He never married. He left Bayfield at age 18 on 20 January 1945 to join the United States Navy. 243 His Navy basic training was at Great Lakes Naval Base, Illinois. 243 He was a career Navy man trained as a machinist. He was honorably discharged as an E-6, and stayed in the Fleet Reserve. On 13 August 1980 he lived in Newark, Ohio. After discharge he worked for Garwood Industries, then Gaelic Tugboat Company from about 1982 to 1991, both in Detroit Michigan, and then retired to a trailer home at 867 North Lamb Boulevard, Lot 29, Las Vegas, Nevada 89110. In 2003 he moved to Livonia, Michigan, and died there nine days later. GPS coordinates of his gravesite are Map datum NAD 27 UTM Zone Conus 15 T 0665380 Easting 5186810 Northing.