Rita Marie Balbi

1922 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Rita Marie Balbi
  Birth	21 Nov 1922	San Mateo County, California   [1]
  	daughter of Anthony Balbi and Anna Carrazza
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Abt 2002	Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California   [2]
  Witness-Obituary	8 Mar 2013	San Jose, California   [3]
  	Alfred Mabey Cmdr USN (Ret), Jul. 1, 1918 - Feb. 8, 2013, Saratoga 46 years Passed away peacefully after fighting a brief illness. Survived by his greatest love of 68 years, his wife Rita, and his children. Born and raised in Berkeley, CA. Eagle Scout Troop 24. Berkeley High '36, National Sea Scout Flagship SSS "Sea Hawk" 1938. San Francisco State until the war. Naval commission 1942. Flying the PMB Marlin patrol bomber seaplane. MIT and Monterey Naval Post Graduate School. Stayed in the Navy for 25 years. Flying the JRM-12 Martin Mars out of Alameda NAS (now used as fire fighting planes in Canada). Navigator on the USS Hornet CVS-12 (now at Alameda) 1958-59. Operations Officer Moffett Field NAS 1962-66. Executive Director of Easter Seal Society Santa Clara County after naval retirement. Owner of Ranchland Saddlery in San Jose. 1993 Endowment Fellow of Rotary International San Jose Chapter. All around good guy whose actions spoke louder than his words. But when he did speak, he was the funniest in the room. He will be missed. Private services. Please no flowers. Any donations in his name to The United States Navy Memorial www.navymemorial.org.
  Reference Number	30425
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I30214	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Alfred Mabey, Jr.,   b. 1 Jul 1918, Berkeley, Alameda County, California d. 8 Feb 2013, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	1945  [4, 5]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F9647	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, California Birth Index, 1905-1995. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S. Public Records Index. [S439] Google Alerts from Kim Mabee MS# 78, obit published in San Jose Mercury News on March 8, 2013. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. [S439] Google Alerts from Kim Mabee MS# 78, Alfred's obit published in San Jose Mercury News on March 8, 2013.