History column: The Lazzaroni families in Lake Geneva Part 2

Patrick Quinn
Aug 28, 2021
Aug 28, 2021

Hotel Clair exterior — The Lazzaroni family was also known for running Hotel Clair and Clair Lanes Bowling.
Lake Geneva Regional News file photo

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Patrick Quinn

Frank Lazzaroni was the patriarch of another Lazzaroni family in Lake Geneva. In 1934 Frank Lazzaroni purchased from his father-in-law’s family, the Gambinis, a wooden building at the northwest corner of Williams and George streets in Lake Geneva and opened a food and liquor store in it. In 1941, he had the wooden building removed from his land and replaced by a brick two-story building which today houses the Lake Geneva Dry Cleaners.

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