 albert duckett albert duckett ray mon 1132014 1215 albert duckett albert duckett  19071978 was born october 28 1907 at springfield illinois the son of reginald vernon duckett 18681953 and lottie louise biggs duckett 18791933 he was the fifth of their seven children harold vernon duckett 18981968 marcia louise duckett 19011994 married ray counihan 18861963 florence elizabeth duckett 19021989 married wallace sale henry oliver duckett 19041990 albert duckett 19071978 warren biggs duckett 19131996 and doris arline duckett 19152004 married john molek 19011994 reginald v duckett was born near chapin morgan county illinois he made his livelihood working for the railroad division of the us postal service 1900 sangamon co illinois t623 343 p 2a ed 98 and 1910 1920 and 1930 cook co illinois federal census t624237 p 7a ed 5 t625357 p 2b ed 3 and r413 p 5a ed 1980  artist before 1910 the reginald v duckett family had relocated to berwyn illinois where albert duckett was educated in 1926 he found employment with  the chicago american   a major chicago journal as an artist he later became a syndicated cartoonist with  the   chicago herald examiner  in 1936 the ducketts relocated to detroit where he was the editorial art director for the detroit times  a william randolph hearst 18631951 publication some of mr duckett s historic assignments were covering the alphonse capone 18991947 trial in the fall of 1931 and spending a day with the dionne quintuplets who were born in ontario province canada in 1934  the daily herald april 21 1978 p a2 and the ocean springs record december 2 2004 p b4  178 views  