Lois and Jerry Thorne

“Lois and Jerry lived in Provo, Utah for the next three years while Jerry finished school at Brigham Young University. Their first son, Mark Jerrold, was born August 1, 1952 at the Nampa Mercy Hospital. They were living in Payette, Idaho at that time. Jerry had gone to work for the Boy Scouts of America after college graduation as a District Executive for the Ore-Ida Scout Council. Their second son, John Michael was born August 25, 1956 in Klamath General Hospital, Klamath Falls, Oregon where Jerry had been transferred to the Modoc Area Council, BSA.”-Beatrice Gardner Straubhaar

Excerpt from Straubhaar Family History, July 1990