James Martin Feezel was born in Wood River, Illinois, and served with the US Army’s Twelfth Armored Division during World War II. He was stationed across both France and Germany, a...ver maisJames Martin Feezel was born in Wood River, Illinois, and served with the US Army’s Twelfth Armored Division during World War II. He was stationed across both France and Germany, and he would later return home and graduate from the University of Illinois with a degree in engineering. After working for Diamond Chain in Indianapolis, Indiana, James went on to work for over thirty years with Amoco Chemical Corp. He and his wife, Alice, were married for sixty-six years before her passing, and today James lives in Decatur, Alabama.ver menos