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John C. Doolittle

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John C. Doolittle

Birth
Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Death
4 Oct 2014 (aged 94)
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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DOOLITTLE, JOHN C. Born December 30, 1919 to Russell C. and Myrtle Cordner Doolittle in Des Moines, Iowa.
Died age 94 on October 4, 2014 in Albuquerque, NM.
He graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in business and in mechanical engineering from Iowa State. He served in the Air Force in World War II and the Korean War. John married Dorothy Teberg on December 24, 1942. After WWII they lived in Rochester, NY and he worked for Eastman Kodak. The family home for 30 years was a farm house which they remodeled in Mendon, NY. They moved to Albuquerque in 1987. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; children, Thomas Doolittle (wife Leslie) and Martha McIver (husband Jack); grandchildren, Andrew, Heather, Brian, John, and Natalia; and nieces Margaret Ann and Anne. John was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Tau Beta Pi, and a B.I.L. of Dorothy's P.E.O. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, and enjoyed tennis and volunteering at the NM Museum of Natural History. John was active in the La Vida Llena community where they lived since 1998.

Memorial contributions to USO, www.uso.org, USO, P.O. Box 96860, Washington D.C. 20077.
DOOLITTLE, JOHN C. Born December 30, 1919 to Russell C. and Myrtle Cordner Doolittle in Des Moines, Iowa.
Died age 94 on October 4, 2014 in Albuquerque, NM.
He graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in business and in mechanical engineering from Iowa State. He served in the Air Force in World War II and the Korean War. John married Dorothy Teberg on December 24, 1942. After WWII they lived in Rochester, NY and he worked for Eastman Kodak. The family home for 30 years was a farm house which they remodeled in Mendon, NY. They moved to Albuquerque in 1987. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; children, Thomas Doolittle (wife Leslie) and Martha McIver (husband Jack); grandchildren, Andrew, Heather, Brian, John, and Natalia; and nieces Margaret Ann and Anne. John was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Tau Beta Pi, and a B.I.L. of Dorothy's P.E.O. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, and enjoyed tennis and volunteering at the NM Museum of Natural History. John was active in the La Vida Llena community where they lived since 1998.

Memorial contributions to USO, www.uso.org, USO, P.O. Box 96860, Washington D.C. 20077.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137005982/john_c-doolittle: accessed ), memorial page for John C. Doolittle (30 Dec 1919–4 Oct 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 137005982, citing Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Ladybug (contributor 47122697).