Willard James Meader, son of Robert E. Meader (1871-1952) [0455] and Jennie Gibson (1869-1929), was born April 6, 1903 and died February 2, 1931. He graduated from Albion College with an A.B. in 1925 and received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1928. He began the practice of law in Kalamazoo that year and continued until his death. June 9, 1928 in Jackson, MI he married Rhea Frances Jenks. There were no children. She later married Gould Fox, an attorney in Kalamazoo.