Notes for: Lorraine Dora STRATTON

Mom was young. Couldn't support two kids. Moved in with mom, Merle. Merle would not take Lois because she was afraid she'd die. She had lost an infant child, Gene and 2 fiancees, one in a Railroad accident, one in WWI.
Court records exist establishing Paternal grandparents as guardians for Lois.
Mom worked assembly line at Mc Donald-Douglas prior to WWII. Introduced to Pete by military friends. Jerry Butts described Lorraine as a giggly air head. Always went dancing at the Skylark Hotel in Long Beach. She was good friends with Clyde Winkler and Ivan Eugene Crawford who later married Jerry.