Louise Lillian TREMBLAY

(b. 3 March 1920 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 December 2007 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
Age: 87
Cause of Death: colon cancer

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Louise Lillian TREMBLAY was born 3 March 1920 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Louise Lillian TREMBLAY was the child of William TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephine-Eglentine CAYA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie-Anastasie BOUCHER (maternal) Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA and Adelaide BOURDELAIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louise Lillian married George Eugene Harmala MELTAUS 10 April 1959 in Pomfret, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
George Eugene Harmala MELTAUS was born 3 June 1919 in Astoria, Oregon, USA. George Eugene Harmala died 9 August 1983 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). George Eugene Harmala was the child of John Henry MELTAUS and Aliina Alice Sophia HARMALA.

Louise Lillian TREMBLAY died 10 December 2007 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Louise Lillian TREMBLAY married

George Eugene Harmala MELTAUS-- Date: 10 April 1959 Place: Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
George Eugene Harmala MELTAUS was the child of John Henry MELTAUS and Aliina Alice Sophia HARMALA

Name: Georg E Meltaus
Birth Year: abt 1920
Residence: Massachusetts
Age: 39
Race: White
Spouse: Louis L Tremblay
Spouse Residence: Massachusetts
Spouse Age: 39
Spouse Race: White
Marriage Date: 10 Apr 1959
Place of Marriage: Pomfret, Windham
Note: officiator Civil Official

Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Marriage Index, 1959-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
Original data: Connecticut. 1959-77 Connecticut Marriage File. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Department of Public Health.

Children of George Eugene Harmala MELTAUS and Louise Lillian TREMBLAY:

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1920 Birth
3 March 1920
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Louise Lillian TREMBLAY - Birth Certificate Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920 Births 1920 vol 126 Southbridge Image 27 of 541

Birth Certificate
Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920
Births 1920 vol 126 Southbridge Image 27 of 541

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Louise Lillian TREMBLAY - Tremblay family in 1920 (28 Apr 1920) Front (L to R): Edgar, Josephine, Louise (baby), Lorraine, William, Raymond and Eugene Back (L to R): Nelida,

Tremblay family in 1920 (28 Apr 1920)
Front (L to R): Edgar, Josephine, Louise (baby), Lorraine, William, Raymond and Eugene
Back (L to R): Nelida, Lionel, Exena, Rudolph, George (in photo)
Center: Roland

Thanks to Louise Tremblay Meltaus

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Josephine Tremblay, age 52, widowed, b. Canada, living on Fairlawn Ave. in Southbridge, MA. Living with her are: son, Edgar, 18; daughter, Lorraine, 16, laborer in an optical shop; son, Raymond, 15; daughter, Louise, 10. All children were born in MA. Living next door is Josephine's daughter, Exena, 30, storekeeper in a hardware store; and her husband, Louis Metras, 36, superintendent at Blanchard Theater.
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

May 19, 1938

photos belonging to Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

1938 - High School Graduation
A Southbridge girl has just graduated from the Central High School in Flint, Mich. She is Miss Louise Tremblay, daughter of Mrs. Josephine Tremblay of Fairlawn avenue. She attended the graded schools here and two years at the Mary E. Wells High School before leaving for Flint.

The Evening Gazette
Worcester, Massachusetts
June 7, 1938

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
43 Fairlawn Ave, Southbridge, Massachusetts
Metras Louis, head, 45, b. MA
Metras Lucy, wife, 40, b. MA
Metras Pauline, daughter, 9, b. MA
Metras Arthur, son, 7, b. MA
Metras Suzanne, daughter, 5, b. MA
Tremblay Louise, lodger, 20, b. MA
Tremblay Josephine, mother in law, widow, 62, b. Canada
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1959 Marriage / Partner
Louise Lillian TREMBLAY and George Eugene Harmala MELTAUS 10 April 1959, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA (Abington)

She was 39 years old.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.

1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

1977 - Jimmy Carter becomes President of the United States

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State occurred on May 18, triggered by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It caused the largest landslide in recorded history, followed by a massive lateral blast. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 homes, and spread ash across the U.S.

1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1983 Death of Spouse/Partner
George Eugene Harmala MELTAUS died 9 August 1983, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President of the United States

1993 - William J. Clinton becomes President of the United States

photos belonging to Jeannette Lippe Tremblay

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2001 - George W. Bush becomes President of the United States

2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.

Louise Lillian TREMBLAY - Oak Ridge Cemetery Southbridge, Massachusetts

Oak Ridge Cemetery
Southbridge, Massachusetts

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2007 Death
10 December 2007
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

She died at the age of 87.

Obituary
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007
WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE
LOUISE L. (TREMBLAY) MELTAUS, 87

SOUTHBRIDGE Louise L. (Tremblay) Meltaus, 87, of Southbridge died Monday December 10 at Harrington Memorial Hospital Southbridge.

Born in Southbridge, she was the daughter of William and Josephine (Maynard) Tremblay. Louise was the wife of the late George E. Meltaus who died in 1983.

She leaves one son, John A Meltaus of Weston and one daughter, Mary Meltaus of Lexington, her husband Josiah Slack, and 4 grandchildren Alina, Katya, Elise and Ethan. Louise was the youngest of 14 children and is survived by one brother Raymond Tremblay of Orlando Fl and along with many loving relatives Pauline Metras of Southbridge.

Louise retired in 1986 as Patient Account Manager at Harrington Hospital in Southbridge. Before that, she worked for 20 years at Lemoine Furniture in Southbridge. Louise was an avid reader and traveler, and merged those passions by traveling to places where she could...Read MORE...

Louise is buried at: Oak Ridge Cemetery
181 Main Street
Southbridge, Massachusetts
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 4/9/2026 6:38:59 PM