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Alexander Herbert Oakes 1924 - 2008

Alexander Herbert Oakes was born on July 14, 1924. He was in a relationship with Irene Oakes, and had children Wendell Alex (Conners) Oakes and Sherry Ann (Kakwiroktha) Oakes. Alexander Oakes died at age 83 years old on July 10, 2008.

Alexander Herbert Oakes

July 14, 1924

July 10, 2008

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He was born August 14, 1924 in St. Regis, Quebec, the son of the late Richard and Margaret (Brown) Oakes. He attended St. Regis Island School and then the St. Regis Village School. He married Irene Conners on Feb. 1, 1943 at St. Regis Catholic Church, she died June 19, 1974. He then married Eunice Gibbs June 5, 1976 at the United Church of Christ in Massena, NY, by Rev. Douglas G. Fowler. He was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne during WWII, member of the very first Airborne Division of the U.S.Army. He parachuted into St. Marie Eglise the night before D-Day invasion, Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands as well as the Battle of the Bulge. He recieved two purple hearts and Bronze Star for Valor. Mr. Oakes was and Ironworker with Local #60, Syracuse, NY fro 45 years. He was founder and a commander for the D.A.V.in Hogansburg, a life member of the Hogansburg American Legion #1479 and the VFW Earl Santimaw Post #1143 in Massena. He was grandchief of the Mohawk Council in Akwesasne, Quebec in 1958.. Alex was an avid fisherman and guide for muskie, loved wild life, shows and books. He enjoyed pies and loved his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife Eunice, St. Regis Nursing Home, Massena 5 children and their spouses Wendell and Patti Oakes, Canton, Michigan Patricia Oakes, Niagara Falls, Ontario Janice and Kerry Epple, Simcae, Ontario Alexander and Elizabeth Oakes, Hampton, Virginia Sherry Shawkence, London, Ontario 6 Grandchildren 1 sister Bernice M. Papineau, Snye, Quebec Many nieces and nephews and cousins He was predeceased by 5 brothers and 5 sisters, Arthur, Ross, Thomas, Francis and Joseph at age 12 Charlotte Morey, Mabel Canada, Dorothy Lazore, Katherine Sawatis and Anna May Flagg.
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Alexander Herbert Oakes lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.

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In 1924, in the year that Alexander Herbert Oakes was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.

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In 1932, at the age of only 8 years old, Alexander was alive when on February 27th, actress Elizabeth Taylor was born in London. Her parents were Americans living in London and when she was 7, the family moved to Los Angeles. Her first small part in a movie was in There's One Born Every Minute in 1942 but her first starring role was in National Velvet in 1944. She became as famous for her 8 marriages (to 7 people) as she was for her beauty and films.

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