1917 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . Mary Josephine died 10 March 1988 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . Mary Josephine was the child of Francis William "Frank" SPANIOL and Katherine Theresa HEFFRON .

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Henry Louis RIEKE married

Mary Josephine SPANIOL
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Mary Josephine SPANIOL was the child of Francis William "Frank" SPANIOL and Katherine Theresa HEFFRON

Children of Henry Louis RIEKE and Mary Josephine SPANIOL

Henry L RIEKE

Born: 26 November 1941, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died: 15 February 2002, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Cheryl Ann RHINEHART 16 August 1962

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Birth — 1908
3 March 1908
Hamburg, Germany

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

FamilySearch.org. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947.
The Draft

1941 Birth of Child
Henry L RIEKE was born 26 November 1941, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Henry Louis was 33 years old.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

Death

Name: Henry L Reike
[Henry Rieke]
Birth Date: 1908
Birth Place: Ge
Death Date: Jan 1950
Claim Date: 9 Feb 1950
SSN: 016053333

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

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Obituary

Henry Reike.
The funeral of Henry L. Reike of Bushy Hill Road, Simsbury, will be Friday morning in St. Charles Church, Pittsfield, Mass. - Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery there. Mr. Reike, 41, died Monday afternoon while visiting friends in Hartford. He was born In Hamburg, Germany. He had been employed at the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury as a chef for the past three years. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Spaniol Reike, a son, Henry L. Reike, Jr., and a daughter, Miss Barbara Reike, all of Simsbury. The funeral will be under the supervision of the Joseph Drennan Funeral Home in Pittsfield.

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Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
February 1, 1950