1076. Orren Elles Meader (1874 - 1954)
Born: 1874
Died: 1954
1076. Orren Elles Meader (1874 - 1954)
Orren Elles Meader, son of John E. Meader (1848-1919) [1039] and Emma Young (1851-1915), was born April 20, 1874 in a sod house in Republic County, KS. He died May 24, 1954 at Albert Lea, MN. January 9, 1902 at Des Moines, IA he married Elsie Weinhart, born November 2, 1881 at Woodward, IA and died October 4, 1945 at Albert Lea. His obituary read in part:
“He attended rural schools in Kansas and Iowa ...and was for many years a farmer, after which he worked for the City of Albert Lea. ...He lived in Kansas and Iowa until 1915 when he moved to Glenville. In 1925 he came to Albert Lea where he has lived since.”
After his wife's death Orren Meader lived with his daughter Florence.
The children of Orren Meader and Elsie Weinhart were:
1102 i. Florence Harriet Meader, born November 2, 1902.
1103 ii. Harold Down Meader, born December 7, 1904.
1104 iii. Doris Levay Meader, born September 18, 1905.
1105 iv. Leland Edward Meader, born April 18, 1907.
1106 v. Neva Alice Meader, born February 9, 1909.
1107 vi. Wilda Grace Meader, born February 7, 1911.
- [Dee Meader, Bayport, MN]
- [Florence Meader Frederickson, Albert Lea, MN]