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Lionel Herbert Dahmer

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Lionel Herbert Dahmer

Birth
West Allis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
5 Dec 2023 (aged 87)
Medina, Medina County, Ohio, USA
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Lionel Dahmer, the father of infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, died Tuesday in hospice care in Medina County. He was 87.

Lionel, the son of Herbert and Catherine Dahmer, was born July 29, 1936, in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1959, the same year he married Joyce Flint. Lionel earned a Master of Science degree from Marquette University in 1962 and a doctorate in chemistry from Iowa State in 1966.

Lionel's first wife, Joyce, died of breast cancer Nov. 27, 2000, in Fresno, California, at age 64. Lionel's second wife, Shari, died Jan. 13, 2023, at a nursing home in Medina County at age 81.
Lionel Dahmer, the father of infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, died Tuesday in hospice care in Medina County. He was 87.

Lionel, the son of Herbert and Catherine Dahmer, was born July 29, 1936, in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1959, the same year he married Joyce Flint. Lionel earned a Master of Science degree from Marquette University in 1962 and a doctorate in chemistry from Iowa State in 1966.

Lionel's first wife, Joyce, died of breast cancer Nov. 27, 2000, in Fresno, California, at age 64. Lionel's second wife, Shari, died Jan. 13, 2023, at a nursing home in Medina County at age 81.


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