Eugene James Amore was the 7th child of Lloyd and Ella (House) Amore. As the youngest (living) child of the family, he truly was the baby of the bunch. He inherited a paper route from his brothers; played trumpet in the Salvation Army band; played the steel guitar; and was a Golden Gloves boxer. Gene's first job was for his Uncle John House, and he used the money earned to buy his first car - a 1929 Chevy. In November 1939 fresh out of high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. In 1942, he was stationed at Rejkavik, Iceland. From 1953-1955 Gene was station at Tachikawa AFB in Japan as well as from 1957-1958. While living in Japan, Gene liked to fly and kept his pilot's license active into the 1970s. He retired from the US Air Force as a MSgt in 1960 at Tyndall AFB in Panama City, Florida. Following retirement, he moved to Beavercreek, Ohio where he worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Civil Service. After his divorce from Mary Johnson Amore, he married Dorothy "Dottie" Thackston Helman in Reno, NV and moved to Florida where they lived until Dottie's death in 1990. A year later, he married Florence Smith Butcher in Reno, NV. They lived in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arkansas and then back to Florida where Florence passed away in March 2003. Later that same year, Gene married for the fourth time. The couple traveled to see family members several times. On October 12, 2015 Gene had a stroke and then developed pneumonia. He was at Tri-County Nursing Home when he passed away of natural causes on Dec. 3, 2015.
Surviving him are his wife, two daughters, 2 stepdaughters, 2 stepsons, 7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandson, numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, 3 sisters, 4 brothers, and a son.