John Halleck Rebman Jr died February 28, 2021 in LaCenter, WA at the age of 96. John, the second oldest child of 6 children was born on April 14, 1924 in Ashland, Ohio to John Halleck Sr and Lucille (Crabbs) Rebman. John graduated from Ashland Ohio High School in 1941. He worked for a time afterward at Hickok Electrical Instruments in Cleveland, Ohio. World War II had started so he joined the army air corps as a cadet to train as a pilot but was pulled to be trained as a gunner on B 29's.
During training he was stationed temporarily in Colorado where he met and married his wife Dorothy on August 30th, 1944 in Denver, Colorado. From there they were sent to Almogordo, New Mexico for a few months. Then John was sent overseas to Saipan where he flew on B29's as a center gunner on flights over Japan. He was flying over the USS Missouri while the peace treaties were being signed as a security.
After the war he worked a couple of years in civilian life then rejoined the Air force. He served for 20 years stationed at Eglin Field and area; Goose Bay , Labrador; George Air Force Base in California; Tainan,Taiwan; Portland, Oregon and finished at McChord AFB, retiring with 20 years of service.
From there he moved back to Portland, Oregon and worked for Tektronics in Beaverton, OR for another 20 years. After retiring from there he worked for Dean Irwin in Vancouver, Washington for several years doing facilities management.
He was a member of the Whipple Creek SDA church in Vancouver, Washington. He had served several years as a deacon at the Laurelwood SDA church, Laurelwood, Oregon.
John enjoyed traveling, camping, cutting wood-always looking at a tree to figure how much lumber he could get out of it. He loved driving the little yellow caterpillar around the property, and working in his shop.
John is survived by his daughters Annette (Harold Maness) Bohanan-Maness, Hillsboro, OR and Barbara Polimeni, La Center, WA; his two sons John H. Rebman III (Sue), Cornelius, OR and Mike (Veronica) Rebman, La Center, WA; 8 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren.
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