From:   ttfergu[SMTP:ttfergu@email.msn.com]
Sent:   January 25, 1998 1854
To:     sarafina@phoenixat.com
Subject: Dices/Dises

Just thought I'd send off a quick reply to your email.  I just got off the phone with my mother, who is going to write down names, dates, etc. of all the family that she can, and I'll forward the relevant parts of that onto you as soon as I get it.  Mom was curious too about how her father's name got reported as Durl Lucius instead of Durl Allen, but she remembered that there was some relative of her father who would visit occasionally named Luke Dise.  She always referred to him as Uncle Luke, though she knew he wasn't her father's brother - perhaps a cousin, or even his uncle...
        We're also still pretty curious to find out where the name Dice originated - he father was born in Sears, Michigan, and she has the recollection that his father, George, came from Canada.  George was not spoken of too much in the family because he died, possibly of suicide, in 1905 and her father never spoke much of him - he would've only been 9 at the time.  Durl also became somewhat estranged from his family when he converted to Catholicism upon marrying my grandmother.  We were always pretty close with the Switzers - my mom and Yvonne Switzer Alles are still as close as sisters - and I remember my great aunt Delove fondly.  My grandfather, Durl, died in 1962 or 3.
    Anyway, I'll send you the information when I get it - thanks for your help.

                                                            Sincerely,
                                                                    Tim