Lenore Penny Volchek
Appearances
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
My brother was sometimes involved in shady dealings. You know, and I really don't know more than that. And it was best that way. Also, you have to understand that we came from Cicero. And I don't know if you know much about Cicero. Everything you hear... As far as not so much gangs, but mobs and the way things are run and it's the machine. And yes, it's all true.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
I mean, you read it in the paper and people go, oh, come on. Well, no, that's how it is. And that's how it's been all my life. My parents were not involved in anything like this. They were not involved in anything illegal like this. My brother, I was never so sure. That feeling is he got involved in something he should not have been involved in, and it got him killed.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
The reason that he purchased the airplanes was so that he could fly to Eagle River and he didn't have to drive that seven hours so he could fly. So I also know that he would take other people up there, one of which I was told was Dorfman, who was a mob figure. So there's a connection. And I don't know. And you don't know what happened to the man. And you don't know.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
If it was mob related, we don't want to be involved. And the less I know, the better.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
But after he died, she got involved with horse racing. She got involved with bad checks. She ended up in Cook County Jail. She ended up in prison. I think she was in jail twice. Once the kids were younger. And again, I can't really, I don't know a lot about it.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
It was a crushing blow to me. After that, I never wanted to answer the phone in the middle of the night because I didn't want bad news like that.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
It's still painful. It's a loss. A big loss that was unnecessary. I wish she was here. He was, you know, he was a good man. He was very smart, hardworking, hardworking man. All I can say is it took a long time to get over it. And are you ever over it?
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
I was devastated when it happened and I was very depressed. I probably should have gone into some kind of therapy because I was so upset by the whole thing. I just, I had a problem handling it. It was like the first death that was ever so close to me.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
I mean, my grandpa had passed, my grandma had passed, but for my brother, you know, to lose my brother when he was 43 years old to a violent crime, I just really had a hard time with it.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
Linda was the kind of woman that everybody loved her. She got along with everybody. She was really nice. She put on this great front. She was great with the kids, wonderful cook. But boy, you could not believe what she would tell you. She was such a liar. And we were like sisters. I mean, I'd never had anybody like that. And boy, we got along so well. And okay, things were great. Well, okay.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
You know, it was so often you'd hear something. Yeah, okay. And as I got older, I realized that she wasn't telling me the truth about everything. Even I had talked, now I talk to her kids as adults, and they both said, yeah, my mom had a problem with the truth. You know? And I really liked her. I just couldn't trust her.
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George Jares (6 of Clubs, Wisconsin)
Was this something you thought she could be capable of? Yes. Do you remember what your parents thought at the time? Were they more leaning towards maybe Linda had something to do with this? Yes.