Schlagal, Margery, 1912-1974

Russell G. Schlagal was born in Ohio on December 29, 1904. He and his wife Margery (1912-1974) lived in Dayton, Ohio, in 1940, where he owned a radio business. During World War II, Schlagal served as a lieutenant with the 28th and 77th Air Service Group in India and on the island of Tinian; he returned home in mid-1946. He and Margery had at least two children, Nancy and Bob. Russell G. Schlagal died in Virginia on September 3, 1995.

From the guide to the Russell G. Schlagal letters, Schlagel, Russell G. letters, 1944-1946, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)