Career
He joined the United States Navy in July 1919, and served in the early days of the United States. submarine corps aboard two K-class submarines, the United States Ship K-3 and United States Ship K-4 that operated along the United States. eastern coastline during and after the war. After leaving the service he saw much of the United States by hopping freight trains for many years. He claimed to have held a job as a chef for a hotel restaurant owned by Gene Autry, and once cooked for restaurant customer Howard Hughes.
Starkey settled near family in Royersford, Pennsylvania in 1967 and continued working until his retirement.
