Harold Melvin Lightfoot ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

Harold was first married to Louise <?> in about 1939. They appeared together in the 1940 US Census living in Carrollton, MO where they were both employed as Salespeople in some sort of retail product in which the handwriting on the census form appears to read as "aluminum". This could have meant that they were selling aluminum pots and pans.

That first marriage must not have lasted long because by 1944 he was remarried to Velma Darlene Weese.
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Harold M Lightfoot
Birth Year:1918
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Missouri
State of Residence: Missouri
County or City: Carroll
Enlistment Date: 22 Jun 1942
Enlistment State: Missouri
Enlistment City: Jefferson Barracks
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Salesmen and sales agents, except to consumers
Marital Status: Married
Height: 68
Weight: 162
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1920 US Census, 22 January 1920, Combs Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ³ Sheet 3B, District 5, Dwelling 67, Family 67
Combs Township, Carroll County, Missouri
farm owned no mortgage
Harold Lightfoot...Grandson..1-5/12..MO
(Living with parents at home of widowed paternal grandfather.)

2. 1930 US Census, April 1930, Combs Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ⁴ Sheet 5B, Roll 1181, District 0009, Household 119
Combs Township, Carroll County, Missouri, United States
Harold Lightfoot..Son..11..MO
(Living with parents.)

3. 1940 US Census, 2 April 1940, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ¹ Sheet 1A, Roll 2094, District 17-7, Family 7
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Carroll, Missouri
514 West Benton Street; house rented $12
Harold M. Lightfoot..Head..21..MO..9th grade..Salesman, Retail (Aluminum ?)
(Living with 1st wife.)

4. 1950 US Census, 17 April 1950, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States. ² 1950 US Census
Sheet 7, Family 78, District 24-24
Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States
870 North 17th
Harold M. Lightfoot..Head..31..Missouri..Regional Field Representative Health Insurance Company

(Living with wife and 3 children.)

5. Cemetery: Pleasant Park Cemetery, After 30 July 1971, De Witt, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ⁷ Find A Grave Memorial #60339783

Harold married Louise about 1939.¹ (Louise was born in 1920 in Missouri, United States ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1940 US Census, 2 April 1940, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States. ¹ Sheet 1A, Roll 2094, District 17-7, Family 7
Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Carroll, Missouri
514 West Benton Street; house rented $12
Harold M. Lightfoot..Head..21..MO..9th grade..Salesman, Retail (Aluminum ?)
Louise Lightfoot..Wife..20..MO..8th grade..Salesman's Helper, Retail (Aluminum ?)

Harold next married Velma Darlene Weese, daughter of Chester Arthur Weese and Martha Barnes, about 1944.² (Velma Darlene Weese was born on 23 August 1925 in Gentry, Missouri, United States ² and died on 21 March 2010 in Orland Park, Cook, Illinois, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1950 US Census, 17 April 1950, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States. ² 1950 US Census
Sheet 7, Family 78, District 24-24
Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States
870 North 17th
Harold M. Lightfoot..Head..31..Missouri..Regional Field Representative Health Insurance Company
V. Darlene Lightfoot..Wife..24..Missouri
Lana L. Lightfoot..Daughter..4..Kansas
Loyal L. Lightfoot..Son..2..Kansas
Lizbeth L. Lightfoot..Daughter..Oregon

  Marriage Notes:

Their first daughter, Lana, was born in 1945 in Atchinson, Kansas. Their first son, Loyal, was born in 1947 also in Kansas. By 1949 they had moved to Oregon where their second daughter, Lizbeth, was born in 1949. The 1950 US Census shows the family living in Salem, Marion, Oregon.

By 1971, Harold had moved to Riverside County in Southern California where he died in 1971 at the age of 53. His body was returned to Missouri and he was buried in Pleasant Park Cemetery in De Witt, Missouri where his paternal grandparents are also buried. His 2nd wife, Velma, lived until 2010 where she died outside of Chicago. I do not know if she remarried or not.
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