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Walter attended public schools in Toledo, Ohio, and graduated from Scott High School there in 1921. He attended the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. After a few years in other business, in 1928 he joined his father in the firm of Geo. W. Lathrop and Sons, in the real estate, insurance and building business. In later years the firm confined itself to the contracting business in the building of industrial, business buildings and hospitals. He became President of the company in 1936 and Chairman of the Board in 1967. The name of the firm was changed to the Lathrop Company and it became one of the leading building contractors in the middle west. While it is based in Toledo, it operates throughout the neighboring states. Walter has been active in the Toledo Boys Club and other charities, and in Rotary. He is a director of the Toledo Trust Company and several other business organizations.

Walter Cornelia Kelsey Coley 1 Sep 1927Westport, Fairfield Co., CT. Cornelia (daughter of Frank Coley and Cornelia Kelsey) 7 Sep 1903 Westport, Fairfield Co., CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George Wilson Lathrop went through the public schools and graduated from high school in Richfield Township, Ohio. He lived for a number of adolescent years with a Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chulip north of Berkey, Ohio. George taught school for a while, and around 1890 moved to Toledo and started work in the Toledo Post Office. This began a career of more than 25 years which concluded with his service as Postmaster from 1920-1927. As an outside activity, George worked independently in real estate and the construction of residences in the west end of Toledo. Following retirement from the post office, George established the construction firm of George W. Lathrop and Sons, which as The Lathrop Company carries down to the present as one of Ohio's large contracting firms.

George was also active in civic affairs. In 1932, after leaving the post office, he was asked to head a businessmen's ticket for the county government. George was elected Chairman of the Lucas County Board of Commissioners that year and re-elected in 1934. He took particular interest in the establishment and building of a county tuberculosis sanitarium. It was completed after George's death, and in the main building is a plaque acknowledging his efforts in its behalf.

George Caroline Giesel 26 Sep 1894. Caroline 29 Oct 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Frank Cornelia Kelsey. Cornelia and. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]