Background
Updyke, Gerald Dean was born on April 19, 1921 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Lee H. and Maebelle M. (Link) Methodist.
Updyke, Gerald Dean was born on April 19, 1921 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Lee H. and Maebelle M. (Link) Methodist.
Student, Public Schools, Philo, Ohio.
Driller Industrial Gas and Oil Corporation, Zanesville, 1939—1952. Maintenance superintendent Central Ohio Coal Company, Cumberland, 1952—1969. Service and erection engineer Marion Power Shovel Company (Ohio), 1969—1974.
Manager maintenance, eastern division Peabody Coal Company, Evansville, Indiana, 1974. Division general mine superintendent Central Ohio Coal Company, Cumberland, since 1974. With Quartermaster Corps United States Navy, 1942-1945, PTO.
Member of American Institute of Mining, Zanesville Chamber of Commerce, Shriners Club (Columbus, Ohio), Masons Club, Elks Club (Zanesville), American Legion.
Married Alma Jean Boyer, December 31, 1941. Children: Linda Jean, Gerald Bruce.