William Dupee:  

Life Born on a farm near Centerburg, Ohio on 30 December 1935 to Phyllis Houchin Dupee (18 years old) and Dean E. Dupee (19 years old). It turned out to be a wonderful life for me mostly because of the love of these two young parents and with a lot of love from grandparents, aunts and uncles. Every kid should have a life as blessed and happy as mine has been. I am the first of five children born to Dean and Phyllis, but, of course, their parents were not as young as mine when they were born. Norma Jean was born in July 1938, Robert Alan (little Bobby) was born in September 1943, James Russell (Jimmy) was born in June 1952 and Thomas Mark (Tommy) was born in April 1954. Started to school in September 1941 at the Fredericktown, Ohio school and progressed as far as the 7th grade there until our family moved to Greenwich, Ohio. Finished high school in May 1954 at Greenwich High School. Entered Ohio University at Athens, Ohio in September 1954 and in January 1959 graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. Was employed as a Junior Engineer for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania until April 1959 when I entered the United States Air Force to serve my duty to my country for three years as a Reserve Officer. After being extended in my active duty committment due to the Cuban Missile Crisis, I decided to accept a commission in the Regular Air Force and remained on active duty until October 1979. I Married the lovely Arlene Wolford on New Year's Day 1961. She was a Fredericktown girl that I met well after our family moved away from there. Arlene and I had three children: Christopher, Curtis and Stephanie. This marriage ended in the (Panama) Canal Zone 1974 and I became a bachelor dad. In June 1976 I transferred to Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix, Arizona...Expand for more