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- Military Service: WWII - US Navy - 15 April 1942 to 13 April 1945 (honorably discharged)
Foy's US Navy Service via Muster Rolls
Service # 611 03 52
15 Sep 1942 -- USS Tasker H. Bliss -- commissioning of ship
Rating AS -- Apprentice Seaman
Enlistment 09 Apr 1942 Chicago IL
Received from RS Phila PA
30 Sep 1942 -- USS Tasker H. Bliss
Rating AS -- Apprentice Seaman
Date 1st on board 15 Sep 1942
24 Oct 1942 -- USS Tasker H. Bliss
Rating AS -- Apprentice Seaman
Enlistment 09 Apr 1942 Chicago IL
Date 1st on board 15 Sep 1942
15 Nov 1942 -- USS Elizabeth C. Stanton
Rating SC3c -- Ship's Cook, 3rd Class
Enlistment Records Lost
Survivor from USS Tasker H. Bliss 14 Nov 1942
15 Nov 1942 -- USS Elizabeth C. Stanton
Rating F3c -- Fireman, 3rd Class
Enlistment Unknown
14 Dec 1943 -- USS Antaeus
Rating SC2c -- Ship's Cook, 2nd Class
Enlistment Unknown
Transferred from NAS San Juan PR for duty
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Ironwood Daily Globe (MI) -- Saturday 26 Jan 1946
VET OPERATES WOODS PLANT
Escanaba -- Escanaba's newest industry, Arbour Furniture Manufacturers,has begun operation here in a building recently purchased by Foy Arbour, 23-year old ex-sailor and WWII veteran, who is the sole proprietor of the business. The announcement ofthe opening of another industry in the city was made by Gust Asp, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce industrial committee, which encouraged and assisted Arbour in getting organized. Arbour already has a substantial order for Adirondack chairs, a type of lawn chair made of knotty pine, and about seven employees have begun cutting stock for the product. He expects to make his first shipment to jobbers next week. Women will be employed in assembling the chairsbut only men will work on the plantmachines. More than half a dozen pieces of new equipment, joiners, bandsaws, scroll and table saws, have been installed and more are on the way. When the company gets into production, the youthful ex-serviceman expects to employ as many as 14 men and women in the plant and hopes to turn out small pieces of finished furniture such as end tables. Arbour had begun manufacturing trellises, lawn furniture, and similar items on a small scale in 1941, but had gaveup the project to join the navybefore America's entry into war. The young manufacturer learned the woodworking craft working with his father,Arthur Arbour, and his uncles, who have had years of experience in thesawmill, carpentry, and woodworking trades.
Ironwood Daily Globe (MI) -- Thursday 14 Mar 1946
THEY ALL ADD UP
. . . Another small industry, started by Foy Arbour, discharged WWII serviceman, is making lawn furniture and toys. Having recently obtained atie-up with a national sales agency, Arbour plans to expand his operations.
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unknown newspaper (MI) -- Mar 2006
Gladstone -- Foy Arthur Arbour, 83, of 6012 18 Pt. 25 Road, Gladstone (Bay View Location), passed away Saturday, 4 March 2006, at the VA Hospital in Iron Mountain. He was born 4 Aug 1922, in Garden, and was the son of Arthur and Hilda (Foy) Arbour.He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the US Navy from 15 April 1942, until he was honorably discharged on 13 April 1945. Foy married the former Betty Steinhauer and she preceded him in death on 2 Dec 1987. He was the owner of Peninsula Industrial Sales and later Arbour Sales until his retirement. Foy was a member of the Escanaba Elk's Lodge354, Rotary, the American Legion and he served on the board of directors for the SCORE Organization. He was a member of the Eagle's Club in Escanaba. Foy Arthur Arbour is survived by:two sons, Richard (Debra) Arbour of Cornell, and Michael (Janet) Arbour of DePere, WI; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents and wife, two brothers and one sister preceded him in death. The family and friends will gather from 3:30 to 4 pm Thursday, at the Anderson Funeral Home in Escanaba. Delta County Veteran's Services will be conducted at 4 pmThursday atthe Anderson Funeral Home by theDelta County Veteran's Council. A luncheon will follow the military rites at the Elk's Club in Escanaba. Entombment will take place in the Gardens of RestMausoleum. The Anderson Funeral Homes are assisting thefamily and online condolences can be sent to the Arbour family at www.andersonfuneralhomes.net.
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US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Foy A Arbour
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1922
Death Date: 4 Mar 2006
Cause of Death: Natural
SSN: 380182950
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1: 9 Apr 1942
Release Date 1: 15 Apr 1945
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1922 - 2006 (83 ans)