Lamore, Skippy (1893 - 1942) and Jean (1888 - 1962)

Lamore, Skippy (1893 - 1942) and Jean (1888 - 1962) Skippy and Jean worked as a vaudeville team for several years, showing in the leading theatres. In 1930 they opened their own show, known as "Skippy LaMore's Comedians". Traveling through Colon on the train they saw the beautiful lakes and decided to stop for the day. That was in 1929. They spent the rest of their lives here. Upon Skippy's death, the Abbott Magic Shop purchased his huge tent and it was used for the Get-Together for many years. Sec 5; Row 27; # 1

SKIPPY LAMORE PHOTO GALLERY
Skippy was owner of one of the largest dramatic tent-shows that toured the carnival circuit

Earl Lee LaMore was born in Ohio on October 17, 1894. Skippy's mother died when he was only 2 ½ years old. On December 11, 1913, he married Jean Rozelle and they worked together in vaudeville as a team for 12 years touring all over the United States and Canada and playing in New York City for several seasons.

Skippy paid his first visit to Colon, Michigan, as a vaudeville entertainer and saw the beautiful lakes and decided to stop for a day. That was in 1929, and they made their home here until their deaths. Skippy was owner of one of the largest dramatic tent-shows that toured the carnival circuit, or what was called the "kerosene circuit."

The LaMores wintered in Colon during the off season. Skippy died July 8, 1942, at the age of 48. Jean later married Carl Bohnenstadt. She died in 1962, at the age of 74.

When Skippy passed away in 1942, Percy Abbott and Recil Bordner bought the carnival-sized tent (with seating for 1,100) from his estate and for a few years the Abbott's Get-Togethers were held under that tent. It was destroyed when Abbott's metal shop burned in November of 1952.