Maude died 30 July 1916. It had been a very hot summer and she apparently died of heat exhaustion perhaps exacerbated by weakness from child birth. After her death, Ernest married Jennie Violet Stingel Doidge. She died of apoplexy on November 30, 1919 and he was left a widower again. Widower Ernest then had to hire housekeepers to help with the children. He registered for WWI in 1918. In the 1920 census he was listed as a widower with four young children.

On 20 Aug 1925 Ernest married Joanna B Schweizer (born January 6, St. Charles, Michigan). Joanna taught in the Saginaw Public Schools from 1916- 1925. She died on November 16 1962, at the age 69 in Saginaw.

Marg Doidge was the Women’s Basketball Coach at Arthur Hill High School. She was a pioneer in the field of girls’ and womens’ sports especially basketball and tennis.