Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; he did. I always thought of my father as St. Joseph.
I don't know why, but I guess it was because he was so close to us
children. He would take us on Christmas eve night over to church, and
he probably did a lot better than a lot of women do today with a family.
Mr. JENNER. Well, he was undoubtedly quite a tolerant man then.
Mrs. MURRET. Oh, yes.
Mr. JENNER. Your mother had begun to rear her children as Lutherans, so
he continued that?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; he did.
Mr. JENNER. He didn't attempt to induce any of you to become converted?
Mrs. MURRET. No. John Pic--rather, Eddie Pic was a Lutheran too. About
the marriage to Lee Oswald, she seemed to be happy. He had everything
she wanted. They lived on Taft Place in the City Park section, and then
after that they built a home on Alvar Street. That was a new section
then. Right now it looks awful, but at that time it was a growing
section, and this was a new house, a little single house right opposite
a school, and it was a very nice place.
Mr. JENNER. What's the name of the school?
Mrs. MURRET. William T. Frantz, they call it.
Mr. JENNER. How do you spell Frantz?
Mrs. MURRET. F-R-A-N-T-Z, I think it is.
Mr. JENNER. There were two children born of that marriage; is that
right?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir; two children, Robert, and then Lee was born
after his father died.
Mr. JENNER. Well, his father died in August 1939, and Lee was born on
October 18, 1939, about 2 months after; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes. Lee Oswald wanted to adopt John Edward, but my sister
wouldn't hear to an adoption by him, because she said he had a father,
and she was receiving this allotment for him from him, and she didn't
want to change his name.
Mr. JENNER. When she married Lee Oswald, I assume her alimony
terminated, did it?
Mrs. MURRET. I think so, but John still received his.
Mr. JENNER. The child support continued?
Mrs. MURRET. Oh, yes; now, what came in between there is what I started
to tell you, about John Pic. That was after she married Oswald. There
was a colored girl working in the grocery store, and John was in
there--he was about 2 or a little over 2 at the time, and this young
woman was in the store----
Mr. JENNER. Let me interrupt you there a moment. When you say John, are
you referring to John Pic?
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