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About Rene Adrin Spring:
Rene Spring had French Canadian ancestry, and the family surname was originally Fontaine. The surname
Spring was apparently taken by his grandfather, Louis Fontaine. Rene had children by a prior marriage,
no information on them. He retired from the Air Force as a Master Sergeant. He met my grandmother
Kathleen while stationed at Barksdale Field, Bossier City, LA during or immediately after WWII. His
birth date is from his cemetery headstone. ...................................................................................
Records
on ancestry.com show Rene Spring in the 1910 Census, MA, Hampden Co., Holyoke, age 3, birthplace MA.
William
Spring 44; occupation: clerk Louise Spring 27 Gertrude Spring 15; child from previous marriage Arthur
Spring 9; child from previous marriage Reine Spring 3 ...................................................................................
Found
in 1920 Census, MA, Hampden Co., Holyoke Ward 2, age 12, birthplace MA. Listed in error as Rena, a male,
grandaughter. He, his mother, and his sister were living with his Fontaine grandparents. Frank Fountaine
64 Louise Fountaine 63 Louise Spring 36 Rena Spring 12 (Rene) Rita Spring 8 ...................................................................................
Rene
Spring was not found in the 1930 or the 1940 Census, possibly because he was overseas serving in the
Army. The record below shows that he re-eniisted in the Army in Nov. 1945. He was serving in 1948-49
on Guam Island.
World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Name: Rene S Spring Army
Serial No.: 31153134 Birth Year: 1907 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country:
Massachusetts State of Residence: Louisiana County or City: Caddo Enlistment Date: 20 Nov
1945 Enlistment State: Louisiana Enlistment City: Shreveport Branch: Air Corps Branch
Code: Air Corps Grade: Staff Sergeant Grade Code: Staff Sergeant Term of Enlistment: Enlistment
for Hawaiian Department Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and
Enlisted Men) Education: Grammar school Civil Occupation: Machine shop and related occupations,
n.e.c. Marital Status: Married Height: 08 Weight: 700 ...................................................................................
Shreveport
City Directory, 1948 and 1950, living at 1451 Harvard St. with wife Kathleen, occupation, US Army.
About Kathleen Anna Augusta Jones:
Found in 1940 Census, LA, Caddo Parish, Shreveport, ED 9-33A, sh. 7A. Addr: 1451 Harvard Ave. Household
Members: Katherine Ferguson 38 (Kathleen) Ruth Ferguson 21 Lenda Ferguson 18 (Leneda) Leonard
Ferguson 16 .................................................................
Obituary - Kathleen
Ferguson Spring
Graveside services for Mrs. Kathleen Ferguson Spring, 92, of Shreveport, were
held at 10 a.m., Monday, September 16, at Greenwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Crawford Williams, pastor
ofI ngleside Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Rose-Neath's Southside
Chapel.
Mrs. Spring, a native of Washington, Indiana, died Saturday, Sept. 14, at Westwood Manor
Nursing Home, following a long illness. She was a homemaker, and member of the Ingleside BaptistChurch.
She
is survived by two sons, L. W. Ferguson, and Homer H. Ferguson, both of Zwolle; one daughter, Leneda
Eley of Shreveport; one sister, Stella Mae Lones of Lima, Ohio; two brothers, Lev Jones of Lima, Pirkie
Jones of California; numerous grandchildren; great grandchildren; nieces and nephews .................................................................
Picture of Kathleen (Jones) Ferguson
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