Maragret Lemieux

Personal Information

Birthplace: Ecorse, Wayne, MI

Service Information

Branch of Service: WAC

Theater of Operation: American

Enlisted / Commissioned: Jan 29, 1944

Discharged: Aug 6, 1946

Highest Rank: Pfc

Military Honors: Victory Medal, American Theater, Good Conduct

Honored By: Her children: Pam, Charlie, Brad, Betty

Biography

Margret Lemieux was born in Ecorse, Wayne, Michigan on August 30, 1923, to Alfred and Lula (Marentette) Lemieux. She attended St. Alphonse Elementary School through the eighth grade and graduated from Windsor High School, Windsor, Canada. Lemieux lived in Detroit Michigan, worked at the Hotel Statler, was crowned Miss Detroit River, and was a representative for the Life Saver Candy Company as a promoter prior to 1944.

Lemieux entered the service on January 29, 1944, and was stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where she worked as a clerk in the court martial section. She met Charles Shaver, a captain in the Army while they both were stationed at Fort Sheridan. They married, and moved to Kansas where they lived in Charles’ home town and had four children.