User:JeromeDechant

Jerome Dechant, the second son of Isadore and Alice Dechant, was born at Saint Anthony's Hospital in Hays, Kansas on November 9, 1948. He has an older brother, Robert Lee Dechant, and a younder sister, Victoria Lynn Dechant (Gripe). He grew up and lived in this area until he left for military service in 1968. He joined the Navy and became an Aviation Electrician working on P3 Orion aircraft and was released from active duty in 1972.

Upon returning to civilian life, he returned to Hays, Kansas for a short period of time then moved to Colorado Springs where his parents and sister had moved while he was in the service. He lived with his parents in a mobile home, and eventually became the maintenance manager for the mobilehome park where they lived. He remainded the maintenance manager for a couple of years then got a job at Ampex where he worked on an assembly line for proffesional video recorders.

He enjoyed living in and near the Colorado mountains and often went camping, hiking, fishing and sightseeing in the area of Colorado.

More to be added later. 10/30/07