Paul J., Jr. Lasswell |
| Posted 2008-02-17 by Sharon |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ August 26, 1955, p. 1 Paul Lasswell Funeral Friday Funeral services for Paul Lasswell, Jr., will be held this morning (Friday) in the Wickenburg Chapel with Elks Club No., 335 of Phoenix and the local post of the American Legion officiating. Burial will follow In the Wickenburg Cemetery. Mr. Lasswell died in Community Hospital early Tuesday morning. Mr. Lasswell was born in Vincennes, Ind., in 1917. Both his mother, Mrs. Gayle Peter son, and his late father, Paul (Pops) Lasswell, Sr., were in the theatrical business and with their training Paul could pick out tunes on the piano when he was 18 months old. At the age of 5 he made his first stage appearance playing drums and piano and singing and dancing at the Pantheon Theater in Vincennes where Red Skelton was then assistant manager. Sang With Met: In Denver, where the family moved, Paul studied music from the father of Paul Whiteman. Then in 1937 he went to New York City where he joined the Metropolitan Opera Co., making his debut in "CavalIeri a Rusticana" with Charles Kullman. After the Metropolitan season ended he went to Central City, Colo., where he appeared in the opera festival with Gladys Swarthout and Richard Bonelli. He remained there for four seasons, spending the winters as manager of a chain of Fox theaters. Sold War Bonds: He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941 and toured the country with Ginger Rogers and Pat O'Brien selling war bonds and entertaining troops. He was credited with the sale of $2,000,000 in war bonds. The family moved to Wickenburg in 1945 when his parents began the operation of The Antlers on Tegner Street. Surviving are the mother; Leo Peterson, his stepfather; and a grandmother, Mrs. Maude Landrey of Vincennes, Ind. See Also: Find a Grave |
Note: These obituaries are transcribed as published and are submitted by volunteers who have no connection to the families. They do not write the obituaries and have no further information other than what is posted within the obituaries. We do not do personal research. For this you would have to find a volunteer who does this or hire a professional researcher.
Questions About This Project?