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Kowallis (Family : Kowallis, Reinhart Theodore, 1910-2004)

 Family

Dates

  • Existence: 1910 May 27 - 2004 April 6

Biography

Reinhart Theodore Kowallis born May 27, 1910, in River Heights, Utah to Karl August Kowallis and Justine Brenner, one of seven children. He served an LDS mission to Germany from 1932 to 1934 and completed a degree in forestry in 1940 at the Agricultural College in Logan, Utah. On February 18, 1942, Reinhart married Norma Jensen, whom he had met in college, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Norma was born August 30, 1916, in Pleasant View, Utah, to Joseph Jensen and Ethel Chamberlain. She and Reinhart had five children. Reinhart entered the United States Army in 1940, serving until 1946 in WWII in Guam, Okinawa, and in bases in the United States. Reinhart worked as a captain of a photographic and mapping squadron in the military. He later served as a Deputy Sheriff in Weber County, then worked as a science teacher in Weber County schools, for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and for the U.S. Geological Survey. Norma and Reinhart have a son, Bart J. Kowallis, who as of 2023 was an Associate Dean and professor at the Brigham Young University College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences. Norma died December 2, 1974, in Ogden, Utah. On April 6, 2004, Reinhart passed away in Pleasant View, Utah.

Citation:
Deseret News, via www, accessed July 18, 2023 (Reinhart Theodore Kowallis born May 27, 1910, River Heights, Utah to Karl August Kowallis and Justine Brenner, one of seven children; served an LDS mission to Germany from 1932 to 1934 and completed a degree in forestry in 1940 at the Agricultural College in Logan, Utah. On February 18, 1942, married Norma Jensen, whom he had met in college, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Entered the United States Army in 1940, serving until 1946 in WWII in Guam, Okinawa, and in bases in the United States. Worked as a captain of a photographic and mapping squadron in the military. Later served as a Deputy Sheriff in Weber County, then worked as a science teacher in Weber County schools, for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and for the U.S. Geological Survey. After Norma passed away in 1974, Reinhart married Barbara Cole, who died in 2004. On April 6, 2004, Reinhart passed away in Pleasant View, Utah) https://www.deseret.com/2004/4/8/19767614/obituary-reinhart-kowallis

BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, via www, accessed July 18, 2023 (as of 2023 was an Associate Dean and professor of the College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences at Brigham Young University) https://cfhg.byu.edu/directory/bart-j-kowallis

Family search, accessed July 18, 2023 (Norma was born August 30, 1916, in Pleasant View, Utah, to Joseph Jensen and Ethel Chamberlain; had five children; died December 2, 1974, in Ogden, Utah) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/KWCD-KYN

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Kowallis family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9554
Scope and Contents Collection contains photographs taken by Reinhart Kowallis during his service in and after WWII in the United States Army from 1940 to 1946, and letters between Reinhart and Norma Kowallis from 1944 to 1945 while Reinhart was deployed during World War II. Includes images of Guam and Okinawa. Also contains Norma Kowallis's 1948 journal, which includes mementoes from President George Albert Smith's visit to Pleasant View, Utah, and a book written by Bart J. Kowallis in 2015, transcribing...
Dates: 1944-2015
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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