Ivan "Dwight" "Dwight" Loofbourrow - I1158 - Individual Information

Ivan "Dwight" "Dwight" Loofbourrow ‏(I1158)‏

Given Names: Ivan "Dwight"
Surname: Loofbourrow
Nickname: Dwight

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 28 December 1917

29 Hollister, San Benito, CA, USA
Death: 20 July 1995 ‏(Age 77)‏ Castro Valley, Contra Costa, CA, USA

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Birth	28 December 1917 30 29 Hollister, San Benito, CA, USA Source: "Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database on-line. Citation Details: accessed 17 Nov 2009), entry for Ivan "Dwight" Loofbourrow's 1917 birth. Quality of Data: 4
Marriage	Naomi Ruth Gaston - 15 March 1941 ‏(Age 23)‏ Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA
Death	20 July 1995 ‏(Age 77)‏ Castro Valley, Contra Costa, CA, USA Source: "Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997," database on-line Citation Details: accessed 17 Nov 2009), entry for Ivan "Dwight" Loofbourrow's 1995 death. Quality of Data: 4 Source: "Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index," database on-line, Provo, UT, USA Citation Details: accessed 17 Nov 2009), entry for Ivan "Dwight" Loofbourrow's 1995 death. Quality of Data: 4
Burial	25 July 1995 ‏(5 days after death)‏ San Joaquin Valley National Cem., Gustine, Madera, CA, USA
Reference Number	1158
Globally unique Identifier	6EFDB16FA27047799359CCD6C04C7C56C9A2
Last Change	25 November 2019 - 15:34

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Parents Family (F142)
Father	Benjamin Rex Loofbourrow 1887 - 1972
Mother	Edna Lenore Bates 1888 - 1973
	Ivan "Dwight" "Dwight" Loofbourrow 1917 - 1995
Brother	Harold Bates Loofbourrow 1919 - 1936
Brother	Perry James Loofbourrow 1923 - 2020

Immediate Family (F1158)
Wife	Naomi Ruth Gaston 1921 - 2005
Son	Norman Dwight Loofbourrow -
Son	Ronald Wade Loofbourrow 1954 - 2016

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Dwight served during WWII in Naval Intelligence, San Francisco, CA. On 25 Jul 1995 at a private ceremony, he was buried with honors at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery at Gustine, CA. A public Memorial Service was held at the Neighborhood Church, Castro Valley, 24 Jul 1995.

In Remembrace of Ivan "Dwight" Loofbourrow:

I Never Got to Tell You Thanks
by his son, Ron Loofbourrow

Dad, I never got to tell you thanks for all you did for me.
I really always meant to, but you left so suddenly.

You loved writing poems, I could never even come near,
But I'm writing one for you, and I know that you can hear.

Thank you for my childhood, I have only happy thoughts,
of camping trips, and baseball games, and all those fish we
caught.

True I don't recall a lot of times that you were there at home,
but I know where you were, working your fingers to the bone.

I'll never know how you did it, on our meager salary,
To provide us a home, car, and those trips to Yosemite!

Thank you for my teenage years, and all the things you helped
me earn,
The cars, the dates, the stereos, and yes, that new French
Horn.
You always were so generous when I asked you for a loan,
and Dad, I'll really pay you back the next time I'm at home.

Thank you for my college years I never will forget,
how you sacrificed so much for me so I could get ahead.
You gave the push I needed to begin my life apart,
Thank you Dad, for giving me the tools I needed to start.

When I look back and ponder all the things I learned from
you,
I come up with a list of things I know I want to do.
To live a righteous life, with quiet humility,
To be a man of honor, full of integrity.
To provide for your family and love God with all your heart,
To love your wife and live with her 'til death do you part.

You never really spoke these things, you lived them -- that's
your style,
But I got the message loud and clear and that should make
you smile.

I'm confident the Lord said as you stood before His throne,
You ran the race, you fought the fight, well done Dwight, now
come home.

Dad, I never got to tell you thanks for all you did for me.
I really always meant to, but you left so suddenly.

Thanks, Dad -- you did a great job -- we all love you and
miss you!

Dwight's son, Ron, wrote this poem and read it at his father's
Memorial Service, 24 Jul 1995. ‏(used by permission)‏

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Birth	"Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database on-line. Citation Details: accessed 17 Nov 2009), entry for Ivan "Dwight" Loofbourrow's 1917 birth. Quality of Data: 4
Death	"Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997," database on-line Citation Details: accessed 17 Nov 2009), entry for Ivan "Dwight" Loofbourrow's 1995 death. Quality of Data: 4
Death	"Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index," database on-line, Provo, UT, USA Citation Details: accessed 17 Nov 2009), entry for Ivan "Dwight" Loofbourrow's 1995 death. Quality of Data: 4