Daughter of Erwin Cecil Trotter (1888-1977) Born in Neche, ND before ND was a state; (WWI-Army fought in France near Paris during the war.) Before and after the war he was a Scalier for Lumber CO. in the Cascades area of WA, OR, & Canada.

Mildred Mae (Mersdorf) Trotter (1893-1992)She was born in Napoleon, Logan, ND, USA, Was a One room School house teacher Both were Cremated ashes are located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast near, Monterey, Monterey, California, United States

Wife of "Duffy" Duane W. Lehr (1920-1991)
his parents of:
William Conrad Lehr 25714982
his parents:
George Lehr 53808261
& Anna Marie(Miller)Lehr 53808261

Myrtle Vivian (Lockhart) Lehr 25714979
her parents:
John W Lockhart 53808267
Hester Ann "Hattie A" Kemble Lockhart 109957671

Duane & Marijane parents of:
ch1)
Vicki Lorraine (Lehr)Beck
Vietnam era widow of:
John Joseph Beck 1950-1979 127669221
his parents:
Emil Joseph Beck, Jr. 127679849
Grace Ragina Beck 127685144
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Grandparents of:
Gregory Thomas Beck
m:Heather M(Dodge)Beck
Daughter of Larry E Dodge and Gayle M Dodge
ch:yes

Anna Kathleen (Beck) Smith
m:John Taylor Smith
Son of Michael R. Smith 33630649 and Donna (Acker) Smith
ch:yes

Cynthia Diane (Beck)Galway
m1:1998-2011
Christopher Galway
Son of Charles J Galway and Lynn (Redington)Galway 13996209
ch:yes

ch2)
Maria Jean Lehr 1954-1954 127694127
(Maria arrived too early and only lived 11 hrs.)

There were two others also did not survive. There is no info on them ie.: when, where and so on.

Sister of Kenneth LeRoy Trotter
Find A Grave Memorial# 44478341

Ken fought in Germany during WWII and had his Legs frozen at the Battle of the Bulge. He was husband to Rubena Edea Naughtagall Trotter (1926 - 2007)for almost thirty-five years. She was a widow and was left with two loving children who he adored and made then his own. They were blessed five beautiful grandchildren.

Marijane was born and grew up in the north wood of Washington She grew up in both the woods of Washington and Oregon. Where she would play and go to school in many of the Logging camps while her father Erwin Trotter worked. When WWII broke out both her and her brother Kenneth joined the Army.

Marijane was an Army WAC during WWII who was one of the first women to go to bootcamp in Fort Fort Des Moines,IA. She became a Photographer and worked for a number of Newspapers honing her skills in her craft. She also became a pilot of small planes like Piper and Cessna which she loved doing barrel rolls and Loop to Loops. While flying she practiced her photography with dong aerial shots from her plane.

On October 20,1951 she married Duane W. Lehr. They met on the streets of Seattle He worked at the local radio station in Everett and it turned out she was working for the local newspaper in the same town. Duane was a trumpet player from the big band era and a WWII Vet also. Within a year after they were married Marijane gave birth to their first child Who she gave birth breach and without anesthetic. The doctors thought it was going to be a while before she would deliver but Vicki had other ideas. About two years later she would give birth to their second. Unfortunately Maria Jean decided to come way too early and she died eleven hours later. The three of them moved several time before Vicki was five until they ended up in the town of Coquille,OR

Then about the time when candidates were campaigning for the 1960's Election Duane was asked to set up the meeting place and do the public relations for John F. Kennedy's visit It also turned out that at that time the Marian Band The Presidents Own was also coming at the same time to their town.
Due to his history with both music and public relations he he was offered and landed a great job with The Marian Band the Presidents own thanks to President Kennedy campaigning in the town of Coquille,OR. I am not sure why the band was with him but they were. Dad was working for the local paper at the time and setting up shows for the town's people. The next thing we knew we were off to D.C.

The job turned out to be exhausting with all the travel Dad would have to do to set up the schedule for the Band to play. He would have to travel from town to town by car to make sure everything was just right for The Marian Band's visit. But he did get to know all the band members at the time. We would spend many summer evening sitting and watching and listening to the band play in the bandshell located along the tidal basin of the Potomac behind the Lincoln Memorial.

With Marijane's photography and flying history both before and after Duane's job brought the family to the D.C. area she ended up getting her dream job which she loved. She became a cartographer working for Army Map Service Army Topcon
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArmyMapService. ]

What a blessing it turned out to be. While there she got a chance of a lifetime to help in designing the map for the first Moon Landing. They would match the strips of photos came back from Rangers the unmanned rockets would send back. From the photos being laid out in such a way they would create the maps. She would bring home some of the photo's which were about 22x18 in sizes how exciting. They made great show and tell at school for Vicki. Both the teachers and the fellow student enjoyed being able to look at them.
Later Marijane donated them to a Local College so future students could also be a part of the wonder of the moon.

Her daughter Vicki remembers being glued to the rented TV watching the first shots into space then later the landing on the Moon. But everyone who had a TV got to see and be a part of the excitement some of the first shots like Glen and Sheppard or the first Apollo Missions. Marijane would be so sad to think that her grandchildren and future great-great grandchildren won't get the chance to be inspired like our whole country was back in the 1960's. Children like her grandson wanted to be astronauts like their heroes.

Marijane inherited her dad love for the woods and horticulture. She had the greenest thumb you could ever see. She could revive just about any plant that was half dead. One year she had a pepper plant survivor for over two years and was still producing. I think she must have invented the balcony dish garden. Her balcony wasn't just table and lawn-chair it was a forest of plants. She could grow plant that normally shouldn't have grown there.

She had a great love for animals to the point she may have been the first pet whisperer. She could talk to them and I swear they understood whatever she said to them at the time. Their last baby she had was a 25 lb Morris tabby type cat named "Wally". He wasn't a fat cat he was just big. Wally was a rescue from one of the local shelters who in the end was spoiled the way Marijane could do. One of the animals I must honor is the Dog "Lucky"(CPI Lucky-WAC) who was brought home with Marijane when she got out of the service. Lucky was one of the early Army mascots. In the end Lucky was spoiled by Marijane's Mother Mildred who fell in love with him.

At the end of Marijane's life she got to enjoy all but two of her seven Great-Grandchildren. The last two were born soon after Marijane went home to be with the Lord. I have a feeling He has her working with his heavenly flower garden. She is greatly missed by her family who can't wait to join her at the heaven's gate.

Marijane Lehr (1920)