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LeFors, Jerry, 1921-2008
Jerry LeFors, from the "Greatest Generation," was born in Oklahoma in 1921 and attended grade schools in West Texas. He graduated from high school in Lawton, Oklahoma in 1938 and then continued his education at Cameron Junior College in Lawton, where he graduated in 1940.
While in college he enjoyed playing the drums and had his own dance band in addition to his studies. He also became enamored with flying aircraft and became a Civilian Flight Instructor in Illinois in 1941, following graduation.
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Cohen, Bernard Louis, 1918-2002
Bio taken from Find-A-Grave: "Dr. Bernard Louis Cohen, 83, of Prospect Street, Malone, N.Y. and E. Harmon Avenue, Las Vegas, Nev., died Wednesday, May 1, 2002, at Nathan Adelson Hospice, Las Vegas, Nev.
He was born Oct. 31, 1918, in Gouverneur, N.Y., the son of Hyman and Mildred Edison Cohen. They predeceased him.
He married Dr. Shirlee Krakauer Nov. 10, 1946, at the Essex House in New York City. She survives.
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