an engagement that was to be the first of a great many radio and TV appearances in that area. Family Lon was married to Bob Waterman, with whom she had three sons, Bobby, Clint and Larry. After she and Waterman divorced, she married George Bowling. On the night of June 13, 1955, Lon and her family were victims of a violent robbery in their North Hollywood, California home. Death She died April 24, 1981, at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. The cause of death was scleroderma, an autoimmune disease. References External links 1926 births 1981 deaths People from Cooper, Texas Singers from Texas American women television personalities Deaths from scleroderma 20th-century American singers Lawrence Welk 20th-century American women singers Television personalities from Texas