Everyone called Loring "Blondie." He was a "toe head" as a child. Never spoke about his grandparents which has made his geneological search a difficult one. He loved camping, hiking in the White Mountains of N.H. and hunting in N.H. As a young man, he was a lightweight boxer. He died of pneumonia after being admitted to the hospital for postrate cancer. During the last year of his life, he had altzeimer's disease. Blond hair and blue eyes.