Colorful coroner closes career in McHenry County
WOODSTOCK – At age 6, Marlene Lantz knew she wanted to be an undertaker.
On the radio, there had been a show called Fibber McGee and Molly, with a character named Digger O’Dell, who was the “friendly undertaker.”
“My family started calling me Digger when I was 6,” Lantz said.
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