Harvey Loy was born on 29 Jan. 1891 the fourth child of Samuel and Josephine (Sater) Loy. He is listed as born in Converse, Miami County, Indiana and also in Howard County, Indiana. The family moved back and forth between the counties at various times. He grew up working as a farm hand. He was called to serve in WWI and served his nation well.

Following the war he became acquainted with Hazel Vandegrift of Wabash County and they were married on 26 June 1919 in Miami County, Indiana. They became the parents of three sons, Robert, Frederick, and Paul Dean. Fred served with distinction in WWII. According to different Census records he worked in a basket factory in Converse, Miami County, Indiana, in a factory at Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana then as a farmer in Wabash County. He also was an auto mechanic and was an Auto Tire Dealer. I knew him as a kind and gentle elderly man. He loved to go fishing and on the side of the barn at their place in Lincolnville, Wabash County he tacked up the heads of fish which to this boy was a strange sight of the skeletal remains of fish heads. I never remember any talk of the war by him or any family member. Perhaps some things were better off not talked about. When we visited he was always smiling and enjoyed the visits. We children didn't bother him at all as he had several grandchildren living nearby so was used to all the noise we made. As a boy I could never have imagined all the things he must have seen in WWI not could I have imagined that mild person serving in a war.

Biography and photographs contributed by Max Haines