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Elaine Marie Lundgren Duke

Elaine Marie Lundgren Duke. Lainey. Born in 1930, Elaine was the third child of Ray and Ruth Lundgren, first generation immigrants from Sweden. With Mother and big sister Joanie, Bethany Beach, Michigan, 1931. Lainey always loved the beach. .

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Elaine Marie Lundgren Duke

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  1. Elaine Marie Lundgren Duke Lainey

  2. Born in 1930, Elaine was the third child of Ray and Ruth Lundgren, first generation immigrants from Sweden.

  3. With Mother and big sister Joanie, Bethany Beach, Michigan, 1931

  4. Lainey always loved the beach.

  5. The middle house was home. 7642 South Wood Street, Chicago

  6. 1933

  7. 1939 Elaine, Joan and Richard

  8. The Lundgrens Elaine

  9. Little sister Doris and Elaine, Paddock Lake, Wisconsin

  10. Elaine, Joan and Doris, in the Swedish neighborhood of Foster Park in Chicago, 1945

  11. Elaine’s father took a job transfer to Gulfport, Mississippi just as she finished high school. She met Pete Duke at the University of Southern Mississippi.

  12. They were married on September 17, 1949

  13. Elaine at 20 years old, 1950

  14. February 1951. The beautiful new mother.

  15. “I made that dress! The neckline was too low, so I added the lace.”

  16. With Andy, 1952

  17. Andy, Elaine, and Barbara 1955, Gulfport, Mississippi

  18. Labor Day, Gulf Shores, Alabama, 1957

  19. And then there were three…Barbara, Andy, Elaine and Chris, 1959

  20. And Rusty makes four, 1963

  21. 25th Wedding Anniversary, 1974

  22. My son, the animal doctor! 1975

  23. Lainey’s name change began in the late 1970’s. She felt too young to become “grandma,” so Justin and the seven grandchildren to follow called her Lainey. After a while, so did everyone else!

  24. Thirty years later: “My grandson, the doctor.” Justin Duke, M.D. 2007

  25. Lainey often sang in her church choir, because she loved to sing. 1976-1988 were Lainey’s Sweet Adelines years. Her rich alto voice enriched the chorus, and she sang with the quartet called Special Blend.

  26. Sweet Adelines from Mobile visit Sweden, 1984

  27. Elaine making Swedish skorpa with her mother and sister Joan, visiting from Chicago. 1981

  28. Lainey could sew anything, knit anything, crochet anything. In her sewing room, 1985

  29. With sister Joan at Dauphin Island, 1993

  30. Lainey loved to dance with her perfect partner.

  31. 1996 1999 Elaine and Pete danced together for 54 years.

  32. Lainey’s eight grandchildren filled three decades with adventures, large and small. With Emily, 1994 and 2006

  33. Reading to Madison, 1988 Reading to Lauren, 2002

  34. Cullan, Lainey and Jonathan, 2001

  35. With grandson Robert at Disney World, 2004

  36. The oldest and youngest women of the Duke clan, Lainey and Cate, 2010

  37. Lucky at love, Lainey found a special friend in Bert Bertolotti. 2005

  38. Lainey loved to travel. “If you want to put a smile on Elaine’s face, get out a suitcase,” Pete liked to tease. Belize, 2006

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