Kenneth and Neal De Pree drove to St. Louis, Mo. Monday evening to get Mr. and Mrs. Byron De Pree. Mrs. De Pree remained here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Roggen. Byron returned to St. Louis on Wednesday afternoon and then to the Great Lakes Naval Station where he will be in training.
Source: Alton Democrat Dec. 11, 1943 p 8
Byron De Pree, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neal De Pree of Maurice has been stationed at Great Lakes, Ill. with the following present address:
S. B. De Pree, V-6 S 2-c
Co. 1875 U.S.N.T. Station
Great Lakes, Ill.
Source: Sioux Center News Dec. 17, 1942 p 8
Seine Byron De Pree, 24, husband of Mrs. Margaret J. De Pree, Box 65, Maurice, Iowa, has been selected to sing in the Great Lakes choir during his period of recruit training at the U. S. Naval Training Station at the Great Lakes.
As a member of the choir company, the new Bluejacket will sing at special camp “happy hours”, Sunday morning church services, on the weekly Friday night coast-to-coast broadcast of “Meet Your Navy” and any other program requiring special singing.
Upon completing recruit training he will be granted a nine-day “boot” leave.
S.B. De Pree V-6 S2-c
Co. 1875, Barracks 3107
Green Bay Camp
Great Lakes, Ill.
Source: Sioux Center News Dec. 31, 1942 p 7
Leon Roggen and Mrs. Byron De Pree left Monday for Holland, Mich. where Leon will return to College and Mrs. De Pree will visit with her sisters, Mrs. Art McGilvra and Mrs. Earl Tellman. Mrs. De Pree will also go to visit her husband who is stationed in Camp Green Bay at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
Source: Sioux County Capital Jan. 7, 1943 p 3
Byron De Pree from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and Mrs. Byron De Pree who has been staying with her sisters, Mrs. Art McGilvra and Mrs. Earl Tillman of Holland, Mich., came Friday to spend a few days in the Rev. J. Roggen and Neal De Pree homes. Byron will leave Thursday for the Training Station and he then expects to be transferred.
Source: Alton Democrat Mar. 5, 1943 p 6
Addresses of two of the local boys: … Byron De Pree S 2/C, Class 10-43, Fleet Sound School, Key West, Florida.
Source: Sioux County Capital Mar. 18, 1943 p 8
Byron De Pree is back at Fleet Sound School in Key West, Florida after being confined to the Naval Hospital with measles and bronchitis for four weeks. He receives the News regularly. There is a slight change in his address:
S. B. De Pree S 2-c
Class 14-43, Fleet Sound School
Key West, Florida
Source: Sioux Center News Apr. 15, 1943 p 8
S. Byron De Pree So. M 3/c
Fleet Sound School
Key West, Florida
E.S.M 10-43
Source: Sioux County Capital May 20, 1943 p 7
Byron De Pree graduated from Fleet Sound School at Key West, Fla., Saturday. He has been selected to remain in Florida for further training.
…
Mrs. Byron De Pree will go to Florida to be with her husband, who is in the navy.
Source: LeMars Globe Post May 27, 1943 p 2
Mrs. Byron De Pree left Tuesday for Key West, Fla., where she will spend a few weeks with her husband, who is with the navy there.
…
S. Byron De Pree So M 3/C
Fleet Sound School
Key West Fla., E. S. M. 10-43
Source: Alton Democrat May 28, 1943 p 3
The address of Byron De Pree is:
S. B. De Pree So M 3-c
E. L. M. 10-43, Fleet Sound School
Key West, Fla.
Source: Sioux Center News July 15, 1943 p 8
A Fellowship meeting was held in the First Ref. Church Monday evening with Rev. Harsevort of Ireton as leader and So. M 2/C Byron De Pree as guest speaker. The latter arrived Wednesday with his wife, the former Margaret Roggen, for a two week’s visit with their parents here. Byron is Sound Instructor in the Fleet Sound school at Key West, Fla.
Source: Alton Democrat Feb. 24, 1944 p 4
So. M 2/C Byron De Pree returned to his post at Key West, Fla., Friday. His wife remained here for another week’s visit with her parents.
Source: Rock Valley Bee Mar. 10, 1944 p 2
A fine baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Byron De Pree at the Sacred Heart hospital in Le Mars August 28. He weighed 7 ½ lbs. and has been named Steven Bruce. Mrs. De Pree is the former Margaret Roggen and Byron is an instructor in the Fleet Sound School.
Source: Alton Democrat Sept. 14, 1944 p 6
Mrs. Byron De Pree and baby son came home to the parental Rev. John Roggen home Saturday from the Sacred Heart hospital in Le Mars.
Source: Sioux County Capital Sept 14, 1944 p 6
SOMK Byron De Pree arrived Wednesday from Key West, Fla. to spend a 15 day leave with his wife and baby at the Rev. Roggen home and with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neal De Pree. Byron is an instructor in the Fleet Sound School of the U. S. Navy.
Source: Alton Democrat Jan. 18, 1945 p 6
Rev. and Mrs. Roggen were hosts to a family gathering Monday evening, honoring their sons-in-law Capt. A. McGilvra, and S.O.M. 1/c Byron De Pree and their families, and their daughter-in-law Mrs. Leon Roggen of Orange City. Byron left Tuesday for Key West, Fla. after spending his leave with his family, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neal De Pree.
Source: Sioux Center News Jan. 18, 1945 p 8
Mrs. Arthur McGilvra went to Chicago to meet her sister, Mrs. Byron De Pree and baby, who came from Key West, Fla. where she had spent several months with her husband.
He is an instructor in the Fleet Sound School.
Source: Sioux County Capital June 28, 1945 p 8
Seine Byron De Pree SOM 1/c
629-52-83
U. S. Navy Tra. and Dist. Center
Shoemaker, Calif.
Source: Sioux Center News Sept. 6, 1945 p 2
Byron De Pree received his discharge from the Navy, and returned to his home Saturday.
Source: Sioux County Capital Nov. 15, 1945 p 6
Iowa, U. S., WWII Bonus Case Files 1947-1954, Claim No. 200313
Seine Byron De Pree, SN 6295283, was born Oct. 6, 1918 at Sioux Center, Iowa and lived at Box 65, Maurice, Iowa prior to his induction into the Navy on Dec. 3, 1942 at Kansas City, Mo. He served with: USNTS, Great Lakes, Illinois; Flt. Sound Sch., Key West, Florida; Com Flt. Sound Sch. Ron (USS Dahlgren); Flt. Sonar Sch. Ron (USS Huron); USN TADCEN, Shoemaker, Calif. and was honorably discharged on Nov. 9, 1945. His application for bonus pay was filed June 23, 1949, for which he received
$370.00 in bonus pay.
Source: ancestry.com
