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Lowell Lester Ralph

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Lowell Lester Ralph

Birth
Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Death
6 Oct 1938 (aged 41)
Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, USA
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Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, USA Add to Map
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Lowell was an electrician, aviator and automobile dealer. He married Dollie Mae Connally on November 13, 1923, and they had a son, Raymond.

Lowell had been in ill health, and Dr. G. C. Wrigley came to the family home on Washington Street to examine him. Deciding that Lowell needed to be hospitalized, the doctor waited downstairs for Lowell to ready himself for transport.

Instead, Lowell took his own life with a .410 shotgun. Despondency regarding his health is thought to be the reason for his actions.

Lowell was a veteran of WWI, enlisting in the Coast Artillery Corps of the United States Army in Logan, Utah, on August 12, 1918. He was honorably discharged March 3, 1919.

After the war, he engaged in the business of automobile dealership, which he continued for the rest of his life.

He was a pioneer of aviation, and along with the efforts of he, his father and others, Columbia Airport, Ralph Field, became a reality.

Lowell's wife, Dollie, moved to Alameda county where she raised their son. She remarried and became Dollie Lippi. She passed away in Alameda County, California June 21, 1981.

Lowell and Dollie's son, Raymond Lowell, passed away in Alameda County on June 26, 1995.
Lowell was an electrician, aviator and automobile dealer. He married Dollie Mae Connally on November 13, 1923, and they had a son, Raymond.

Lowell had been in ill health, and Dr. G. C. Wrigley came to the family home on Washington Street to examine him. Deciding that Lowell needed to be hospitalized, the doctor waited downstairs for Lowell to ready himself for transport.

Instead, Lowell took his own life with a .410 shotgun. Despondency regarding his health is thought to be the reason for his actions.

Lowell was a veteran of WWI, enlisting in the Coast Artillery Corps of the United States Army in Logan, Utah, on August 12, 1918. He was honorably discharged March 3, 1919.

After the war, he engaged in the business of automobile dealership, which he continued for the rest of his life.

He was a pioneer of aviation, and along with the efforts of he, his father and others, Columbia Airport, Ralph Field, became a reality.

Lowell's wife, Dollie, moved to Alameda county where she raised their son. She remarried and became Dollie Lippi. She passed away in Alameda County, California June 21, 1981.

Lowell and Dollie's son, Raymond Lowell, passed away in Alameda County on June 26, 1995.


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