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Orlo John Lasenby, D. D. S., of Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan, was born at Dansville, Michigan, June 15, 1874, and is a son of Thomas and Ella (Haines) Lasenby. The former was born on the Atlantic Ocean while his parents were voyaging from England, and the latter was born at Dansville and was a daughter of John C. Haines, an early pioneer of that section of the State. Mr. Haines was born at Schenectady, New York and came of an agricultural family.

Dr. Lasenby is the eldest of a family of three children born to his parents, the others being: Lee T., a resident of Mason, Michigan, and Gladys, who resides at home. Dr. Lasenby obtained his education in the schools at Mason, graduated from the Mason High School in 1893, and immediately after entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he spent two years. Then, after a year of preparation, he took the dental course in the Detroit College of Medicine, where he was graduated July 4, 1900, with the degree of D. D. S. He located in Rochester, where he has been very successfully engaged in the practice of his profession ever since.

On November; 24, 1895, Dr. Lasenby was united in marriage with Clara M. Sanders, who was born at Eden, Michigan. The Doctor was made a Mason at Mason, Michigan, at the age of 21 years, and is now a member of the blue lodge, F. & A. M., at Rochester. He is also a member of Lodge No. 34, B. P. O. E., of Detroit, and retains his college fraternity association with the Delta Sigma Delta, of which he has served as grand master. His ability and technical skill, combined with his pleasing personality, have made him the most popular dental practitioner in Rochester.