Laura Madelyn Lawrence was born in Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1904. Her parents were Frank Lawrence and Mary Wolf. This information is from her Social Security record.

At the time of the 1920 Federal Census, the family lived in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio. Frank Lawrence, a bricklayer, and wife, Mary, had the following children: Laura, 16, William, 10, Alfred, 5, Helen, 3.

Laura M. Lawrence married Russell R. Clark, also born in Pennsylvania, and they were residents of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1940. They had two sons, Danuel [sic], 2, and Robert, 1. Laura's age was stated as 26, which is an error. Russell, 38, was employed as a Traffic manager at a steel mill. They are also listed at the same location (South Hills Dr.) in the 1956 City Directory of Cleveland.

HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, February 7, 1964 -- Russell R. Clark, beloved husband of Laura (nee Lawrence); beloved father of Daniel, Robert, and Marie, brother of Elizabeth McElwaine, William J., of Ashtabula, O., Harold of Stoneboro, Pa., John L. of Chicago, Ill., passed away Tuesday [Feb 4, 1964], late residence, 4463 South Hills Dr. Friends received at the Gustav Buesch & Sons Funeral Home, 3111 Broadview Rd. Services Friday, Feb 7, at 3 p.m.

Laura Lawrence Clark, Registered Nurse, died on April 22, 1996 at a long-term care facility in Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. She had lived in Eastlake, Ohio.