Gene Fleming was born on 30 July 1922 in Precept, Nebraska, USA. He was married to Nadine Ora Loffer. He died on 31 December 1999 in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA.
Farmer and livestock equipment manufacturer from Hastings, Nebraska who rescued a goose that had been hatched with no feet; he obtained the bird from his sister-in-law, naming it Andy, and created various pairs of shoes for him that would attach to his legs.