George Lorne’s Fate
Twenty-one-year-old George “Duddle” Lorne married Minnie Ola Pointer in 1911. After only five months he walked out on his wife. In 1916 she filed the divorce based on George’s desertion. (L323) (L324)
During the divorce hearing, Minnie stated:
“I don’t know, only he was not very fond of work. He would not work at times. The last I heard, he wasn’t doing anything. He was staying at home with his people (parents). His people were boarding him.” At the hearing, Mrs. Katherine Stager was sworn in as a witness to testify on Minnie’s behalf. When asked to comment on the situation, Mrs. Stager said:
“Minnie worked for my daughter for the room rent and it took the rest of her earnings to feed him. He simply said he couldn’t …show more content…
George works as a salesman for his brother, John, in the used car business. Lottie does the unthinkable, she reconciles with him and the two of them move in together. They rent a room in a rooming house in St. Louis where 16 other people live. Not bothering to get remarried, Lottie is undoubtedly expecting a different result. (L15) (L126)
Within a year, they have split up and are living in separate locations. George lives in a room at his mother’s boarding house at 4105 Washington Avenue in St. Louis. (L15)
On a bitterly cold February day in 1933, George is drunk and, according to the story handed down, is unable to make it home before collapsing into the snow. Laying there for a long time before being discovered and helped, he develops a severe bout of influenza followed by pneumonia. Medicine is prescribed by a doctor, but to no avail. At 2:15 a.m. on February 28, he passes away at the age of 42. According to family sources, George’s wife, Lottie, a nurse, came to the house to help him, but failed to give him his medicine angering Dr. Hobbs when he found out about it. Within the family, the question has always remained, “Did she do this on purpose because she was angry with him or did she just forget?” Two days later, the wake and funeral services are held in his mother’s house at 4378 Maryland Avenue in East St. Louis. After a brief 2:00 p.m. service at the house, his body is taken to Mt. Hope Cemetery in Belleville where he is
Twenty-one-year-old George “Duddle” Lorne married Minnie Ola Pointer in 1911. After only five months he walked out on his wife. In 1916 she filed the divorce based on George’s desertion. (L323) (L324)
During the divorce hearing, Minnie stated:
“I don’t know, only he was not very fond of work. He would not work at times. The last I heard, he wasn’t doing anything. He was staying at home with his people (parents). His people were boarding him.” At the hearing, Mrs. Katherine Stager was sworn in as a witness to testify on Minnie’s behalf. When asked to comment on the situation, Mrs. Stager said:
“Minnie worked for my daughter for the room rent and it took the rest of her earnings to feed him. He simply said he couldn’t …show more content…
George works as a salesman for his brother, John, in the used car business. Lottie does the unthinkable, she reconciles with him and the two of them move in together. They rent a room in a rooming house in St. Louis where 16 other people live. Not bothering to get remarried, Lottie is undoubtedly expecting a different result. (L15) (L126)
Within a year, they have split up and are living in separate locations. George lives in a room at his mother’s boarding house at 4105 Washington Avenue in St. Louis. (L15)
On a bitterly cold February day in 1933, George is drunk and, according to the story handed down, is unable to make it home before collapsing into the snow. Laying there for a long time before being discovered and helped, he develops a severe bout of influenza followed by pneumonia. Medicine is prescribed by a doctor, but to no avail. At 2:15 a.m. on February 28, he passes away at the age of 42. According to family sources, George’s wife, Lottie, a nurse, came to the house to help him, but failed to give him his medicine angering Dr. Hobbs when he found out about it. Within the family, the question has always remained, “Did she do this on purpose because she was angry with him or did she just forget?” Two days later, the wake and funeral services are held in his mother’s house at 4378 Maryland Avenue in East St. Louis. After a brief 2:00 p.m. service at the house, his body is taken to Mt. Hope Cemetery in Belleville where he is