When Melvin Luft was born on 19 August 1924, in Spalding, Menominee, Michigan, United States, his father, Henry Luft, was 28 and his mother, Della A Lemay, was 23. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Therese Mae Blanchette. He lived in Spalding Township, Menominee, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States in 1985. He died on 9 June 1985, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Alois, Dieter, Guenther, Hans, Heinrich, Johann, Johannes, Siegfried, Ulrich.
German:
from Middle High German luft ‘air’, of uncertain application, either a topographic name for someone who lived in an exposed place or a nickname for a happy-go-lucky fellow.
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