Background
Fettes, Joseph John was born on October 31, 1914 in Antonito, Colorado, United States. Son of Joseph John and Sarah Rosalie (Shores) Fettes.
Fettes, Joseph John was born on October 31, 1914 in Antonito, Colorado, United States. Son of Joseph John and Sarah Rosalie (Shores) Fettes.
Store clerk, truck driver and sheet metal worker, 1931—1943. Farm manager, 1943—1951. Salesman, 1951—1959; farmer and rancher, since 1959.
Owner and operator Fettes Farms, Romeo, Colorado, since 1958. Director Conejos County Farm Bureau, Western Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company. Vice president Colorado Farm Bureau, Colorado Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company.
Voting delegate American Farm Bureau. With United States Navy, 1934-1938.
Mayor, police chief and justice of peace, Romeo, Colorado, 1945—1951. Secretary school board, 1945—1951. Republican precinct chairman, 1970—1978.
Vice chairman Conejos County Planning Commission, 1971—1978, chairman, 1978—1983, Conejos County Republican Committee, 1978—1983. Member advisory board Bureau Land Management Canon City District, since 1983.
Married Inza Maun Smith, June 14, 1940. Children: Joseph John III, Karen Viola Fettes Jacks, Rosalie Fern Fettes Garrett.