Port Salerno, FL - Joseph Irving Lockwood, 92, of Port Salerno, FL, passed away on January 31, 2018. To his friends, he was known as "Bud".
Born in Morgan, New Jersey, on August 16, 1925, to William and Lillian (Deter) Lockwood, Bud grew up in Morgan Creek and attended school in Sayreville, NJ. He was part of the first class to graduate from Sayreville War Memorial High School in June of 1943.
After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy and saw action in the South Pacific and served with an elite group of Navy personnel known as the "Armed Guard". Bud received an honorable discharge from the United States Navy in March of 1946 as a Seaman First Class.
After World War II, he continued to work in the bait and tackle business with his parents. Bud also took up other jobs as means of support and it was then that he discovered his talents in the construction field as a mason. During the years to follow, until his retirement, he built many houses, businesses, and anything else involving cement, block, brick, stone and concrete.
In January of 1951, Bud married Grace Dawson, and they had two children, twins, Glenn and Gail, born in February 1952.
Bud and his family loved to Stuart in 1970 from Colts Neck, NJ. Grace passed in March of 2010. He was a member of the American Legion Post 126 of Jensen Beach, and also a member of the VFW Post 10132 in Hobe Sound,
He is survived by his son, Glenn of Hobe Sound, FL; daughter, Gail of Wauchula, FL; and grandson, Blair Root of Port Salerno, FL.
Visitation will be held on Monday, February 5, 2018 from 9:00AM-10:00AM with a funeral service to begin at 10:00AM at Aycock Funeral Home, Young and Prill Chapel in South Stuart. Interment will be held at All Saints Cemetery in Jensen Beach.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, PO BOX 2000, Boys Ranch, FL 32064.
Please sign his online guestbook at www.youngandprill.com
Funeral Home
Aycock Funeral Home
6801 SE FEDERAL HWY Stuart, FL 34997
(772) 223-9300
Published in Home News Tribune on Feb. 3, 2018
Born in Morgan, New Jersey, on August 16, 1925, to William and Lillian (Deter) Lockwood, Bud grew up in Morgan Creek and attended school in Sayreville, NJ. He was part of the first class to graduate from Sayreville War Memorial High School in June of 1943.
After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy and saw action in the South Pacific and served with an elite group of Navy personnel known as the "Armed Guard". Bud received an honorable discharge from the United States Navy in March of 1946 as a Seaman First Class.
After World War II, he continued to work in the bait and tackle business with his parents. Bud also took up other jobs as means of support and it was then that he discovered his talents in the construction field as a mason. During the years to follow, until his retirement, he built many houses, businesses, and anything else involving cement, block, brick, stone and concrete.
In January of 1951, Bud married Grace Dawson, and they had two children, twins, Glenn and Gail, born in February 1952.
Bud and his family loved to Stuart in 1970 from Colts Neck, NJ. Grace passed in March of 2010. He was a member of the American Legion Post 126 of Jensen Beach, and also a member of the VFW Post 10132 in Hobe Sound,
He is survived by his son, Glenn of Hobe Sound, FL; daughter, Gail of Wauchula, FL; and grandson, Blair Root of Port Salerno, FL.
Visitation will be held on Monday, February 5, 2018 from 9:00AM-10:00AM with a funeral service to begin at 10:00AM at Aycock Funeral Home, Young and Prill Chapel in South Stuart. Interment will be held at All Saints Cemetery in Jensen Beach.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, PO BOX 2000, Boys Ranch, FL 32064.
Please sign his online guestbook at www.youngandprill.com
Funeral Home
Aycock Funeral Home
6801 SE FEDERAL HWY Stuart, FL 34997
(772) 223-9300
Published in Home News Tribune on Feb. 3, 2018
Port Salerno, FL - Joseph Irving Lockwood, 92, of Port Salerno, FL, passed away on January 31, 2018. To his friends, he was known as "Bud".
Born in Morgan, New Jersey, on August 16, 1925, to William and Lillian (Deter) Lockwood, Bud grew up in Morgan Creek and attended school in Sayreville, NJ. He was part of the first class to graduate from Sayreville War Memorial High School in June of 1943.
After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy and saw action in the South Pacific and served with an elite group of Navy personnel known as the "Armed Guard". Bud received an honorable discharge from the United States Navy in March of 1946 as a Seaman First Class.
After World War II, he continued to work in the bait and tackle business with his parents. Bud also took up other jobs as means of support and it was then that he discovered his talents in the construction field as a mason. During the years to follow, until his retirement, he built many houses, businesses, and anything else involving cement, block, brick, stone and concrete.
In January of 1951, Bud married Grace Dawson, and they had two children, twins, Glenn and Gail, born in February 1952.
Bud and his family loved to Stuart in 1970 from Colts Neck, NJ. Grace passed in March of 2010. He was a member of the American Legion Post 126 of Jensen Beach, and also a member of the VFW Post 10132 in Hobe Sound,
He is survived by his son, Glenn of Hobe Sound, FL; daughter, Gail of Wauchula, FL; and grandson, Blair Root of Port Salerno, FL.
Visitation will be held on Monday, February 5, 2018 from 9:00AM-10:00AM with a funeral service to begin at 10:00AM at Aycock Funeral Home, Young and Prill Chapel in South Stuart. Interment will be held at All Saints Cemetery in Jensen Beach.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, PO BOX 2000, Boys Ranch, FL 32064.
Please sign his online guestbook at www.youngandprill.com
Funeral Home
Aycock Funeral Home
6801 SE FEDERAL HWY Stuart, FL 34997
(772) 223-9300
Published in Home News Tribune on Feb. 3, 2018
Born in Morgan, New Jersey, on August 16, 1925, to William and Lillian (Deter) Lockwood, Bud grew up in Morgan Creek and attended school in Sayreville, NJ. He was part of the first class to graduate from Sayreville War Memorial High School in June of 1943.
After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy and saw action in the South Pacific and served with an elite group of Navy personnel known as the "Armed Guard". Bud received an honorable discharge from the United States Navy in March of 1946 as a Seaman First Class.
After World War II, he continued to work in the bait and tackle business with his parents. Bud also took up other jobs as means of support and it was then that he discovered his talents in the construction field as a mason. During the years to follow, until his retirement, he built many houses, businesses, and anything else involving cement, block, brick, stone and concrete.
In January of 1951, Bud married Grace Dawson, and they had two children, twins, Glenn and Gail, born in February 1952.
Bud and his family loved to Stuart in 1970 from Colts Neck, NJ. Grace passed in March of 2010. He was a member of the American Legion Post 126 of Jensen Beach, and also a member of the VFW Post 10132 in Hobe Sound,
He is survived by his son, Glenn of Hobe Sound, FL; daughter, Gail of Wauchula, FL; and grandson, Blair Root of Port Salerno, FL.
Visitation will be held on Monday, February 5, 2018 from 9:00AM-10:00AM with a funeral service to begin at 10:00AM at Aycock Funeral Home, Young and Prill Chapel in South Stuart. Interment will be held at All Saints Cemetery in Jensen Beach.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, PO BOX 2000, Boys Ranch, FL 32064.
Please sign his online guestbook at www.youngandprill.com
Funeral Home
Aycock Funeral Home
6801 SE FEDERAL HWY Stuart, FL 34997
(772) 223-9300
Published in Home News Tribune on Feb. 3, 2018
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