Wayne Earl

When my family lived in Nauvoo, Illinois - beginning in 1947, the Wayne Earls made a big impression on us - on everyone, in fact. Wayne had married the homely daughter of a rich woman - who was please to find such a impressive husband for her daughter.

They used her money to build a motel on the crest of a hill overlooking the river. The rooms facing the river sold well, but the other rooms did not. The motel lost money.

Wayne later managed the office of stock broker, in a nearby town, and Lee Ourth worked for him then. But he was caught. using company funds to speculate in stocks for himself, and left his job in disgrace.

What happened to him after that, I do not know.