The following obituary appeared in the Charlevoix County Herald:
BERT LORRAINE LAID TO REST
He was identified with printing industry here since youthful days.
East Jordan was stunned the evening of October 17 by the sudden death of Bert L. Lorraine who was taken with a heart attack while visiting at his home with a friend.
He was known as "Uncle Bert" to his friends who number in the hundreds, and he was loved by all who knew him.
He was born in Bird Island, Minn., July 29 1897, and came with his parents to East Jordan in 1891 when his father, Clarence Lorraine, purchased the "Enterprise." As a small boy Bert learned the printing trade in this office, and after his father's death in 1918 continued the puplication of the paper until 1920, when he disposed of the paper to the "Herald". Since that time Bert was engaged in commercial printing and has built up a fine business that covered several counties.
He was married on Septemmber 7 1910 to Claudus Swab of Stewartville, Minn., who died July 4, 1936.
He is survived by two children, Claude and Mrs. Laurin (Cathola) Bennett, both of Midland, Michigan; four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Verschel Trombly, of Flint.
Bert took keen interest in young people, and was ever ready to help them in counsel, in time, and with money. It was because of this interest that they began affectionately to call him "Uncle Bert".
He was an enthusiastic Rotarian. He was a charter member of the East Jordan Rotary Club, and has been its only Sergeant-at-arms. He worked for the club with all the intensity of his personality. To talk Rotary; to live Rotary, to give for Rotary was a dominating passion of his life.
The funeral services at the Watson mortuary on Saturday afternoon was conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. W. Sidebotham. The interment at Sunset Hill was under "Masonic" auspices. The unusually large number of friends who assembled for the services was evidence of the high regard in which "Uncle Bert" was held by all.
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Biography provided by Bert's great-nephew, Bill Kamradt.
Albert Fremont Lorraine was born in Bird Island, Minnesota on July 29, 1887. He is the third child of C.L. and Almeda Munson Lorraine. Some time in his teen years, Albert ceased to use either of his given names and would answer only to Bert and chose the middle initial L. which was in keeping with the middle initials of his father and brother. He, through the remainder of his life, was known as Bert L. Lorraine.
Bert, like his brother, learned the printing and newspaper business through the tutelage of his father. He received his formal education in the East Jordan Public Schools from which he was graduated.
When Bert was 17 years old he was called upon by his brother Roy to manage the 'Wolverine Express', a weekly newspaper published in Wolverine, Michigan. Bert's brother Roy had recently purchased the 'Wolverine' that was beset with financial problems that required Roy to take employment with the U.S. Printing Office in Washington D.C. until these problems could be resolved. After Roy's wife died in December 1904, the 'Wolverine' was sold and Bert took the opportunity to see a bit of the world and became a 'tramp printer', traveling from town to town, obtaining short term employment, here and there, along the Mississippi River's course.
In 1909, during a visit to family in High Forest, Minnesota, Bert met Claudis Swab, the daughter of his Munson relatives neighbor, Burnis (Burnie) Swab. After Claudis accepted Bert's proposal of marriage he returned to East Jordan and there built a three story home, for his bride to be, on the corner of Main and Mary Streets. On September 7, 1910 Claudis and Bert were married in Stewartville, Minnesota and returned to East Jordan where they lived in the house that Bert built, the remainder of their lives.
Bert worked with his father publishing the 'Enterprise' newspaper and doing job printing in their print shop at the head of Main Street in East Jordan until Bert's father died in 1918. Bert did not like publishing a newspaper so he sold the subscription list of the 'Enterprise' to a local competitor and moved what equipment he needed, to satisfy the needs of a job printer, to the lower level of his home. From this modest shop, he was able to amply provide for the needs of his family.
Bert's wife, Claudis was not a healthy person. She had a rheumatic heart condition for several years to which she succumbed at age 43 years on July 4, 1936. After Claudis's death, Bert continued to live and work in his home until the day he died. Bert was diabetic and also had a coronary condition which led to a fatal heart failure on October 17, 1945. Bert and Claudis are both buried in the Lorraine family burial plot in East Jordan's Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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BERT LORRAINE LAID TO REST
He was identified with printing industry here since youthful days.
East Jordan was stunned the evening of October 17 by the sudden death of Bert L. Lorraine who was taken with a heart attack while visiting at his home with a friend.
He was known as "Uncle Bert" to his friends who number in the hundreds, and he was loved by all who knew him.
He was born in Bird Island, Minn., July 29 1897, and came with his parents to East Jordan in 1891 when his father, Clarence Lorraine, purchased the "Enterprise." As a small boy Bert learned the printing trade in this office, and after his father's death in 1918 continued the puplication of the paper until 1920, when he disposed of the paper to the "Herald". Since that time Bert was engaged in commercial printing and has built up a fine business that covered several counties.
He was married on Septemmber 7 1910 to Claudus Swab of Stewartville, Minn., who died July 4, 1936.
He is survived by two children, Claude and Mrs. Laurin (Cathola) Bennett, both of Midland, Michigan; four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Verschel Trombly, of Flint.
Bert took keen interest in young people, and was ever ready to help them in counsel, in time, and with money. It was because of this interest that they began affectionately to call him "Uncle Bert".
He was an enthusiastic Rotarian. He was a charter member of the East Jordan Rotary Club, and has been its only Sergeant-at-arms. He worked for the club with all the intensity of his personality. To talk Rotary; to live Rotary, to give for Rotary was a dominating passion of his life.
The funeral services at the Watson mortuary on Saturday afternoon was conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. W. Sidebotham. The interment at Sunset Hill was under "Masonic" auspices. The unusually large number of friends who assembled for the services was evidence of the high regard in which "Uncle Bert" was held by all.
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Biography provided by Bert's great-nephew, Bill Kamradt.
Albert Fremont Lorraine was born in Bird Island, Minnesota on July 29, 1887. He is the third child of C.L. and Almeda Munson Lorraine. Some time in his teen years, Albert ceased to use either of his given names and would answer only to Bert and chose the middle initial L. which was in keeping with the middle initials of his father and brother. He, through the remainder of his life, was known as Bert L. Lorraine.
Bert, like his brother, learned the printing and newspaper business through the tutelage of his father. He received his formal education in the East Jordan Public Schools from which he was graduated.
When Bert was 17 years old he was called upon by his brother Roy to manage the 'Wolverine Express', a weekly newspaper published in Wolverine, Michigan. Bert's brother Roy had recently purchased the 'Wolverine' that was beset with financial problems that required Roy to take employment with the U.S. Printing Office in Washington D.C. until these problems could be resolved. After Roy's wife died in December 1904, the 'Wolverine' was sold and Bert took the opportunity to see a bit of the world and became a 'tramp printer', traveling from town to town, obtaining short term employment, here and there, along the Mississippi River's course.
In 1909, during a visit to family in High Forest, Minnesota, Bert met Claudis Swab, the daughter of his Munson relatives neighbor, Burnis (Burnie) Swab. After Claudis accepted Bert's proposal of marriage he returned to East Jordan and there built a three story home, for his bride to be, on the corner of Main and Mary Streets. On September 7, 1910 Claudis and Bert were married in Stewartville, Minnesota and returned to East Jordan where they lived in the house that Bert built, the remainder of their lives.
Bert worked with his father publishing the 'Enterprise' newspaper and doing job printing in their print shop at the head of Main Street in East Jordan until Bert's father died in 1918. Bert did not like publishing a newspaper so he sold the subscription list of the 'Enterprise' to a local competitor and moved what equipment he needed, to satisfy the needs of a job printer, to the lower level of his home. From this modest shop, he was able to amply provide for the needs of his family.
Bert's wife, Claudis was not a healthy person. She had a rheumatic heart condition for several years to which she succumbed at age 43 years on July 4, 1936. After Claudis's death, Bert continued to live and work in his home until the day he died. Bert was diabetic and also had a coronary condition which led to a fatal heart failure on October 17, 1945. Bert and Claudis are both buried in the Lorraine family burial plot in East Jordan's Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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The following obituary appeared in the Charlevoix County Herald:
BERT LORRAINE LAID TO REST
He was identified with printing industry here since youthful days.
East Jordan was stunned the evening of October 17 by the sudden death of Bert L. Lorraine who was taken with a heart attack while visiting at his home with a friend.
He was known as "Uncle Bert" to his friends who number in the hundreds, and he was loved by all who knew him.
He was born in Bird Island, Minn., July 29 1897, and came with his parents to East Jordan in 1891 when his father, Clarence Lorraine, purchased the "Enterprise." As a small boy Bert learned the printing trade in this office, and after his father's death in 1918 continued the puplication of the paper until 1920, when he disposed of the paper to the "Herald". Since that time Bert was engaged in commercial printing and has built up a fine business that covered several counties.
He was married on Septemmber 7 1910 to Claudus Swab of Stewartville, Minn., who died July 4, 1936.
He is survived by two children, Claude and Mrs. Laurin (Cathola) Bennett, both of Midland, Michigan; four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Verschel Trombly, of Flint.
Bert took keen interest in young people, and was ever ready to help them in counsel, in time, and with money. It was because of this interest that they began affectionately to call him "Uncle Bert".
He was an enthusiastic Rotarian. He was a charter member of the East Jordan Rotary Club, and has been its only Sergeant-at-arms. He worked for the club with all the intensity of his personality. To talk Rotary; to live Rotary, to give for Rotary was a dominating passion of his life.
The funeral services at the Watson mortuary on Saturday afternoon was conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. W. Sidebotham. The interment at Sunset Hill was under "Masonic" auspices. The unusually large number of friends who assembled for the services was evidence of the high regard in which "Uncle Bert" was held by all.
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Biography provided by Bert's great-nephew, Bill Kamradt.
Albert Fremont Lorraine was born in Bird Island, Minnesota on July 29, 1887. He is the third child of C.L. and Almeda Munson Lorraine. Some time in his teen years, Albert ceased to use either of his given names and would answer only to Bert and chose the middle initial L. which was in keeping with the middle initials of his father and brother. He, through the remainder of his life, was known as Bert L. Lorraine.
Bert, like his brother, learned the printing and newspaper business through the tutelage of his father. He received his formal education in the East Jordan Public Schools from which he was graduated.
When Bert was 17 years old he was called upon by his brother Roy to manage the 'Wolverine Express', a weekly newspaper published in Wolverine, Michigan. Bert's brother Roy had recently purchased the 'Wolverine' that was beset with financial problems that required Roy to take employment with the U.S. Printing Office in Washington D.C. until these problems could be resolved. After Roy's wife died in December 1904, the 'Wolverine' was sold and Bert took the opportunity to see a bit of the world and became a 'tramp printer', traveling from town to town, obtaining short term employment, here and there, along the Mississippi River's course.
In 1909, during a visit to family in High Forest, Minnesota, Bert met Claudis Swab, the daughter of his Munson relatives neighbor, Burnis (Burnie) Swab. After Claudis accepted Bert's proposal of marriage he returned to East Jordan and there built a three story home, for his bride to be, on the corner of Main and Mary Streets. On September 7, 1910 Claudis and Bert were married in Stewartville, Minnesota and returned to East Jordan where they lived in the house that Bert built, the remainder of their lives.
Bert worked with his father publishing the 'Enterprise' newspaper and doing job printing in their print shop at the head of Main Street in East Jordan until Bert's father died in 1918. Bert did not like publishing a newspaper so he sold the subscription list of the 'Enterprise' to a local competitor and moved what equipment he needed, to satisfy the needs of a job printer, to the lower level of his home. From this modest shop, he was able to amply provide for the needs of his family.
Bert's wife, Claudis was not a healthy person. She had a rheumatic heart condition for several years to which she succumbed at age 43 years on July 4, 1936. After Claudis's death, Bert continued to live and work in his home until the day he died. Bert was diabetic and also had a coronary condition which led to a fatal heart failure on October 17, 1945. Bert and Claudis are both buried in the Lorraine family burial plot in East Jordan's Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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BERT LORRAINE LAID TO REST
He was identified with printing industry here since youthful days.
East Jordan was stunned the evening of October 17 by the sudden death of Bert L. Lorraine who was taken with a heart attack while visiting at his home with a friend.
He was known as "Uncle Bert" to his friends who number in the hundreds, and he was loved by all who knew him.
He was born in Bird Island, Minn., July 29 1897, and came with his parents to East Jordan in 1891 when his father, Clarence Lorraine, purchased the "Enterprise." As a small boy Bert learned the printing trade in this office, and after his father's death in 1918 continued the puplication of the paper until 1920, when he disposed of the paper to the "Herald". Since that time Bert was engaged in commercial printing and has built up a fine business that covered several counties.
He was married on Septemmber 7 1910 to Claudus Swab of Stewartville, Minn., who died July 4, 1936.
He is survived by two children, Claude and Mrs. Laurin (Cathola) Bennett, both of Midland, Michigan; four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Verschel Trombly, of Flint.
Bert took keen interest in young people, and was ever ready to help them in counsel, in time, and with money. It was because of this interest that they began affectionately to call him "Uncle Bert".
He was an enthusiastic Rotarian. He was a charter member of the East Jordan Rotary Club, and has been its only Sergeant-at-arms. He worked for the club with all the intensity of his personality. To talk Rotary; to live Rotary, to give for Rotary was a dominating passion of his life.
The funeral services at the Watson mortuary on Saturday afternoon was conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. W. Sidebotham. The interment at Sunset Hill was under "Masonic" auspices. The unusually large number of friends who assembled for the services was evidence of the high regard in which "Uncle Bert" was held by all.
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Biography provided by Bert's great-nephew, Bill Kamradt.
Albert Fremont Lorraine was born in Bird Island, Minnesota on July 29, 1887. He is the third child of C.L. and Almeda Munson Lorraine. Some time in his teen years, Albert ceased to use either of his given names and would answer only to Bert and chose the middle initial L. which was in keeping with the middle initials of his father and brother. He, through the remainder of his life, was known as Bert L. Lorraine.
Bert, like his brother, learned the printing and newspaper business through the tutelage of his father. He received his formal education in the East Jordan Public Schools from which he was graduated.
When Bert was 17 years old he was called upon by his brother Roy to manage the 'Wolverine Express', a weekly newspaper published in Wolverine, Michigan. Bert's brother Roy had recently purchased the 'Wolverine' that was beset with financial problems that required Roy to take employment with the U.S. Printing Office in Washington D.C. until these problems could be resolved. After Roy's wife died in December 1904, the 'Wolverine' was sold and Bert took the opportunity to see a bit of the world and became a 'tramp printer', traveling from town to town, obtaining short term employment, here and there, along the Mississippi River's course.
In 1909, during a visit to family in High Forest, Minnesota, Bert met Claudis Swab, the daughter of his Munson relatives neighbor, Burnis (Burnie) Swab. After Claudis accepted Bert's proposal of marriage he returned to East Jordan and there built a three story home, for his bride to be, on the corner of Main and Mary Streets. On September 7, 1910 Claudis and Bert were married in Stewartville, Minnesota and returned to East Jordan where they lived in the house that Bert built, the remainder of their lives.
Bert worked with his father publishing the 'Enterprise' newspaper and doing job printing in their print shop at the head of Main Street in East Jordan until Bert's father died in 1918. Bert did not like publishing a newspaper so he sold the subscription list of the 'Enterprise' to a local competitor and moved what equipment he needed, to satisfy the needs of a job printer, to the lower level of his home. From this modest shop, he was able to amply provide for the needs of his family.
Bert's wife, Claudis was not a healthy person. She had a rheumatic heart condition for several years to which she succumbed at age 43 years on July 4, 1936. After Claudis's death, Bert continued to live and work in his home until the day he died. Bert was diabetic and also had a coronary condition which led to a fatal heart failure on October 17, 1945. Bert and Claudis are both buried in the Lorraine family burial plot in East Jordan's Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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After his father, C.L. Lorraine died, Bert sold the 'Enterprise' newspaper in 1920 and devoted the remainder of his life to 'job printing.'
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