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Arnold was discharged, they remarried again in 1950 and moved to Pasadena, a suburb of Houston, Texas, but divorced again in 1953. In addition to Dean, they had a younger son Stanley (b. 1942), in at least one source given the pseudonym "Stephen". Dean's mother then met and married "traveling clock salesman Jake West" (''River of Blood'', p 91) and they had a daughter Joyce in 1955. One source also reports that Jake had a daughter by a previous marriage. Dean's father Arnold, married twice more, lastly in 1969 to a widow Mary Bearss (1913-2007). Arnold worked as an electrician at the Baylor College of Medicine. | Arnold was discharged, they remarried again in 1950 and moved to Pasadena, a suburb of Houston, Texas, but divorced again in 1953. In addition to Dean, they had a younger son Stanley (b. 1942), in at least one source given the pseudonym "Stephen". Dean's mother then met and married "traveling clock salesman Jake West" (''River of Blood'', p 91) and they had a daughter Joyce in 1955. One source also reports that Jake had a daughter by a previous marriage. Dean's father Arnold, married twice more, lastly in 1969 to a widow Mary Bearss (1913-2007). Arnold worked as an electrician at the Baylor College of Medicine. | ||
| − | + | <table><tr><td>http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2005/178/8499897_112001696158.jpg</td><td>Dean Corll attended Vidor High School (East of Beaumont from 1954 to 1958). (''Abilene Reporter-News'', 16 Aug 1973, pg 62) Dean's mother began making extra money manufacturing candy and running a candy store, where Dean helped out. "Dean helped his mother in the candy business from the time he graduated high school in 1958 until 1960, when he went to Indianapolis to take care of his widowed grandmother. When Dean came back to Texas in 1962, the family had moved to Houston where Mary had set up a candy production facility in her home and turned her garage into a candy store, the "Corll Candy Company". Dean became second in command in his mother's candy business and lived in an apartment over the garage. He made candy at night, while during the day he brought in a regular salary with Houston Lighting and Power." ("Dean Corll", Bardsley) About the "grandmother" Howard and Martin state that she was his stepfather Jake's elderly mother. | |
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| − | <table><tr><td>http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2005/178/8499897_112001696158.jpg</td><td>Dean's mother began making extra money manufacturing candy and running a candy store, where Dean helped out. "Dean helped his mother in the candy business from the time he graduated high school in 1958 until 1960, when he went to Indianapolis to take care of his widowed grandmother. When Dean came back to Texas in 1962, the family had moved to Houston where Mary had set up a candy production facility in her home and turned her garage into a candy store, the "Corll Candy Company". Dean became second in command in his mother's candy business and lived in an apartment over the garage. He made candy at night, while during the day he brought in a regular salary with Houston Lighting and Power." ("Dean Corll", Bardsley) About the "grandmother" Howard and Martin state that she was his stepfather Jake's elderly mother. | + | |
In 1964 Dean was inducted into the army, but released on a hardship discharge, as his mother needed his help at home. At this time, his mother divorced and then remarried "a merchant seaman" but divorced again in 1968. She dissolved her business in Houston, and moved with her daughter Joyce to Manitou Springs, Colorado where she set-up another candy factory. Dean stayed in Houston and trained to become an electrician, like his father, eventually working for Houston Lighting and Power Company. He also visited his father a few times a week.</td></tr></table> | In 1964 Dean was inducted into the army, but released on a hardship discharge, as his mother needed his help at home. At this time, his mother divorced and then remarried "a merchant seaman" but divorced again in 1968. She dissolved her business in Houston, and moved with her daughter Joyce to Manitou Springs, Colorado where she set-up another candy factory. Dean stayed in Houston and trained to become an electrician, like his father, eventually working for Houston Lighting and Power Company. He also visited his father a few times a week.</td></tr></table> | ||
