Floyd A. "Doc" Lockwood 1919 - 2009

LOCKWOOD, CONNER, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 3/31/2020 at 02:12:20

Sioux City Journal
8 January 2009

SIOUX CITY -- Floyd A. "Doc" Lockwood of Grants Pass, Ore., formerly of Sioux City, passed away from natural causes Friday, Jan. 2, 2009.

Doc was born April 30, 1919, in Unadilla, N.Y. He graduated in 1934 from Unadilla High School at the age of 15 years and two months, the youngest person ever to do so. He was a member of the U.S. Army during World War II. He then served as a reservist in the U.S. Air Force.

On Sept. 4, 1943, shortly before graduation from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, he married Margaret Eleanor Conner of Ithaca, N.Y. They moved to Sioux City in 1950, where he was a veterinarian with the USDA at various packing plants in and around Sioux City. They had three children, Patty, Marie and Jim. Eleanor preceded him in death in September 1974. Following the death of Eleanor, he married Caroline F. Williams. He retired after 32 years of service from the USDA on Jan. 17, 1981 and relocated to Harlingen, Texas. Following the death of Caroline in 2006, he moved to Oregon to be closer to his daughter, Marie.

During his retirement years, he enjoyed bowling, golfing, cribbage, bingo, jigsaw puzzles and taking care of his cat, Mom.

He is survived by three children, Patricia Lockwood of Glenwood, Iowa, Marie Lockwood of Selma, Ore., and James Lockwood of Sioux City; a sister, Catherine Polley of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and four stepchildren, Monte Williams of South Elgin, Ill., Gina Statsky of Corpus Christi, Texas, Donna Williams of Rancho Cordova, Calif., and Frank Williams of Edmond, Okla.