Biographical History

Joseph E Creer (1921-2011) was a United States Navy veteran and metalworker.

Joseph E Creer was born on August 30, 1921, in Lake Shore, Utah, to William Robert Creer and Ann Elizabeth Youd. After graduating high school in 1939, he worked on farms, attended college, and got married to his high school sweetheart, Florence Ruth Nielsen. They married July 7, 1942, and together they had five children. The family moved to California so Joseph could work for Lockheed Aircraft. He was drafted into World War II and joined the Navy, where he was stationed in Panama. After the war, he continued to work in the sheet-metal industry, creating Creer Sheet Metal and Creer Industrial Park. Joseph passed away November 8, 2011, in Spanish Fork, Utah.

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Don E. Norton interviews with veterans, approximately 1990-2017 (Joseph E Creer; born August 30, 1921, in Lake Shore, Utah to William Robert Creer and Ann Elizabeth Youd; worked on farms, attended college, and got married to his high school sweetheart, Florence Ruth Nielsen, on July 7, 1942; moved to California so Joseph could work for Lockheed Aircraft; drafted into World War II and joined the Navy, stationed in Panama; after the war, continued to work in the sheet-metal industry, creating Creer Sheet Metal and Creer Industrial Park; died November 8, 2011, in Spanish Fork, Utah)

FamilySearch, via WWW, September 2, 2023 (Joseph E Creer (no period); born 30 August 1921 in Lake Shore, Utah; died 8 November 2011 in Spanish Fork, Utah; married Florence Ruth Nielsen in July 1942; discharged from U.S. Navy in November 1945)

Legacy.com, November 2011 (d. 2011; father of five children)

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