INFORMATION NOT VERIFIED BY CURRENT MANAGER OF MEMORIAL.
BASIC INFO: Louis James Balbach (1896-1942) was born in San Jose, California, the youngest of three children of Louis Augustus Balbach (1868-1908) and his wife Nettie Viola (Bonar) Balbach (1873-1959). Louis was a star swimmer and diver. He first went to Columbia University, in New York City, on an athletic scholarship. He competed in the 1920 Olympics, and won a Bronze Medal. Louis remained in New York to go to Columbia Law School and become a lawyer. Then he returned to Oregon, where his family was living. Louis married Jessie May Paul (1906-unknown). They had no children. Louis James Balbach died in 1942, probably in Portland, Oregon. His wife Jessie May (Paul) Balbach remarried.
BURIAL: Louis was cremated and his remains stored in a niche. According to family history, when his mother Nettie Viola (Bonar) {1. Balbach} {2. Shepardson} Kramer died, her cremated remains were to be placed in the same niche as her son Louis. An Obituary listed the place of Nettie's innurement as Chapel of the Pines.
BASIC INFO: Louis James Balbach (1896-1942) was born in San Jose, California, the youngest of three children of Louis Augustus Balbach (1868-1908) and his wife Nettie Viola (Bonar) Balbach (1873-1959). Louis was a star swimmer and diver. He first went to Columbia University, in New York City, on an athletic scholarship. He competed in the 1920 Olympics, and won a Bronze Medal. Louis remained in New York to go to Columbia Law School and become a lawyer. Then he returned to Oregon, where his family was living. Louis married Jessie May Paul (1906-unknown). They had no children. Louis James Balbach died in 1942, probably in Portland, Oregon. His wife Jessie May (Paul) Balbach remarried.
BURIAL: Louis was cremated and his remains stored in a niche. According to family history, when his mother Nettie Viola (Bonar) {1. Balbach} {2. Shepardson} Kramer died, her cremated remains were to be placed in the same niche as her son Louis. An Obituary listed the place of Nettie's innurement as Chapel of the Pines.
INFORMATION NOT VERIFIED BY CURRENT MANAGER OF MEMORIAL.
BASIC INFO: Louis James Balbach (1896-1942) was born in San Jose, California, the youngest of three children of Louis Augustus Balbach (1868-1908) and his wife Nettie Viola (Bonar) Balbach (1873-1959). Louis was a star swimmer and diver. He first went to Columbia University, in New York City, on an athletic scholarship. He competed in the 1920 Olympics, and won a Bronze Medal. Louis remained in New York to go to Columbia Law School and become a lawyer. Then he returned to Oregon, where his family was living. Louis married Jessie May Paul (1906-unknown). They had no children. Louis James Balbach died in 1942, probably in Portland, Oregon. His wife Jessie May (Paul) Balbach remarried.
BURIAL: Louis was cremated and his remains stored in a niche. According to family history, when his mother Nettie Viola (Bonar) {1. Balbach} {2. Shepardson} Kramer died, her cremated remains were to be placed in the same niche as her son Louis. An Obituary listed the place of Nettie's innurement as Chapel of the Pines.
BASIC INFO: Louis James Balbach (1896-1942) was born in San Jose, California, the youngest of three children of Louis Augustus Balbach (1868-1908) and his wife Nettie Viola (Bonar) Balbach (1873-1959). Louis was a star swimmer and diver. He first went to Columbia University, in New York City, on an athletic scholarship. He competed in the 1920 Olympics, and won a Bronze Medal. Louis remained in New York to go to Columbia Law School and become a lawyer. Then he returned to Oregon, where his family was living. Louis married Jessie May Paul (1906-unknown). They had no children. Louis James Balbach died in 1942, probably in Portland, Oregon. His wife Jessie May (Paul) Balbach remarried.
BURIAL: Louis was cremated and his remains stored in a niche. According to family history, when his mother Nettie Viola (Bonar) {1. Balbach} {2. Shepardson} Kramer died, her cremated remains were to be placed in the same niche as her son Louis. An Obituary listed the place of Nettie's innurement as Chapel of the Pines.
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