Marianne Scherle, 16, Albany, Ga. Room 822 Youth Assembly delegate. Assistant editor of the yearbook. President of youth fellowship at church.
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Honoring The Victims Of The Winecoff Hotel Fire.
Boisclair Williams and the other 118 victims of the Winecoff Hotel fire inspired the fire safety codes the world relies on.
Submit a Photograph of Your Loved One
To Winecoff Fire co-author Allen Goodwin, 110 Sweetwood Way Roswell, Ga. 30076-2750 or via e-mail: allenbgoodwin@yahoo.com . Your photos will be scanned and returned to you promptly.
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Marianne Scherle was the much-beloved only child of Marianne and Gottfried Scherle, who had immigrated from Germany to Albany, Georgia, before World War II. They lived across the street from us on Second Avenue and attended the same church. My mother often talked about the horror of the morning the Scherles awoke to learn the Winecoff was burning and raced to Atlanta, not knowing what they would find. I still have a framed copy of this picture, which was in our living room throughout my childhood. The Scherles moved to California in the early 1950s, and she died during a visit to Germany in 1973. Their ashes are buried next to Marianne at Crown Hill Cemetery in Albany.
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