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Col Storm Charles Rhode

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Col Storm Charles Rhode Veteran

Birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Death
2 Aug 1994 (aged 78)
Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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section 60, site 5815
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Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Storm C Rhode Jr
Age: 4 4/12
Estimated birth year: 1915
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 328 Second Avenue
Marital status: single
Mother's birth place: Minnesota
Father's birth place: Michigan
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Thomas W (age 7)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_858; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 213
Date: 10 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Storm C Rhode
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 3014 East Superior Street
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Minnesota
Mother's birthplace: Michigan
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Thomas W (age 17)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: 1126; Page: ; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 285.0
Date: 5 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Storm C Rhode Jr
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1940: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Address: 221 Clifton Avenue
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 1 year
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Glasgow, Valley, Montana
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: none
Census place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1978; Page: 64B; Enumeration District: 89-102
Date: 25 Apr 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Storm C Rhode
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Mather Field Military Reservation, Center Township, Sacramento County, California
Address: T3750 apartment 3
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: armed forces
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 40
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Mather Field Military Reservation, Center Township, Sacramento County, California
Date: 7 Apr 1950

After high school Storm worked for Kelly-Howe-Thompson Company (wholesale hardware) in Duluth. He was sent to KHT's warehouse by the Fort Peck Dam when it was under construction. He then went to Minneapolis and sold automobile tires, then worked for the Minnesota-Ontario Paper Company as an office boy. He wrote a monthly paper for the company, impressing his boss. He met his wife Audree in Minneapolis. After they married he volunteered for the Army Air Force, serving in World War II in Europe. He and his family lived in Naples, Italy for three years when he was assigned to NATO in Italy. He was also a veteran of Viet Nam, where he was in intelligence. Storm retired in 1971 as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, and lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. After retirement he was employed in Saudi Arabia for three years, engaged in airport construction. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. in September 1994.

Obituary from the "News-Tribune" of Duluth, Minnesota dated 4 Aug 1994:
Storm Rhode Jr., piloted bombers during WW II
Col. Storm Charles Rhode Jr., a retired military pilot and resident of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Duluth, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1994, in Myrtle Beach. He was 78.
He was born and raised in Duluth, graduated from Central High in 1933 and attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, the University of California, Sacramento, and the University of Maryland in Naples, Italy.
From 1933 to 1935, Mr. Rhode was a member of Duluth's 125th Field Artillery Minnesota National Guard. After leaving Duluth, he worked for the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Co., now known as Boise Cascade. He married his wife, Audree Beekman, in Minneapolis on January 17, 1942.
He served with the Army Air Corps during World War II and spent the next 30 years on flight status in the Air Force. He aviated mostly bombers, including the B-17 Flying Fortress, and was a member of the U.S. Eight [sic] Air Force, and was the Pathfinder Lead for 30 missions with the famed "Bloody Hundredth" Bomb Group. He served as director of intelligence from 1964 to 1965 in South Vietnam and was decorated with two Legion of Merits for his commendable performance.
Mr. Rhode retired from the Air Force in 1969 and moved to Myrtle Beach, where he organized and operated an Air Force Retiree Activities Office that was consistently rated No. 1 in the Air Force. He was appointed to the Air Force Chief of Staff's Retiree Council. He wrote for the Knight-Ridder newspaper The Sun News for 10 years. His column, "Winging It," was for the active and retiree military population.
Surviving are his wife, Audree; three sons, Col. Storm C. Rhode III of Vienna, Va., Michael Rhode of Leaburg, Ore, and Maj. Richard Rhode of Waipahu, Hawaii; four daughters, Audree Severn of Fort Benning, Ga., Barbara Stiles of San Antonio, Texas, Kelly Rhode of Akron, Ohio, and Deborah King of Columbia, S.C.; 18 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today in St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Myrtle Beach. Burial with full military honors will be at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in Arlington National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Mercy Hospice of Horry Co., P.O. Box 1409, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578. Arrangements are by McMillan-Small Funeral Home, Myrtle Beach, Bell Brothers Funeral Home-Bell Brothers Chapel, Duluth.

He married Audree Merle Beekman 17 Jan 1942 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Storm C Rhode Jr
Age: 4 4/12
Estimated birth year: 1915
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 328 Second Avenue
Marital status: single
Mother's birth place: Minnesota
Father's birth place: Michigan
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Thomas W (age 7)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_858; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 213
Date: 10 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Storm C Rhode
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 3014 East Superior Street
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Minnesota
Mother's birthplace: Michigan
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Thomas W (age 17)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: 1126; Page: ; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 285.0
Date: 5 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Storm C Rhode Jr
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1940: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Address: 221 Clifton Avenue
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 1 year
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Glasgow, Valley, Montana
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: none
Census place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1978; Page: 64B; Enumeration District: 89-102
Date: 25 Apr 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Storm C Rhode
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Mather Field Military Reservation, Center Township, Sacramento County, California
Address: T3750 apartment 3
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: armed forces
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 40
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Mather Field Military Reservation, Center Township, Sacramento County, California
Date: 7 Apr 1950

After high school Storm worked for Kelly-Howe-Thompson Company (wholesale hardware) in Duluth. He was sent to KHT's warehouse by the Fort Peck Dam when it was under construction. He then went to Minneapolis and sold automobile tires, then worked for the Minnesota-Ontario Paper Company as an office boy. He wrote a monthly paper for the company, impressing his boss. He met his wife Audree in Minneapolis. After they married he volunteered for the Army Air Force, serving in World War II in Europe. He and his family lived in Naples, Italy for three years when he was assigned to NATO in Italy. He was also a veteran of Viet Nam, where he was in intelligence. Storm retired in 1971 as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, and lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. After retirement he was employed in Saudi Arabia for three years, engaged in airport construction. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. in September 1994.

Obituary from the "News-Tribune" of Duluth, Minnesota dated 4 Aug 1994:
Storm Rhode Jr., piloted bombers during WW II
Col. Storm Charles Rhode Jr., a retired military pilot and resident of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Duluth, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1994, in Myrtle Beach. He was 78.
He was born and raised in Duluth, graduated from Central High in 1933 and attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, the University of California, Sacramento, and the University of Maryland in Naples, Italy.
From 1933 to 1935, Mr. Rhode was a member of Duluth's 125th Field Artillery Minnesota National Guard. After leaving Duluth, he worked for the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Co., now known as Boise Cascade. He married his wife, Audree Beekman, in Minneapolis on January 17, 1942.
He served with the Army Air Corps during World War II and spent the next 30 years on flight status in the Air Force. He aviated mostly bombers, including the B-17 Flying Fortress, and was a member of the U.S. Eight [sic] Air Force, and was the Pathfinder Lead for 30 missions with the famed "Bloody Hundredth" Bomb Group. He served as director of intelligence from 1964 to 1965 in South Vietnam and was decorated with two Legion of Merits for his commendable performance.
Mr. Rhode retired from the Air Force in 1969 and moved to Myrtle Beach, where he organized and operated an Air Force Retiree Activities Office that was consistently rated No. 1 in the Air Force. He was appointed to the Air Force Chief of Staff's Retiree Council. He wrote for the Knight-Ridder newspaper The Sun News for 10 years. His column, "Winging It," was for the active and retiree military population.
Surviving are his wife, Audree; three sons, Col. Storm C. Rhode III of Vienna, Va., Michael Rhode of Leaburg, Ore, and Maj. Richard Rhode of Waipahu, Hawaii; four daughters, Audree Severn of Fort Benning, Ga., Barbara Stiles of San Antonio, Texas, Kelly Rhode of Akron, Ohio, and Deborah King of Columbia, S.C.; 18 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today in St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Myrtle Beach. Burial with full military honors will be at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in Arlington National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Mercy Hospice of Horry Co., P.O. Box 1409, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578. Arrangements are by McMillan-Small Funeral Home, Myrtle Beach, Bell Brothers Funeral Home-Bell Brothers Chapel, Duluth.

He married Audree Merle Beekman 17 Jan 1942 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.

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Storm
Charles
Rhode
COL
US Air Force
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
Sep 24 1915
Aug 2 1994
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