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Reta Mariel Tarbert

Female 1924 - 2012  (88 years)

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  • Name Reta Mariel Tarbert
    Birth 13 Apr 1924  Spokane, Spokance, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female
    Death 5 Dec 2012 
    Person ID I2721  Tarbert - Waldo
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2016

    Father Frank Joseph Tarbert,   b. 10 Aug 1870, Cadiz, Harrison, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1950 (Age 79 years)
    Mother Clara Pennington,   b. 22 May 1882, Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage 28 Jan 1902 
    Family ID F102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Merton Jack Silver,   b. 10 Jan 1923, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 2006, Palm Desert, Riverside, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Marriage 30 Oct 1948  Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
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    Family ID F977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 May 2021

  • Notes 
    • Rita Silver of Palm Desert passed away on December 5, 2012. She was born on April 13, 1924 in Spokane to Washington pioneers Frank Tarbert & Clara Pennington Tarbert. They lived in areas that were being lumbered off during the creation of Grand Coulee Dam. She graduated from Wenatchee High School in 1942 and attended Washington State College. She met her husband of 58 years, Dr. Merton Silver, while on summer holiday at Lake Tahoe. They married and moved to Davis California where he attended Veterinary School and she worked as Secretary to the Registrar on the UC campus. She is survived by her four children, Pamela, Scott, Joan and Martha, four grand children, two great grandchildren and many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her husband and five siblings. Rita was a two-time past president of the Palm Desert Women's Club, an avid bridge player and she loved to needlepoint. A memorial service will be held at 10:00am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Forest Lawn in Cathedral City. - See more at: http://obituaries.desertsun.com/obituaries/thedesertsun/obituary.aspx?n=rita-silver&pid=161534308#sthash.65AwBGJc.dpuf