Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Vernon Lane and Norma Herlin














































This picture was likely taken around 1919 or 1920.  
Norman Herlin graduated in 1922 but Vernon Lane 
did not graduate.  Vernon Allen Lane was born July 
23, 1902 in Springwater to Henry Lane (1866-1927) 
and Therese Wilson (1869-1920). In 1920 he lived 
with his mother on Euclid Street near Isaac and 
Tammie Woodward. He married Esther M. Staeber  
(1902-1995).  They had two children Bruce V Lane 
(1923-1946) and James O Lane (1926-1987). Vernon 
died March 7, 1972 and is buried in Woodlawn 
Cemetery in Shawano.
Norman Ellsworth Herlin September 21, 1901 in 
Illinois and moved to Wild Rose in 1903. His parents 
were Frank M. Herlin (1867-1930) and Ragnild 
Elizabeth Thompson (1874-1945). He missed some 
school in March of 1921 due to Scarlet fever.  He 
married Isabelle Charlotte Backhaus (1906-1996) 
April 6, 1932 at Beaver Dam.  Norman was a 
salesman for Armour meats but he also was a 
musician. He played for an orchestra in La Crosse 
s well as the Ohioans (the band with perfect 
rhythm in dance halls and speakeasys) in a variety 
of places.  He had a daughter Jean.  He died Nov. 10, 
1941 in Beaver Dam.  His wife later married Buel 
Walsh.  He is burief with his wife in the Mt. Morris 
Holden Cemetery

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