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LOYD FEE BLOXSOM


BORN: 1-16-1900 IN MINNEOLA KANSAS
MARRIED BESSIE MAE VANTREESE 10-24-1919 IN DEL NORTE, CO.
BESSIE WAS BORN 12-30-1901

CHILDREN WERE:
EARNEST EVERTT BORN 5-27-21 IN MONTE VISTA, CO.
RICHARD EUGENE BORN 12-27-24 DIED 1-8-25
ROBERT FEE BORN 12-20-25 IN MONTE VISTA, CO.

EARNEST MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH GETZ 10-23-46,
THEIR CHILDREN ARE:
JAMES LEE BORN 12-13-47 IN MONTE VISTA, CO. HE MARRIED ILENE SEATON 5-5-87.
LARRY GENE BORN 12-26-48, HE MARRIED JAN LEE CRAWFORD THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN,
AMY LYNN, AND WENDY LEE.
KURT DOUGLAS BORN 12-5-54 HE NEVER MARRIED.

EARNEST WAS IN THE US ARMY FROM 1942 UNTIL 1946. HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER.
HE RECEIVED FOUR BATTLE STARS FOR THE FOUR BATTLES HE SERVED IN.
ONE OF THEM WAS THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

ROBERT FEE BLOXSOM (BOB) SERVED IN THE ARMY IN KOREA DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
HE MARRIED MARGARET JEAN MOORE ON 12-30-52,

THEIR CHILDREN ARE:
RICKY LEE - BORN 1-8-55 IN ALAMOSA, CO. DIED, 5/2/75.
HE LOST HIS LIFE IN A FARM ACCIDENT WHEN HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD.
AN IMPLEMENT JACK THAT HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST WITH THE HANDLE.
TERRY LYNN, BORN 4/15/56, & MARRIED WILLIAM R BASHTON, 9/3/77.
KATHY JO BORN 1-24-59 IN MONTE VISTA, CO. AND SHE MARRIED STANLEY ALDRIDGE 9-3-77.

PEGGY JEAN BORN 4-22-61 IN MONTE VISTA, CO., SHE MARRIED DAVID WIDGER 5-23-81.
BOB’S WIFE MARGARET DIED WITH CANCER IN 1989.
HE LATER MARRIED PHYLLIS BRADLEY WHO WAS AN OLD FAMILY FRIEND.

     LOYD FEE BLOXSOM WAS BORN JAN 16, 1900. HE WAS THE FIRST CHILD AND ONLY SON OF HANK AND BIRDIE BLOXSOM. SINCE THE ONLY PHYSICIAN IN THAT AREA AT THAT TIME WAS NAMED WILLIAM FEE , IT MIGHT BE ASSUMED THAT THE DOCTOR WHO DELIVERED HIM WAS THE ONE HE WAS NAMED AFTER.

     FEE WAS ONLY ELEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN HIS MOTHER DIED. HE TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MAN WHEN HE WAS JUST A CHILD.

     THE FAMILY (HIS FATHER AND FOUR SISTERS) MOVED TO BRANSON, COLO. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD. HE ALWAYS HELPED WITH THE CATTLE AND HORSES. WHEN HE WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD HE RODE A HORSE TO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER AND HIS SISTERS WITH A TEAM AND WAGON.

     HE MET BESSIE MAE VANTREESE THERE IN THE VALLEY AND THEY WERE MARRIED WHEN HE WAS NINETEEN YEARS OLD. HE NEVER LIVED ANYWHERE ELSE AFTER THAT.

     HIS FIRST JOB WAS DRIVING HORSES MAKING A DRAINAGE DITCH. THEN HE WENT INTO DOING FARM LABOR. A NEIGHBOR SAW HIM WORK AND OFFERED HIM A DEAL OF SHARE CROPPING SOME OF HIS LAND. HE FARMED THE BOUCHER PLACE FOR MANY YEARS AFTER THAT. HE FARMED WITH HORSES UNTIL ABOUT 1942.

     AFTER (HIS SON) EARNIE WENT INTO THE ARMY FEE BOUGHT SOME LAND OF HIS OWN. FEE LIKE HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM LOVED FANCY WESTERN CLOTHES. HE WAS A VERY QUIET MAN. WHEN HE VISITED THE ROBBS FAMILY IN TEXAS HE ALWAYS HAD A NICE PAIR OF SOFT LEATHER GLOVES WHICH HE RAN THROUGH HIS HANDS ONE TO ANOTHER WHILE HE STOOD AND LISTENED TO EVERYONE ELSE TALK.

FEE DIED JAN. 14-1981 LEAVING HIS WIFE BESS, TWO SONS, SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

 
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