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Here's some info on Mr. Ostendorf:
Lloyd Ostendorf, 79, an artist and a historian of Abraham Lincoln who wrote five books about the former president, died of heart problems Oct. 27, 2000 in his Oakwood, Ohio, home. Mr. Ostendorf was 12 years old when he first began to draw Lincoln's face, said his daughter, Roxanne McDade. "That fascination became not only a hobby, but a career and a lifestyle. As he drew him, he wanted to know more about him," she said. After high school graduation, Mr. Ostendorf attended his hometown's art institute. He later served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. After the war, he took a job as a commercial artist for the Journal Herald in Dayton and worked with cartoonist Milton Caniff in New York City, his daughter said. In the mid-1950s, he became a self-employed commercial artist who created greeting cards, religious drawings and pencil art, but his signature work featured Lincoln. Not only did Mr. Ostendorf own one of the largest private collections of Lincoln photographs, he also published "Lincoln in Photographs," which at the time contained every known picture of Lincoln. The book is considered a bible by Lincoln historians, said Robert Willard, a board member of the Abraham Lincoln Association, based in Springfield. "He was the definitive cataloger of Lincoln. His affection for Lincoln was just immense," Willard said. He also co-edited, with Chicago author Walter Oleksy, "Lincoln's Unknown Private Life, an Oral History by His Black Housekeeper Mariah Vance 1850-60." Mr. Ostendorf loved boating and the family often would cruise the Ohio River in their own replica of a steamboat named "Abraham Lincoln," his daughter said. Mr. Ostendorf was awarded honorary doctorates from Lincoln College in Lincoln, Ill., and Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn., where he served on the board of trustees. The university also holds an annual lecture series named after Mr. Ostendorf. He also was past president of the Civil War Roundtable of Dayton. Besides his daughter, Mr. Ostendorf is survived by his wife of 58 years, Rita; two sons, Daniel and Thomas; two brothers, Ned and Philip; three sisters, Jeanne Dickman, Nancy Connair and Pat Karch; and eight grandchildren. Services have been held.
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