Herbert Lee SPENCER

1886 - 1971  (84 years)

• Name	Herbert Lee SPENCER
  Birth	2 Dec 1886	Canton, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  _UID	DD897A57206E44BCAD5288A6AFA6A2EBD45D
  Death	19 Jan 1971	Los Angeles CA
  Person ID	I42	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Herbert Ransom SPENCER,   b. 31 Jan 1856, Lenox, Ohio d. 4 Jul 1932, Saint Louis County, Minnesota (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Jessie Freemont LEE,   b. 16 Jan 1860, Ohio, USA d. 12 Apr 1923, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1884	Portage, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Veronica DEMING,   b. Ravenna, Ohio ?
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2014

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary - South Pasadena Review, South Pasadena, California - 25 Jan 1971, Mon • Page 5 Herbert L. Spencer, Former Pres, of Local GOP Club, Dies Herbert Lee Spencer, who formally resided for many years on Ashbourne Drive, died January 19, 1971 at his home in Pasadena. A native of Canton, Ohio, Mr. Spencer is survived by his wife, Veronica Deming Spencer; two sons, William Churchill Spencer of Rhododendron, Oregon; and Robert Deming Spencer of Los Angeles; a daughter, Elizabeth Spencer Pfau, of San Francisco; and ten grandchildren. Funeral services were private. Mr. Spencer, a former president of tiie South Pasadena Republican Club, was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he was captain of the Navy football team. He was also coauthor of the original words of "Anchors Aweigh which was dedicated to his class. After graduation he served two world tours with the Great White Fleet. While still in the Navy, Mr. Spencer served at the White House as Presidential Aide to both William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson. Upon leaving the Navy, Mr. Spencer attended the Houghton School of Minos and then entered a career in mining engineering.