Individual Details

Texas Birth Certificate #20-668
Classy Merle Lorino was born 29 Apr 1920 at 1410 Dart, Houston, Harris Co, TX. Her father was Antonie Bernard Lorino, age 38, born in Louisiana, a merchant. Mother was Ivy Dunbar, age 33, born in Texas. Two other children were living.
Corrected birth certificate sworn to on 28 Mar1952 by Antonio in Denver, Colorado.

1930 Census. Houston, Harris Co, TX, Hh 152
1406 Hyde Park
Antoni B. Lorena, 42, b. LA, parents b. Italy, Merchant, fish
Ivy, wife, 35, b. TX
Bernard, son, 15, b. TX
Classy M., dau, 9, b. TX

1940 Census. Houston, Harris Co, TX, Hh 105
1406 Hyde Park - Lived in same house in 1935
Bernard Lorino, 26, b. TX, owner, retail fish market
Doris, wife, 23, b. Kansas (lived in Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO in 1935)
added last page at end with reference back to Hh 105
Classy M. Loreno (absent), sister, 20, b. TX

1940 University of Texas at Austin, Classy Merle Lorino listed with Class of 1943.

The Paris News, Paris, TX, 11 Dec 1942, Friday, p.2
Marriage of Lt. Haden and Miss Lorino of Houston Is Announced
LADONIA - Announcement has been received here of the marriage of 2nd Lt. John Haden, son of Mr. & Mrs. R. C. Haden here, and Miss Merle Lorino, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Lorino of Houston, on Sunday, Dec. 6, at First Christian Church in Houston, Dr. Harry G. Knowles, officiating.
They are at home in Corpus Christi, where Lt. Haden received his Marine Corps commission and a naval aviator's wings, at the Naval Air Training Station. He bean his flight training in March at the U.S. Naval Aviation base in Dalls....(edge of last column cut off)

Published in Star-Telegram [Fort Worth] on April 27, 2011
Merle Haden, 90, passed away Monday, April 25, 2011, at a local care facility. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Friday at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, 7341 Glenview Drive, North Richland Hills. The Rev. Father Karl Schilken will officiate. Interment: 11:15 a.m. Monday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst, with recitation of the holy rosary at 7:45 p.m. Merle's grandsons will serve as bearers of her casket.
Merle will celebrate her 91st birthday in heaven on April 29, with her husband, John, who passed away Oct. 12, 2010. Merle Lorino was born in Houston in 1920. She attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she met the love of her life, John Haden. They were married Dec. 6, 1942. She and John shared 68 wonderful years of marriage. They had three children, Jack, Tom and Mary Ann. Merle and John reared their children in a home filled with love and laughter. God blessed their family immensely and He was at the center of their lives. Merle and John were members of St. John the Apostle Catholic Church. Early on, she and John worked many tireless hours at the Fort Worth Convention Center concession stands to raise money to help retire the church's construction fund debt. Merle attended daily Mass faithfully for as many years as her health would permit. Merle worked as a real estate sales agent for more than 20 years in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford area. She enjoyed her work tremendously, and it showed. She earned numerous awards, recognitions and sales spiff trips. She and John were always ready to depart for a new destination. Merle also had a passion for duplicate bridge. She played bridge two to three times a week during her retirement years. She had many friends and partners at various bridge parties she attended. When her health began to fail, her friends told her they were always holding a place for her at the tables. Merle was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, friend and mentor. She has positively influenced the lives of those who knew her. She will be missed. Merle spent the past year at Parkwood Health Care Community Center in Bedford - the first six months as a daily visitor providing comfort to her husband, the past six months as a resident. Merle's family extends our heartfelt gratitude to the administration and staff of Parkwood for their extraordinary care, genuine concern and constant outpouring of love. Merle was preceded in death by her husband, John, and a son, Jack.
Survivors: Her son, Tom Haden and wife, Beth; daughter, Mary Ann Steffek and husband, John; daughter-in-law, Linda Haden; grandchildren, John Haden and wife, Julie, Joseph Haden and wife, Gloria, Haden Steffek and wife, Courtney, Logan Steffek, Tony Haden and wife, Kristin, and Jane Haden; great-grandchildren, Kelsey Haden, Nathalie Haden, Austin Steffek, Jacqueline Steffek, Grant Haden, Bret Haden, Megan Haden and Madison Haden; brother, Bernard Lorino; sister-in-law, Jean Haden; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family members.

Birth	29 Apr 1920	Houston, Harris County, Texas
Marriage	6 Dec 1942	Houston, Harris County, Texas - John Haden
Death	25 Apr 2011	Bedford, Tarrant County, Texas

Spouse	John Haden (1921 - 2010)
Child	John Maurice "Jack" Haden (1944 - 2006)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Anthony Bernard "Tony" Lorino (1881 - 1970)
Mother	Ivy Dunbar (1885 - 1983)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living