Lloyd Oliver (1923 - 2011)

Born 23 Apr 1923 in Kirtland, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

Husband of Jean (Hanagarne) Oliver — married 5 Apr 1947 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Husband of Pauline (Peters) Oliver — married about 8 Jun 1950 in Maricopa, Arizona, United States

Died 16 Mar 2011 at age 87 in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

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Biography

Lloyd Oliver is Notable.

Corporal Lloyd Oliver served in the United States Marine Corps in World War II
Service started: 1943
Unit(s): Navajo Code Talker
Service ended: 1945

Lloyd Oliver was born in 1923. He was one of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers and served alongside his brother Willard Varnell Oliver. He served in the military from 1942-1945 and attained the rank of corporal. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his service.

Navajo Code Talkers Medal

Oliver was born April 23, 1923, to Howard Oliver and Olive Lee. ^[1] He was born into Bit'ahnii (Folded Arms Clan), born for Kinlichíi'nii (Red House Clan). His chei was Naakaii Dine'é (Mexican People Clan) and his nálí was Tódích'íi'nii (Bitter Water Clan).^[2]

He grew up in Shiprock, where he graduated from Shiprock Agricultural High School in 1941.^[2]

Two years later (1943), Lloyd joined the United States Marine Corps, serving as a Corporal. While not known publicly for many decades (even by his family), Corporal Lloyd Oliver was one of the first set of 29 Navajo Code Talkers in World War II. His service ended in 1945.

After returning from being a Code Talker, Oliver married first Jean Hanagarne (in Los Angeles in 1947),^[3] then moved to Phoenix and became a jewelry maker; they had one child.^[2].

Lloyd married second in 1950 Pauline Peters ^[4] who died in 1994.

His third wife was Lucille Winters, whom he married in 2006. According to his obituary he was the father of Violet, Lucinda, Daniel, Warren, and Lambert (died in infancy), and had nineteen grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren. ^[5]

Oliver died of pancreatitis in Avondale, Arizona in 2011 at age 88.^[2] and was buried in Gila Crossing Cemetery in Laveen, Arizona. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5W-F5YQ : 15 April 2021), Lloyd Oliver, New Mexico, United States; citing Census, NARA microfilm publication M595. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1967.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Lloyd Olvier Obituary. Navajo Times. Jan-Mikael Patterson. 24 Mar 2011.
3. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K6-5CK : 8 December 2017), Lloyd Oliver and Jean Hanagarne, 05 Apr 1947; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,858.
4. ↑ Marriage Affidavits, 1950, Ancestry.com. Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: County Marriage Records. Arizona History and Archives Division, Phoenix, Arizona.
5. ↑ Navajo Times (Window Rock, Arizona) 24 March 2011, obit for Lloyd Oliver, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/13638A294D306F30-13638A294D306F30 : accessed 8 November 2022)
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67092027/lloyd-oliver: accessed 07 November 2022), memorial page for CPL Lloyd Oliver (23 Apr 1923–16 Mar 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67092027, citing Gila Crossing Cemetery, Laveen, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by Remembered Angels (contributor 47761329) .

See also:

• "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5W-F5YQ : 26 September 2018), Lloyd Oliver, Navajo, Northern Navajo; citing Census, NARA microfilm publication M595. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1967.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMRV-77Y : 19 August 2019), Lloyd Oliver in household of Ollie Oliver, Farmington, Election Precinct 16 Northwest Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-30, sheet 2B, line 58, family 49, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2450.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGY-4N8W : accessed 21 August 2019), Cpl Lloyd Oliver, New Mexico, United States, 19 Mar 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Gallup Independent, The, born-digital text.
• Code Talkers (Remembering Window Rock High School )
• Wikipedia: Lloyd Oliver
• Wikidata: Item Q6662675, en:Wikipedia
• CPL Lloyd Oliver (1923-2011) on Find A Grave: Memorial #67092027 retrieved 21 August 2019