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KARGER Anne and Mary
Date of birth
: June 13, 1886, Boston, Massachussetts (
).
Date of death : November 13, 1975, Los Angeles (
).
Addresses
* 1928 : 1260 Kings Road, Los Angeles
* 1948-1954 : 1312 Harper Avenue, Los Angeles (
).
* 1956 : 1428 North Crescent Heights 
* 1960 : 1428 North Crescent Heights Apt C 
Story
Originated from Ireland, her parents were Patrick H. Conley and Elizabeth Kelly.
With her sister Effie, they had been members of a theater company named
"The Conley Sisters"; she left the
entertainment circle and married
Maxwell Karger (
,
,
) (January 17, 1879,
Ohio-May 5, 1922, Indiana;
) on July 25, 1911
(
,
); died on May 5, 1922,
he had been one of the founders of the Metro (which would later become the MGM).
They had 2 children Frederick and Mary Ann. Fred became Marilyn's musical coach and lover in 1948.
After her husband's death, she married James H. Lyons (born July 3, 1897, Kansas). He worked at the Los Angeles Sheriff Department.
Trip Los Angeles-Honolulu with her family on September 1925 
Her friendship with Marilyn (she nicknamed "Maril") lasted more than the affair between her son and Marilyn.
She took her under her protection the day Marilyn came in her house, and she was, from then on, an important
maternal feminine presence for Marilyn.
In 1948, she was a great comfort for her, the year of the death of "Aunt" Ana Lower.
Check from Marilyn dated May 12, 1952 
.
Summer 1961 at Anna's apartement, North Crescent Heights (From the collection of Terry Karger)
,
-
,
-
,
,
They stayed in touch until Marilyn's death (
).
Date of birth : August 13, 1918, New York.
Date of death : February 6, 1967, Los Angeles.
Addresses
* 1930 : 1260 Kings Road, Los Angeles (
)
* 1940 : 1221 North Flores Street, Los Angeles (
,
)
* 1950 : 1312 Harper Avenue, Los Angeles ().
Story
She first married the businessman Bennett Barnes D'Aubery (1906, Illinois-October 19, 1940, Wisconsin)
(
;
).
They had 2 children, Bennett (January 3, 1939, California) and Anne Marie (May 11, 1940, California-November 23, 1997, Los Angeles).
6 years after their meeting, she gave a moral support to Marilyn while her union with Joe DiMaggio was deteriorating. She went with her at the court.Mary remarried Major Walter Short. In 1954 he was transferred to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
This is where Marilyn visited them in Spring 1955 (
,
,
,
,
,
;
).
On May 21, 1960, she remarried Lowell O.Race in Las Vegas.
July 1961, at Anna's apartement, North Crescent Heights
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Anne and Mary appeared among the rare guests at Marilyn's funeral on August 8, 1962
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