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Laura Lucinda Bishop was born on 22 Feb 1882 in Tazewell Co., IllinoisG.^4,5,6
     She moved to Nebraska with her parents in 1896, in a covered wagon.¹⁴ She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Ragan, Harlan Co., Nebraska, G in the household of her parents, John Milton Bishop and Mary Ann Moreland.¹⁵ She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Ragan, Harlan Co., Nebraska G, in the household of her parents.¹⁶ She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Alma, Harlan Co., Nebraska G, in the household of her parents.¹⁷
     Laura married John William Reigle, son of William David Riegel and Mary J. Quakenbush, and bother of the man her younger sister Cora married the year before, on 14 Dec 1921 in Alma, Harlan Co., NebraskaG.^7,8,9
     Laura and John moved to ColoradoG in 1929.¹⁸ They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Larimer Co., Colorado G, on Lincoln Highway, enumerated 9 Apr 1930, reporting they rented their home for $10 per month and did not own a radio.¹⁹
      Laura and John moved to Fort CollinsG his bother James and her sister Cora in Sep 1937.²⁰
     Laura and John appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, at 237 No. Whitcomb St. G, enumerated 5 Apr 1940, reporting they were renting their home, paying $20 per month. They reported that they had lived in Berthoud, Larimer Co. in 1935. Cora, his brother's widow (and her sister) and her son Ervin were listed as living with them.²¹
     She was a dressmaker, later calling herself a tailoress. In 1940 she was working in a tailor shop, and reported that she had worked 11 weeks the prior year earning $165.^22,23,24,25
     Laura and John appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, at 237 N Whitcomb G, enumerated 15 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm. Her widowed younger sister Cora was listed as living with them.²⁶
     Her husband died on 13 Oct 1960 in Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., ColoradoG.^27,28
     Laura died on 19 Feb 1972 in Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., ColoradoG, at age 89.^10,11 She was buried on 23 Feb 1972 in Grandview Cemetery, Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., ColoradoG.^12,13

Cora A. Bishop was born on 6 Feb 1894 in NebraskaG.^4,5,6
     She moved to Nebraska with her parents in 1896.¹⁷ She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Ragan, Harlan Co., Nebraska, G in the household of her parents, John Milton Bishop and Mary Ann Moreland.¹⁸ She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Ragan, Harlan Co., Nebraska G, in the household of her parents.¹⁹ She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Alma, Harlan Co., Nebraska G, in the household of her parents.²⁰
     Cora married first James Dewey Reigle, son of William David Riegel and Mary J. Quakenbush, and bother of the man her older sister Laura married the following year, on 22 Dec 1920 in Alma, Harlan Co., NebraskaG.^7,8,9
     Cora and James and their young son moved to ColoradoG in 1930 where his brother John and his family were living. Cora and James appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Larimer Co., Colorado G, on Lincoln Highway, enumerated 9 Apr 1930, in the same dwelling as his brother John and his wife, who was also her sister. Their son Ervin was listed as living with them.²¹
     Cora and James moved to Fort CollinsG in Sep 1937 with his brother John and her sister Laura.²²
     Her husband died on 13 Dec 1937 in 331 Scott Ave., Fort Collins, ColoradoG.^23,24,25
     Cora appeared with her son Ervin on the 1940 Federal Census of Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado G, in the household of Laura and John William Reigle, her late husband's brother and his wife. She reported that she and her son had lived in rural Larimer Co. in 1935.²⁶
     She was a teacher in a rural school in Nebraska in 1920, and in a public school in Colorado in 1930. She was a clerk in a state college by 1940. That year she reported she had worked 12 hours the last week of March, and had worked 40 weeks the prior year, earning $495.^27,28,29
     Cora appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, G in the household of her sister Laura and her husband, John William Reigle.³⁰
     Cora married second Frank Lapolt Ring, son of Adolph John Ring and Johanna M. Leadabrand, on 31 Mar 1962 in Fort Collins, ColoradoG. He was the widower of Sadie Swayze. He had previously been married to Lulu Francis Kisner and Emma Bubolt.^10,11,12
     Frank filed for divorce from Cora in Feb 1963 in Larimer Co., ColoradoG. Record of the divorce being finalized has not been found, but it evidently was by late Jul 1963, when she re-titled real estate to her previous married name.^13,14
     Cora remarried Frank Lapolt Ring in Nov 1963 in Fort Collins, ColoradoG.¹⁵
     Cora and Frank were living in 1209 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, ColoradoG, in 1973.³¹
     Her second husband died in Sep 1981.^32,33
     Cora died on 18 Apr 1983 at age 89.⁶ She was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer Co., ColoradoG.¹⁶

Ervin John Reigles was born on 31 Oct 1927 in Lincoln, NebraskaG.^4,5,6
     He moved to ColoradoG by 1930 with his parents, James Dewey Reigle, and Cora A. Bishop. He appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Larimer Co., Colorado G, in the household of his parents.¹
     He moved to Fort CollinsG with his parents in Sep 1937.¹⁵
     His father died on 13 Dec 1937, when Ervin was 10 years old.^16,17,18
     Ervin appeared with his mother on the 1940 Federal Census of Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado G, in the household of Laura and John William Reigle, his father's brother and his wife.¹⁹
     Ervin enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private on 29 Dec 1945, at Fort Logan, ColoradoG.²⁰
     Ervin graduated from Fort Collins High SchoolG in Jun 1948.²¹
     Ervin married Dorothy May Langerak, daughter of Raymond Langerak and Bertha Harriet Loveless, on 16 Oct 1948 in 1728 West Mulberry St., Fort Collins, ColoradoG, the home of her mother and step-father. Rev. Gerald Fitzgerald, pastor of the Grant Avenue Presbyterian Church, officiated.^7,8,9
     He was employed by the Ideal Cement plant, where he was a maintenance repairman, reporting in the 1950 census he had worked 40 hours the prior week.^22,23
     Ervin and Dorothy appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, at 135½ North Sherwood G, enumerated 1 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.²⁴
     His wife died on 12 Apr 2010.^25,26
     Ervin died on 14 Dec 2012 at age 85.^10,11,12 He was buried on 21 Dec 2012 in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer Co., ColoradoG.^13,14

Dorothy May Langerak was born on 20 Jul 1931 in Denver, ColoradoG.^4,5,6
     Her parents, Raymond Langerak and Bertha Harriet Loveless, were divorced 25 Jun 1936, when she was 4 years old.¹²
     She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, G in the household of her mother, Bertha Harriet Loveless, and step-father, Bennie W. King.¹³
     Dorothy married Ervin John Reigles, son of James Dewey Reigle and Cora A. Bishop, on 16 Oct 1948 in 1728 West Mulberry St., Fort Collins, ColoradoG, the home of her mother and step-father. Rev. Gerald Fitzgerald, pastor of the Grant Avenue Presbyterian Church, officiated.^7,8,9
     Dorothy and Ervin appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, at 135½ North Sherwood G, enumerated 1 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.¹⁴
     Dorothy died on 12 Apr 2010 at age 78.^3,10 She was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer Co., ColoradoG.¹¹