Gertrude (Davidson) Timpone

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Gertrude (Davidson) Timpone served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started:
Unit(s): Woman’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Service ended: September 1943

Gertrude (Davidson) Timpone was a centenarian, living to age 102.

Gertrude (Trudi) Davidson was born on May 17, 1916. She was the daughter of Joseph Davidson and Rose Ornstein. She had two sisters, Florence Davidson Mischel and Leah Davidson Cayton. Her parents were Russian-Romanian immigrants who resided in Brooklyn, New York, and raised their children in Brooklyn and in Mineola, Long Island, New York.

Gertrude worked in the cosmetic sales industry most of her young life until she joined the Woman’s Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942. Stationed in Sacramento, California, she built radios for the war effort and was honorably discharged in September 1943.

It was there she met her husband, Ted Timpone, while studying radio math at McClelland Field in Sacramento. She and Ted raised three children and made their homes in Sacramento, San Jose and La Habra, California.

Following the death of her husband in 1966, she worked for Trans World Airlines (TWA) in International Reservations and Group Tour Sales for sixteen years. Not quite ready for retirement at the age of 66, Trudi went on to work another nine years as Sales Manager and Vice President of HellasTours, a Greek tour company. Finally, at the age of 75, she retired from the travel industry and moved to Corvallis, Oregon, in 1991.

As matriarch of the Davidson-Timpone family and the last remaining member of her generation, she celebrated her 100th birthday in 2016 in style — the last to leave the dance floor.

Gertrude (Trudi) Davidson Timpone peacefully passed away July 14, 2018, at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House in Albany, Oregon, surrounded by her family. She was proud that she was living a very healthy and viable life at 102 years old. Her last residence was in Tangent, Oregon.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X78Y-YBL : accessed 16 July 2020), Gertrude Davidson in household of Joseph Davidson, Mineola, Nassau, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 4A, line 28, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1461; FHL microfilm 2,341,196.

• 1940 United States Federal Census Source Info Census. Name: Gertrude Davidson Age: 22. Estimated birth year: abt 1918. Gender: Female. Race: White. Birthplace: New York. Marital status: Single. Relation to Head of House: Daughter. Home in 1940: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. Inferred Residence in 1935: New York, New York. Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year. Occupation: Sales Lady Wholesale. Household Members: Father: Joseph Davidson, Age 64. Mother: Rose Davidson, Age 51, and Gertrude Davidson Age 22. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/160314464/person/202207795560/facts

• California, County Marriage Records, 1849-1980. Source Info: Birth, & Marriage. Name: Ignatius Theodore Timpone. Birth: 1904. Marriage Date 1944. Marriage Location. Sacramento, California. Spouse: Gertrude "Trudi" Davidson.

• DeMoss-Durdan Funeral Home & Crematory, Obituary for Gertrude D. Timpone: https://www.demossdurdan.com/obituaries/Gertrude-Timpone/#!/Obituary

• The Albany Democrat-Herald, Jul 19 2018 Obituary: Gertrude (Trudi) Davidson Timpone, May 17, 1916 — July 14, 2018. Obituary