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Dr. John and Evelyn Griffin Lane

John Lane Obituary

Dr. and Mrs. John William Lane Dr. John William Lane died on May 28, 1974 in Montery, Massachusetts. Dr. Lane was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin on February 28, 1892. Dr. Lane 's wife, Evelyn Griffin Lane, was born in Rock Island, Illinois on November 6, 1905 and died in Lowell, Massachusetts on July 20, 1971. Dr. and Mrs. Lane were married in Rock Island, Illinois on October 21, 1925. They had four sons, John William Lane, Jr., Robert Marcus Lane, Gerald Thomas Lane and James McCrae Lane; three of whom are also deceased. Robert, the sole surviving son, lives with his family in Greenwich, Connecticut. Dr. and Mrs. Lane lived at 100 West McConnell Avenue, in West Chicago, Illinois from 1941 to 1950. Their four sons attended West Chicago High School.

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Published by Suburban Life Publications on Feb. 6, 2014.

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