Sime "Chic" Byron Dexter

Jody Hane2021-01-24T11:17:53-06:00

Name: Sime "Chic" Byron Dexter
Location of Birth: Ventura, Iowa
Date of Birth: September 14, 1903
Date of Death: September 15, 1986 (83 years old)
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Other Branch: Merchant Marine
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Chic worked on the Liberty Ships for four years during World War II in Richmond, California. The Liberty Ships were cargo ships.

Information from United States World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Sime Byron Dexter
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 38
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: September 14, 1903
Birth Place: Ventura, Iowa, USA
Residence Place: Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: February 16, 1942
Registration Place: Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
Employer: Federal Government
Weight: 175
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Red
Height: 6'
Next of Kin: Sime Dexter
Household Members: Sime Byron Dexter
Relationship: Self (Head)

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World War II

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Civilian Life:
Sime worked for seventeen years in the Deer River Post Office in Deer River, Minnesota.

He was employed by Convair while the Atlas Missile was being built in San Diego, California before taking retirement.

Chic was a past master and a 57-year member of Chippewa Lodge 275 A.F.&A.M. He was a private airplane pilot and had made 36 trips between California and Minnesota, making his last flight at age 80.

Chic is survived by his wife, Vienna; a son, Lowell; a grandson; one great-granddaughter; two sisters, Ruth Dahlberg and Margaret Martinsen; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Bertha "Sally", two sisters, and four brothers.

Chic died at his home in Solana Beach, California.

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