With Lois's mental health deteriorating, a hearing explores the question, should Lois and Harold Jurgens keep custody of their 5 year old adopted son, Robert after the death of this brother, Dennis. This post is sponsored by Open Road Media. 0 cemeteries found in Maplewood, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA. VanderWyst and Korolchuk had brought in the file themselves and lobbied for prosecution. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? None of us knew about child abuse. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Verify and try again. She believed that Lois had opened up a great deal and tried to be as truthful as possible. Dennis had died of peritonitis. Throughout the years of frequent abuse, it has been reported that while Harold Jurgens made little effort to curb his wife's abuse of young Dennis, he personally never mistreated the boy. We have many A piano and bass fiddle occupied the living room. VanderWyst drove the mile to his house in silence, the young boy sitting beside him. Zerwas wouldnt let the rest of his family view the body. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. . Description above from the Wikipedia article Lois Jurgens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Lois Jurgens at the time that she had custody of Dennis. In 1992 A made-for-TV movie was made based on both Jerry's story Others promised that they would do so.
This browser does not support getting your location. Try again later. In fact, they remain strangely forgotten. they figured. She also describes him as a clown, always laughing at himself or other people when they are around. Jerry Puckett was a Protestant by background, but at the time Dennis was born she was intending to take instruction in the Roman Catholic faith. Lois Jurgens served eight years of her sentence and had a quiet life as a widow in Stillwater, Minnesota. And it was not my position to do anything other than to pronounce him dead.. While he waited for the coroners investigator to arrive, he asked Lois Jurgens if there was anything he could do--such as take Robert to his own home, to be cared for by his wife. Notes [ edit] ^ "ANGELIZD's Place - Child Abuse Pages - Dennis Craig Jurgens". By the second week, the investigation began to encounter obstacles. In 1992 A made-for-TV movie was made based on both Jerry's story and this case called, ' A Child Lost Forever ' w/ the remarkable Beverly D'Angelo as Jerry Sherwood and Judith Ivey as Lois Jurgens. Three-year-old Dennis Jurgens is murdered by his adoptive mother. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Lois Jean (Jones) Jurgens to show support. April 11, 1965.