Individual 359: Lawyer, Loretta (Lori)

Individual Record 359

Name} Lawyer, Loretta (Lori)

Family History} Olson

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Race} White

Sex} Female

Birth: Date} Exa 7 Sep 1938

Place} Berkeley, Alameda, California

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Death: Date} Cir 9 Nov 1990

Place} near Taos, New Mexico

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Source 1}	73 = Interview
Source 2}	181 = Interview
Source 3}	537 =Birth record
Source 4}	2182=1940 USA cen
Source 5}	2183=1950 USA cen
Source 6}	376 = Death record
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Parents: } Lewis Olson Lawyer and Ruth Adele Schwartz
Relationship No.} 129

1st Household No.} 848 = Berkeley, Alameda, California

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Spouses: Prime} Platte, Bill
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Loretta Lawyer (Lori) was born 7 Dec 1938 in Berkeley, Alameda, California. She was the oldest of three children of Lewis Olson Lawyer and Ruth Adele Schwartz. In the 1940 U.S. census, Loretta L., 1 year, was living with her parents, Lewis O. Lawyer, 32, and Adele, 21, at 1645 Portland, Berkeley, Alameda, California. Her father was a research planner with an income of $1,900., and they were renting their home for $45.

In the 1950 U.S. census, Loretta, 11 years, was living with her parents Lewis O. Lawyer, 41, and Adele S., 30, at 4123 Oak Hill Rd, Oakland, Alameda, California. Both parents were working as agricultural researchers in a packing corporation. Also in the household was Loretta's maternal grandmother, Nedye E. Schwartz, 60.

Her two younger siblings, Melanie Ann and Arthur Lewis (Artie), were born in the 1950's.

Loretta married Bill Platt. Their daughter Lluvia Platte was born in a mud dugout in Sycamore Canyon, near Cottonwood, Arizona. The couple separated at some point in time. Loretta died in an automobile accident new Taos, New Mexico about 9 Nov 1990.

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Education: Grade} Master of Arts or Top 2 Degrees}

Military: Service} None for the State of}

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Cause of Death} Accident, motor vehicle

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 22 Jan 2026
Date Created} 6 Nov 1993

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