Age 22. 107 Parker Avenue, Newton Highlands (Newton), MA. Born on 9/28/1920, in Boston. Died 11/30/1942 (Monday), at 4:40 a.m., at Boston City Hospital, of burns (death certificate). Secretary (death certificate). Companion (or companions) at the club unknown. Was single. Was raised in Boston. Was a graduate of Brighton High School, Boston, 1938. Scholastic nickname "Squirley" ('38 Gothic yearbook: "Neat as they make them / pretty as they come / lovable, adorable, full of fun"). One of 81 Grove victims (of 490 total) recorded on their death certificates as having expired after the actual fire date of November 28 (plus club singer Ethel Bauer, age 32, who died on 12/01/1942, but was misrecorded as passing on "November 28"). One of 14 lost from the Hub suburb city of Newton including its multiple "villages" (also Miss Eleanor Chiampa, age 15, Elisha Cobb, Jr., age 29, Miss Eula Place, age 21, Mrs. Pauline Rifkin, age 56, Arthur Connelly, age 30, Douglas Ober, age 24, Miss Caroline Saphar, age 19, Mrs. Sadie Levin, age 38, Mr. and Mrs. John "Rollie" and Catherine "Kay" McCann, ages 43 and 32, Arthur McLaughlin, age 35, John Hope, age 46, and Philip Seletsky, age 39, all patrons). Was the lone casualty from the village of Newton Highlands (victims Walter King, age 29, and Gray Miller, Jr., age 26, lodged together in Newton Highlands but were both permanent residents elsewhere). Parents Mr. and Mrs. Irving R. and Mary E. (Kaminsky) Lubell, same address. Father was an assistant manager at I. J. Fox, Inc., Boston furrier (fire victims Mrs. Elaine Curtin, age 29, and Miss Ruth Karmelin, age 22, were attached to the same firm, no other known connection). Burial at Temple Israel Cemetery, Wakefield, MA. Was the younger of two Grove casualties interred at Temple Israel Cemetery (also Stéphane Oppenheim, age 26, a patron in a separate party). Middle name Rhoda.

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