Comments on: Lawrence B. and Marguerite R. Whitehouse, 78, 75

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Sun, 09 May 2010 12:53:00 +0000

[...] 46, 42Kenneth Fleming, early 30sJohn S. Carter, 50sFred Ables Werntz, 42William N. McQueen, 34Lawrence B. and Marguerite R. Whitehouse, 78, 75Bascom Lee Haley, 27, co-pilotDavid Wood Findlay, 39Walter V. VaughanNyle A. Bischel, 25Wesley R. [...]

By: Emmett Clary

Emmett Clary — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:32:44 +0000

I am the first cousin of Marguerite (Rita) Dietz and the nephew by marriage of Alvin Record (Rita’s father). Alvin Record was the brother of the deceased ,Marguerite Record Whitehouse. He was waiting at the airport for his sister and brother in law (the Whitehouses) who never arrived because of the crash.
As Rita said, her mother, Dorothy Clary Record, my aunt,came to our house in Haddonfield, New Jersey to visit us. My father, Emmett A Clary, was her brother. Her life was spared because she came to visit us. I still feel very nostalgic about this horrible tragedy which effected us profoundly. Emmett Clary.

By: Marguerite (Rita)Dietz

Marguerite (Rita)Dietz — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:51:35 +0000

I am the niece and namesake of Marguerite Record Whitehouse. It was my father Alvin Record, Marguerite’s brother who was at the airport in Lynchburg to meet the plane. He overheard the control room operators saying that radio contact had been lost. He called my cousin, Dr. Whitehouse and told him what he had heard.My mother had been with my Aunt Marguerite in NYC and had gone to visit her brother in New Jersey or she would have been on the flight. It was a terrible time for our family.

By: Catherine Greene

Catherine Greene — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:37:32 +0000

I am Lawrence Whitehouse’s grandaughter and you might want to correct a slight error. He was co-owner and co-founder of Morton Manufacturing with John Morton. He was the president of the company and ran the Chap Stick manufacturing plant in Lynchburg. Lawrence and John bought the formula for Chap Stick from Mr Fleet of Fleet Laboratories. They co-founded the company which was named Morton Manufacturing.
My father, Dr Whitehouse, had 2 daughters and 3 sons…not 5 sons. Also, my father had a brother, Lawrence Whitehouse, Jr. who died at age 61; he raised three sons, all of whom live in the northeastern US.