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CHERYL: DID YOU KNOW ANY OF FLORENCE PATTEE'S CHILDREN? THERE WAS LESTER CARROLL,
GLADYS, BOUNCE (HAROLD??), ANITA, FLORENCE LEONE (MY MOTHER) - SHE WENT BY LEONE, RUSSELL, CATHERINE, MERTON, AND EUGENE. WHEN SHE DIED LESTER AND GLADYS WERE PRETTY MUCH GROWN. BOUNCE DIED WHEN HE WAS A BOY IN AN ACCIDENT OF SOME KIND. ANITA, LEONE, AND RUSSELL STAYED WITH THEIR FATHER FRANK CARROLL. CATHERINE AND MERTON WENT TO LIVE IN CHICAGO WITH AN AUNT ON THE CARROLL SIDE. SHE WAS MARRIED TO A JOHN LAMBERT - CATHERINE AND MERTON TOOK ON THE LAST NAME OF LAMBERT. I DON'T THINK THEY WERE EVER FORMALLY ADOPTED. EUGENE WAS TAKEN IN AS AN INFANT BY I BELIEVE GRACE AND HER HUSBAND OR MERTON. I AM UNCLEAR ABOUT THAT. AT ANY RATE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FLORENCE PATTEE WAS A COLLEGE EDUCATED WOMAN, BROUGHT UP A METHODIST, CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM AND WAS WELL LIKED AND RESPECTED BY EVERYONE. IT WAS A REAL TRAGEDY WHEN SHE DIED SO YOUNG - HER CHILDREN MISSED OUT ON A LOT AND LEFT AT LOOSE ENDS THAT I AM NOT SURE ANY OF THEM RECOVERED FROM. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF HER STORY? KATHIE
  
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