Clyde William Doolittle was born January 6, 1924, at Amelia, Nebraska to Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Doolittle and died July 24, 2005, at the Highmore Healthcare Center, Highmore, South Dakota, at the age of 81 years, five months and 18 days.
He attended school in Amelia until he joined the United States Navy in January of 1944 and was honorably discharged in January of 1946. On May 22, 1944, he married his hometown sweetheart, Betty Jane Slaymaker. To this union three sons were born.
They made their home on his father's ranch in Amelia until May of 1963 when they moved to Maurine, SD, where they lived on a ranch until moving to Highmore, SD in June of 1985. He worked for area ranchers and farmers around Highmore until becoming Maintenance Supervisor at the Highmore Healthcare Center, where he worked until his retirement.
He was actively involved in the Methodist Church at Highmore, Amelia, and Opal; the American Legion, and as a Softball coach in Opal He loved to fish, hunt and play cards, but his favorite pastimes were playing cribbage and poker.
He was preceded in death by his wife two infant daughters, his parents, six brothers three sisters, one niece and two sisters-in-law.
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Clyde William Doolittle was born January 6, 1924, at Amelia, Nebraska to Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Doolittle and died July 24, 2005, at the Highmore Healthcare Center, Highmore, South Dakota, at the age of 81 years, five months and 18 days.
He attended school in Amelia until he joined the United States Navy in January of 1944 and was honorably discharged in January of 1946. On May 22, 1944, he married his hometown sweetheart, Betty Jane Slaymaker. To this union three sons were born.
They made their home on his father's ranch in Amelia until May of 1963 when they moved to Maurine, SD, where they lived on a ranch until moving to Highmore, SD in June of 1985. He worked for area ranchers and farmers around Highmore until becoming Maintenance Supervisor at the Highmore Healthcare Center, where he worked until his retirement.
He was actively involved in the Methodist Church at Highmore, Amelia, and Opal; the American Legion, and as a Softball coach in Opal He loved to fish, hunt and play cards, but his favorite pastimes were playing cribbage and poker.
He was preceded in death by his wife two infant daughters, his parents, six brothers three sisters, one niece and two sisters-in-law.
http://genealogytrails.com/sdak/hyde/obit1.htm
Family Members
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Arthur Conrad Doolittle
1904–1998
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Myrtle Mae Doolittle Medlen
1906–2004
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Harold James Doolittle
1908–1930
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Ruth Ethel Doolittle Kennedy
1910–2001
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Earl H. Doolittle
1914–1950
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Birdie C. Doolittle Fullerton
1916–2002
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Thomas Dale Doolittle
1919–1969
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Clinton S. Doolittle
1921–1967
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Eugene Tony "Gene" Doolittle
1926–1951
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