Father: Joe Garfield Mother: Florence Ora Spinks
Name: Richard James Garfield
Born: November 13, 1934
Place: French Creek, NY
Died:
Place:
Buried:
Place:
Married: July 23, 1954 -- Washington, D.C.
Name: Nancy Lou Bayle
Born: March 7, 1936
Place: French Creek, NY
Died:
Place:
Buried:
Place:
I
I
______________________________________I________________________________________
I I I I I I
b 1955 b 1956 b 1959 b 1959 b 1961 d 1962
m James m Gerald m m William m Linda m
Newman Fowler d William Cangemi d 1962
m Donald d m Robert d
Fern ___I___ Fagerburg ___I___
d Fowler d Garfield
___I____ Family ____I____ Family
Newman Fagerburg
& Fern Family
Family
Richard James Garfield,[10:25] the youngest son of Joe Garfield and Florance
Ora Spinks was born on his fathers farm on November 13, 1934, in the Town of
French Creek, County of Chautauqua, State of New York, about mid-way between
the New Buffalo Road and the Rouse Hill Road on the South side of SR-474. He
attended the one room school house (with 8 grades, one teacher and 13 students)
at the corner of the New Buffalo Road and SR 474 for his first few years of
education. After that he attended Clymer Central School in Clymer, N.Y. about
4 miles East of the farm. He had a normal childhood, living on the farm and
helping with the chores. As he got older taking over a lot of the work on
the farm as his father was now approaching 65 years of age. In 1953 while he
was still 18 years old he joined the Air Force for 4 years. He took his Basic
Training at Sampson AFB on Lake Seneca, N.Y., his Tech schooling (electronics
& camerarepair) at Lowary, AFB in Denver, CO. He served at Nellis AFB in Las
Vegas, NV and one year in Korea at K-55, Osan AB with a 3 month TDY to Taiwan
to serve on a Chinese Base there. During Tech School in Denver, he married
his highschool sweetheart, Nancy Lou Bayle,[10:25-S] They were married in
Washington, D.C. by the Rev William Davis Peck, on July 23, 1954. She
traveled with him to Denver and Las Vegas, and lived with his parents while
he was in Korea. Their oldest daughter, Colleen Zoe was born in 1955 at the
base hospital in Las Vegas, and the 2nd daughter, Denise Lynn was born in Corry,
PA in 1956 while he was in Korea. After leaving the service in 1957 they moved
to the Buffalo, N.Y. area and lived for 12 years working mostly at millwork
and lumber outlets. Richard also stayed in the NYANG for 9 years, and had one
call-up for a period of one year during the Cuban Crises. It was in the Buffalo
area that the rest of their family was born. Wanda Corinne & Teresa Dawn (twins)
were born in 1959 and Keith Allen was born in 1961. A male baby named, Richard
Scott was born in 1963 but died soon after birth, and is buried in Cutting,
N.Y. In 1969 Richard, Nancy and children moved to Orlando, FL. There he
continued to work in the lumber business for a few years before going back
into driving charter buses which he had done some in the Buffalo area. It was
at this time, while still working full time and helping with the raising of
the family that he attended college and received his degree in Business
Management. In 1986 he and Nancy put a home on their daughter, Denise and her
husband, Gerald Fowler's property in High Springs, FL. They sold their house
in Orlando and moved to High Springs permanently in 1990. Both, Richard and
Nancy worked at various jobs in the area, his last as staff at Lake City
Community College in Lake City, FL until retiring in the spring of 1999. They
now spend there winters in Florida and the summers traveling with their RV
or camping in the Clymer, N.Y. area.
