Related Records

1. Death of Gene Spitzer - Card announcing the death of Lamuel Eugene (Gene) Spitzer. Spitzer and his brothers were raised at the Lake Bluff Children's Home, and as an adult Spitzer contributed extensively to the Lake Bluff History Museum's archives pertaining to the Children's Home.

   Death of Gene Spitzer

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Helping Share History - Many people share their time, stories, and artifacts with the museum, and this newsletter addresses some of those people.

   Helping Save History

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. History of Former Children's Home Coming Together - An article from the Lake Forest Leader titled History of Former Children's Home Coming Together, about three former residents of the orphanage, Steve and Gene Spitzer and Heather Madsen Waldock, meeting at the Lake Bluff History Museum to catalog and reminisce about their time spent at the Orphanage during the 1950s and 1960s. Also mentions Kraig Moreland's full-length documentary about the Children's Home, A Childhood Lost and Found: A journey to the Lake Bluff Children's Home, completed in 2011.

   History of Former Children's Home Coming Together

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Housemothers - Housemothers Margarette Stoltz and Mrs. Kieffer with Lake Bluff Childrens Home kids Mike Baker, Danny Sota, Gene Spitzer and others

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. News Article - Fundraising article regarding performance by Serendipity Singers - photo of John Tantlinger, Mark Baker and Gene Spitzer

   Record Type: Archive