Eugene Cleo Vest

1923 - 1986  (62 years)

• Name	Eugene Cleo Vest
  Born	10 Sep 1923	Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Feb 1986	Stephenville, Erath Co, Texas, USA
  Buried	Stephenville, Erath Co, Texas, USA (Erath Gardens Of Memory)
  Person ID	I20951	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Joseph James Vest
  Mother	Olive Leta Bush
  Family ID	F27491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melva Loraine Jackson,   b. 3 Sep 1925, Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa, USA ,   d. 15 May 2009  (Age 83 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1943	Ottumwa, Wapello Co, Iowa, USA
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F8820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=vest&GSfn=eugene&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=44125544&df=all& [[ Obituary: Eugene only completed the 8th grade of his eduction in Ottumwa, Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army from 19 Feb 1943 through 28 Dec 1945. He participated in 3 major battles in WW II while serving with the 232d Combat Engineers, 77th Infantry Division on Guam, Phillippine Islands and Okinawa. He was awarded an Arrow Head for the invasion of Layte. He was discharged from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 28 Dec 1945. Eugene worked at John Morrill Meat Packing Plant and John Deere Works in Ottumwa, Iowa. After Morrill's closed, he & his wife moved to Clinton, Iowa and he worked at Champion Printing Company until his disability retirement. He & his wife moved to Stephenville, Texas after his retirement close to his son Harold until his death.