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Home Town Tustin, Mich.
Last Address Family plot: Burdell Township Cemetery, Sherman Township, Osceola County, Michigan
Date of Passing Jan 30, 1992
Location of Interment Burdell Township Cemetery South - Tustin, Michigan
First, I would like to thank each of you for your Military Service, and to those returning from overseas "WELCOME HOME".
My intention is to list the information I have on my father and some of my family here on the Army TWS. Both of my Great Grandfathers were GAR Civil War Veterans. My father, Dennis Loomis, and at least five of my uncles were WWII Army and Army Air Corps. My Great x4 Grandfather, Jonathan Loomis, served seven years in the Army of the Revolution from Massachusetts and fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. He served with Stevens' Company of Mass., Rossiter's Regt., and fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. That makes me both a Son of the American Revolution and S.U.V.: Sons Of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Most information on this profile page is intended as a Remembrance Profile on my Father, Dennis W. Loomis. He was born in Sherman Township (Tustin) Michigan on 29 January 1924; served U.S. Army World War II from April 1944 to January 1945; died 30 January 1992, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. His remains rest at the family plot at Burdell Cemetery, Sherman Township, Michigan, along with his parents and grandparents.
Dennis Loomis: I am still trying to piece together my father's WWII service. He graduated high school in 1942 and attempted to enlist twice which was denied because he was classified as a farmer and he owned a small dairy. However, in early 1944 he was drafted and then injured during training and spent several months recuperating a knee injury while in the San Francisco area, at General Dibble Army Hospital, Palo Alto. From Camp Roberts, Calif., he was assigned as an armed guard on prison trains hauling Japanese POWs from the west coast to internment camps such as Camp McCoy at Sparta, Wisconsin. He was given a medical discharge in January 1945. His disability was rated at 20% and lists him as Military Police because of his duties as an armed guard.
Thank you for stopping by,
Steven Loomis, Vietnam War Veteran, US Naval Advisory Group Vietnam, 1971/1972.
Other Comments:
LOOMIS FAMILY IN AMERICA
Joseph Loomis came from Essex in England to the new world in 1638 and landed at the settlement of Boston which was founded just eight years earlier in 1630. Joseph Loomis' Great-Great Grandson was Jonathan Loomis. Jonathan Loomis (American Revolution) was my Great (x4) Grandfather. Joel Loomis (Civil War) was Jonathan's Great Grandson and my Great Grandfather. Dennis Loomis was my Father, WWII. I am a direct descendant of Joseph Loomis by ten generations in America.
Profile by: Steven Dennis Loomis, U.S. Naval Forces Viet-Nam
My father was Dennis William Loomis, U.S. Army Infantry WWII.
My grandfather was: Harry George Loomis, son of:
Joel Woolsey Loomis (Civil War, Michigan 11th Infantry, Co.B), son of:
Woolsey Melancthon Loomis, son of:
Eber Loomis, son of:
Jonathan Loomis (7 years, Revolutionary War), son of:
Nathaniel Loomis, son of:
James Loomis, son of:
Joseph Loomis II, first son of: Joseph Loomis arrived in Boston 1638. Born in the county of Essex, England 1590.
OBITUARY, Dennis William Loomis
Date
Jan 30, 1992
Last Updated: Feb 2, 2011
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DENNIS WILLIAM LOOMIS of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, formerly of Cadillac, Michigan, died Thursday, January 30, 1992 in Hillside Hospital in Beaver Dam, Wisc. He was 68.
Mr. Loomis was born January 29, 1924 in Sherman Township, Osceola County, the son of Grayce (Birkett) and Harry Loomis. He married Joan Reen in 1946 in Mount Pleasant, MI. He later married Cynthia Harlan April 23, 1960 in Detroit.
Mr Loomis was in Advertising Sales with Dunn & Bradstreet in Detroit. In Cadillac, he worked for WWTV. He worked for Wolverine Shoe Company for ten years in Louisiana, Texas and Wisconsin. He was advertising manager for Waupaca County Post and joined the advertising staff of Wisconsin Farmer before retiring due to ill health in 1982.
Mr. Loomis settled in Beaver Dam, Wisc. in 1962 with his wife Cynthia and lived there until his death.
He was a graduate of Tustin High Shool and Berean Bible School in Grand Rapids, Mich. He served in the United States Army Infantry in World War II and was a member of the Disabled American Veterans. He was a 4-H member and 4-H leader in Michigan and Wisconsin. He was a member of the AMVETS, the Exchange Club, Beaver Dam Coin Club and DAV.
Survivors include his wife, Cynthia of Beaver Dam, Wisc; His children Lucinda (Mrs. Donald) Schuster of Tustin, Mich., Steven and Barbra Loomis of Phoenix, Ariz., Kent and Fawn Loomis of Beaver Dam, Wisc., and Anne Loomis of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; his brothers and sisters, Dorothy Vander Veer of Grand Rapids, Stan and Irene Loomis of Tustin, Ken and Kay Loomis of Cadillac, Mayme and Jim Pullen of Cadillac, Marjorie and Bryce Alger of Cadillac, six grandchildren, including Robert and Mary Schuster of Tustin; and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Grayce Loomis, one brother-in-law, Ed Vander Veer and one niece, Marcie Vander Veer.
A memorial service will be held at a later date in Michigan. Memorial tributes may be made to the Disabled American Veterans.
From the Obituaries, Cadillac Evening News, February 4, 1992.