John Ray Fogleman, 89, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at Satanta District Hospital.
He was born Feb. 5, 1919, to John E. and Ella Lucretia Kendall Fogleman, in the Fogleman home, a dugout near the north fork of the Cimarron River near Ulysses. He maintained his home just north of the original home site. He attended elementary school in rural Grant County, attended Grant County Rural High School and earned his GED later in life.
Mr. Fogleman joined the U.S. Navy in 1937 and was discharged in 1941. When World War II broke out, he joined the U.S. Coast Guard, only to be commissioned back to the Navy. He served aboard several battleships and the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier. He ferried landing crafts during the invasion of Normandy, serving nine years before being discharged as a chief petty officer. When the war ended, he signed on as a wrangler at the T.O. Ranch near Raton, N.M. He participated in Ranch Rodeo and eventually joined the PRCA Rodeo Cowboy Association, excelling at bronc riding, saddle bronc, bareback, calf roping and team roping on the rodeo circuit. After returning to Ulysses to help his sisters care for their mother, he became a clerk in the Ulysses Post Office in 1948 and was appointed Postmaster by President Harry S. Truman in 1951. He continued to participate in rodeo and became a charter member of the Ulysses Bit & Spur Club.
In 1950, he married Elsie Erlene Strong Skaggs in Raton.
In 1955, Mr. Fogleman resigned as Postmaster to begin a business with the Sacony Mobil Oil Co. He later returned to the U.S. Postal Service as a rural mail carrier until his retirement. He also served as a Ulysses volunteer fireman. After his retirement, he was a mule train guide at Grand Canyon National Park.
Mr. Fogleman was a member of the Grant County Museum, Senior Center, a local square dance club, Shelton Memorial Christian Church, American Quarter Horse Association and numerous civic clubs and was a 60-year member of American Legion Post No. 79. He enjoyed family gatherings and horses, especially his two American quarter horses, Smoky and Buck.
Funeral was at Shelton Memorial Christian Church, Ulysses, officiated by Bill Harrold and Robert Cadenhead, ministers. Burial was in Ulysses Cemetery, with military graveside services conducted by Dexter D. Harbour Post No. 79, Ulysses.
Garden City Telegram 4/24/08
He was born Feb. 5, 1919, to John E. and Ella Lucretia Kendall Fogleman, in the Fogleman home, a dugout near the north fork of the Cimarron River near Ulysses. He maintained his home just north of the original home site. He attended elementary school in rural Grant County, attended Grant County Rural High School and earned his GED later in life.
Mr. Fogleman joined the U.S. Navy in 1937 and was discharged in 1941. When World War II broke out, he joined the U.S. Coast Guard, only to be commissioned back to the Navy. He served aboard several battleships and the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier. He ferried landing crafts during the invasion of Normandy, serving nine years before being discharged as a chief petty officer. When the war ended, he signed on as a wrangler at the T.O. Ranch near Raton, N.M. He participated in Ranch Rodeo and eventually joined the PRCA Rodeo Cowboy Association, excelling at bronc riding, saddle bronc, bareback, calf roping and team roping on the rodeo circuit. After returning to Ulysses to help his sisters care for their mother, he became a clerk in the Ulysses Post Office in 1948 and was appointed Postmaster by President Harry S. Truman in 1951. He continued to participate in rodeo and became a charter member of the Ulysses Bit & Spur Club.
In 1950, he married Elsie Erlene Strong Skaggs in Raton.
In 1955, Mr. Fogleman resigned as Postmaster to begin a business with the Sacony Mobil Oil Co. He later returned to the U.S. Postal Service as a rural mail carrier until his retirement. He also served as a Ulysses volunteer fireman. After his retirement, he was a mule train guide at Grand Canyon National Park.
Mr. Fogleman was a member of the Grant County Museum, Senior Center, a local square dance club, Shelton Memorial Christian Church, American Quarter Horse Association and numerous civic clubs and was a 60-year member of American Legion Post No. 79. He enjoyed family gatherings and horses, especially his two American quarter horses, Smoky and Buck.
Funeral was at Shelton Memorial Christian Church, Ulysses, officiated by Bill Harrold and Robert Cadenhead, ministers. Burial was in Ulysses Cemetery, with military graveside services conducted by Dexter D. Harbour Post No. 79, Ulysses.
Garden City Telegram 4/24/08
John Ray Fogleman, 89, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at Satanta District Hospital.
He was born Feb. 5, 1919, to John E. and Ella Lucretia Kendall Fogleman, in the Fogleman home, a dugout near the north fork of the Cimarron River near Ulysses. He maintained his home just north of the original home site. He attended elementary school in rural Grant County, attended Grant County Rural High School and earned his GED later in life.
Mr. Fogleman joined the U.S. Navy in 1937 and was discharged in 1941. When World War II broke out, he joined the U.S. Coast Guard, only to be commissioned back to the Navy. He served aboard several battleships and the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier. He ferried landing crafts during the invasion of Normandy, serving nine years before being discharged as a chief petty officer. When the war ended, he signed on as a wrangler at the T.O. Ranch near Raton, N.M. He participated in Ranch Rodeo and eventually joined the PRCA Rodeo Cowboy Association, excelling at bronc riding, saddle bronc, bareback, calf roping and team roping on the rodeo circuit. After returning to Ulysses to help his sisters care for their mother, he became a clerk in the Ulysses Post Office in 1948 and was appointed Postmaster by President Harry S. Truman in 1951. He continued to participate in rodeo and became a charter member of the Ulysses Bit & Spur Club.
In 1950, he married Elsie Erlene Strong Skaggs in Raton.
In 1955, Mr. Fogleman resigned as Postmaster to begin a business with the Sacony Mobil Oil Co. He later returned to the U.S. Postal Service as a rural mail carrier until his retirement. He also served as a Ulysses volunteer fireman. After his retirement, he was a mule train guide at Grand Canyon National Park.
Mr. Fogleman was a member of the Grant County Museum, Senior Center, a local square dance club, Shelton Memorial Christian Church, American Quarter Horse Association and numerous civic clubs and was a 60-year member of American Legion Post No. 79. He enjoyed family gatherings and horses, especially his two American quarter horses, Smoky and Buck.
Funeral was at Shelton Memorial Christian Church, Ulysses, officiated by Bill Harrold and Robert Cadenhead, ministers. Burial was in Ulysses Cemetery, with military graveside services conducted by Dexter D. Harbour Post No. 79, Ulysses.
Garden City Telegram 4/24/08
He was born Feb. 5, 1919, to John E. and Ella Lucretia Kendall Fogleman, in the Fogleman home, a dugout near the north fork of the Cimarron River near Ulysses. He maintained his home just north of the original home site. He attended elementary school in rural Grant County, attended Grant County Rural High School and earned his GED later in life.
Mr. Fogleman joined the U.S. Navy in 1937 and was discharged in 1941. When World War II broke out, he joined the U.S. Coast Guard, only to be commissioned back to the Navy. He served aboard several battleships and the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier. He ferried landing crafts during the invasion of Normandy, serving nine years before being discharged as a chief petty officer. When the war ended, he signed on as a wrangler at the T.O. Ranch near Raton, N.M. He participated in Ranch Rodeo and eventually joined the PRCA Rodeo Cowboy Association, excelling at bronc riding, saddle bronc, bareback, calf roping and team roping on the rodeo circuit. After returning to Ulysses to help his sisters care for their mother, he became a clerk in the Ulysses Post Office in 1948 and was appointed Postmaster by President Harry S. Truman in 1951. He continued to participate in rodeo and became a charter member of the Ulysses Bit & Spur Club.
In 1950, he married Elsie Erlene Strong Skaggs in Raton.
In 1955, Mr. Fogleman resigned as Postmaster to begin a business with the Sacony Mobil Oil Co. He later returned to the U.S. Postal Service as a rural mail carrier until his retirement. He also served as a Ulysses volunteer fireman. After his retirement, he was a mule train guide at Grand Canyon National Park.
Mr. Fogleman was a member of the Grant County Museum, Senior Center, a local square dance club, Shelton Memorial Christian Church, American Quarter Horse Association and numerous civic clubs and was a 60-year member of American Legion Post No. 79. He enjoyed family gatherings and horses, especially his two American quarter horses, Smoky and Buck.
Funeral was at Shelton Memorial Christian Church, Ulysses, officiated by Bill Harrold and Robert Cadenhead, ministers. Burial was in Ulysses Cemetery, with military graveside services conducted by Dexter D. Harbour Post No. 79, Ulysses.
Garden City Telegram 4/24/08
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