Parents:
Anders Thomassen (____ - 1962)
Rose Franco Thomassen (1898 - 1990)
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Thomassen, residents of Millbrook, died in a two-car head-on crash in Hillsdale Sunday, June 29.
Mr. Thomassen. 48. was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. and his wife, Julia, 53, died shortly afterwards at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson.
Both had been residents of Millbrook for many years.
He was a machinist with the A.W. Mack Company in Poughkeepsie. Mrs. Thomassen was a registered nurse, at Millbrook School. Mr. Thomassen had been a member of the Millbrook Board of Education and was a member of the Parker-Height, American Legion Post in Millbrook, having served as commander and chaplain.
He was born in Millbrook April 11. I927, the son of Anders and Rose Franko Thomassen. She was born March 3, 1922. in Poughkeepsie, the daughter of Thomas and Julia Flagher Pendell. Her parents survive in Pleasant Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomassen are survived by three sons. Thomas, Poughkeepsie; Craig and Soren,
Millbrook and a daughter, Paula, Millbrook.
In addition, Mr. Thomassen is survived by his mother in Millbrook; a brother, Edmund. Dripping Spring, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Spear, Fort Edward, and Mrs. Beatrice Lonsdale, Naples, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Thomassen is survived by a sister, Mrs. Grace Simmons, Poughkeepsie.
Funeral services were conducted at the Lyall Memorial Federated Church in Millbrook on Wednesday, July 2. Rev. Richard Colen officiated. Burial was in Nine Partners Burial Ground, Millbrook.
Millbrook Round Table, 3 July 1975.
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USA World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: Harry B Thomassen
Name (Original): THOMASSEN HARRY B
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 28 Dec 1945
Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment
Event Place: Cp Croft, South Carolina
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1927
Birthplace: NEW YORK
Education Level: 4 years of high school
Civilian Occupation: Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal workers
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Military Rank: Private First Class
Army Branch: No branch assignment
Army Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Enlisted Man, Philippine Scout or recall to AD of an enlisted man who had been transferred to the ERC
Serial Number: 42197523
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 15178.29
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946