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Adventures of the USS Rutilicus
I recently uncovered evidence that an ancestor, Lawrence Suiter, served aboard the USS Rutilicus from September 1944 to January 1946. Naturally, we had to learn more about the ship and her missions. Wikipedia starts us off: USS Rutilicus (AK-113) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II.…
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“Chaff in the Wind” by Edna Walker Chandler
The Suiter branch of the family has been in Stafford County, Kansas, since about 1900. In researching the area, I stumbled across a local author that wrote a fictional tale of life in that time and place. Washburn University provides a helpful biography, which tells us that Edna Walker Chandler was born in 1908 near…
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In Search Of: Hazel Frantz of Outbank, Montana
In December of 1957, Lawrence LaVerne Suiter (a.k.a. Larry Frantz) was incarcerated in the Deer Lodge, Montana prison. At his intake, he reported being married to one Hazel Frantz of Outbank, Montana. To date, no other information about her has been located. It seems likely the couple were married sometime between 1949 and 1957,…