Last updated March 4, 2020
“Jack Spratt could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean…”
Mary was a little overweight, as you can see in the photo, and Ozzie was rather thin. When Linda was planning her wedding, Linda and Judi had thought they would make Mary’s dress to wear to the wedding. Using a standard tape measure, they started taking measurements . When it came to measuring Mary’s bust, Judi stood in the front and Linda in the back. The tape measure was not long enough! Both Linda and Judi were forced to suppress their laughter. They gave up the plan to make the dress.
Ozzie was on the thin side, as can be seen in this picture of him between Dolores and Dad. Both he and Mary drank a lot. So far I haven’t come across any stories about Ozzie other that he had been in the Merchant Marines during the war.
Rusty tells this story about Mary. Mary and Ozzie would occasionally be at the house playing 66 with Mom and Dad. Mary would bring 2 bottles of gin in her purse. When she came in the house she would give Rusty a big hug and a bottle of gin, while Ozzy went upstairs. Then she would take the other upstairs. She would start out by pouring herself a drink, and from time to time she would ask Rusty to fix her a drink. Because he used the downstairs bottle, Mary made it look like she wasn’t drinking too heavily because her upstairs bottle was still half full.