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a. Note:   amily hardship. four years of high school, unclear if he graduated. Looks clean cut and decently dressed in highschool photo.
  Info from U.S. Census. Not on Ancestry tree.
  On the census, he consistently shows as an only child.
  http://www.pollysgranddaughter.com/2012/09/janitor-flight-instructor-or-businessman.html
  The original post for today was about the conflicting information on Elizabeth Warren's father's occupation. She now says he was a janitor, but on his death certificate, she, the informant, listed his occupation as flight instructor. And the instructions were clear - "Give kind of work done during most of working life."She listed "Flight Instructor" and employer as "US Army."
  1940 census, he was already married, and a clerk. hardware and furniture. Owned their house. Had 2 years of college. Not clear if he was working in his father's hardware store.
  On his WW II draft card in 1940, he clearly worked at his father's hardware store. "Herring Hardware".
  Important - there were 2 Donald Herrings in the major cities of Oklahoma.
  pollysgranddaughter.com presents a video of President Obama referring to Senator Warren as a janitor's daughter, and a copy of his death certificate, which says he was a flight instructor for the U.S. army, under work done for most of working life. Under race it says White. Informant's name, Mrs. Elizabeth Warren.
  Here is his obituary.
  Also, in his obituary, he is not listed as a janitor, but instead, as a flight instructor during the war, and a self-employed businessman. 
  Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - December 5, 1997 Deceased Name: Donald J. Herring HERRING Donald J., 86, of OKC, died Dec. 3, 1997 at his residence. He was born Nov. 5, 1911 in Wetumka, OK to Grant and Ethel Herring. Don had been a resident of the OKC area for the past 35 years. He was a member of the May Avenue Methodist Church. <b>He was a flight instructor for the U.S Army during WW II and was a self-employed business man. </b>His wife, Pauline, preceded him in death July 18, 1995. He is survived by three sons, Donald Reed Herring and his wife, Marion of Chappala Mexico, John Hayne Herring and his wife, Barbara of OKC, David Lee Herring and his wife, Carol of Deer Creek, OK; a daughter, Elizabeth Warren and her husband, Bruce Mann of Cambridge, MA; two brothers, Raymond Herring of Dallas, TX, Jack Herring and his wife, Mary Jo of Wetumka, OK; one sister, Virginia Stout and her husband, Eldon of Okmulgee, OK, and sister-in-law, Bess A. Veneck of OKC; nine grandchildren and three great grandsons. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5,1997, at the First Unite d Methodist Church in Wetumka, OK. Interment will follow in the Wetumka Cemetery. Edition: City Page: 31 Copyright (c) 1997 Oklahoma Publishing Company 
Note:   Janitor at a store, heart attack about 1953 led to cutback in hours and f


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