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Evora died from pneumonia.

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George was killed when a tractor rolled over on him.

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Eva's third husband was Ozzie Nelson, whom she married shortly after Forrest Sell died. That marriage was annulled within a few months.

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Xavier was a carpenter.

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Robert died at age 6 from meningitis.

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Donald died from diabetes.

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Louise and Louis DeJean were divorced after only one year of marriage. Afterwards, as a single person, she worked as a receptionist and overall manager in a doctor's office for over 30 years. She loved to travel, and "was a fun lady."

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Frank never married. He lived in, and worked for, the City of Lomita Park, California (near San Francisco).

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Allen chose to use Lamson as a middle name. On his son, Frank's, birth certificate, Allen lists his occupation as "clerk." He lived in Washington, DC, for several years. In 1934, he lived in Brookmont, Maryland (just outside Washington). In 1938, he lived in Colonial Beach, Maryland.

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Myron was more commonly known by his nickname, "Tubby." He was a carpenter, active in Carpenter Union affairs. As a young man, he was burned in a gasoline fire. This left him badly scarred.

 In earlier years, Myron had helped in building his father's house in Brookmont, Maryland (just outside Washington, DC). Later, when living in Colonial Beach, Virginia, he built a small house for himself and, with Allen, built a house for Allen and Elvira. Still later, when living in Ft. Myers, Florida, he built a house for himself and a house for his parents. Each time, these houses were next to each other.

 During the last few years of his life, after Geneva died, he lived in a retirement home. When it went out of business in 1993, he moved into the home of a women who did in-house home care for three men.
 He and Geneva had no children.

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Frank rose through the ranks of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving for 32 years and retiring with the rank of Major General. He was a 1923 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

 Early in his military career, in 1928, he was "fighting bandits in Nicaragua," at a time when the U.S. was assisting that country resist the rebel Sandino forces. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his many flights during that time. From 1937 to 1940, with the rank of Captain, he was stationed at Guatemala City, Guatemala, as the Naval and Air Attache for Central America. Prior to the United States' entry into World War II, Frank served as an observer to the Battle of Britain.
 After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Frank (now a General) coordinated the Marine air assault in the Attu-Kiska campaign in the Northern Pacific. Later, he was chief of staff for the 4th Marine Air Wing during campaigns in the Ellice Islands, Tarawa, and the Marshall and Gilbert Islands.
 After World War II ended in 1945, Frank was the commanding officer at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in California. Other command positions held by Frank were as Assistant Commandant of Marine Aviation, Chief of Staff for the Marine Fleet Force in the Atlantic, Assistant Commander for Marine aviation in Korea during the Korean War, and Commander of Marine Air Reserves in the United States. He retired from active duty in 1955. Besides the Distinguished Flying Cross, his decorations included the Legion of Merit, the Navy Commendation Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, and several Korean War decorations.

 When Frank turned age 83, he received a letter from Frank, Jr. Here are some excerpts from that letter:

 "Today you are 83, but you probably had not considered that 83 is a 'PRIME' number. And you are a prime character...I have just finished reading a book 'Once An Eagle' Anton Myrer...I got a much better picture of how it must have been for you and Mom in struggling through the twenties and thirties, raising me, and later Denny, going from post to post, and though the paycheck always came, I wonder just how much you all gave up as compared with a civilian career...You have put us one or more steps ahead, you have helped us live better than we would otherwise have been able to....Its almost inconceivable, if you think about it, how much you did in your life. Who would have thought it....few men of any generation had as interesting a life as you did. What challenges, Nicaragua, higher education, diplomacy in Central America (that alone is the price of admission), England in 1941, the campaigns of WWII, the National War College (the cream of the cream), Tsingtao (something to talk of forever), the frustration of Korea, etc. etc. In the vernacualr, MAN, YOU DID IT ALL. And you have the respect of all who knew you, or just about all, those in competition or out for themselves excepted....You were A-1 in their eyes, you were loyal 'downward...For my 59 years you have been grand, not perfect mind you, but overall grand. As a matter of fact, you are the best father I ever had."

 Frank and Mercy are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Section 6, Grave 9145-A.