Paul Meador (1895 - 1968)

Born 24 Aug 1895 in Red Rock Township, Marion, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 May 1968 at age 72 in Pleasantville, Marion, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Nancy Coltrane (1798-1873).

Paul Meador was born Aug 24, 1895, in Red Rock, Iowa^[1]He was the son of James Elias and Mary Ann Coltrane Meador.

He married 1) Mamie Lewin, May 17, 1919, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa^[2]They had the following children:

1. Lawrence Donovan Meador, b 1917^[3]
2. Keith Meador, b 1918^[4]
3. Audre Lenore Meador (1920)^[5]
4. GLADYS Rosalie Meador, b 1921^[6]
5. Dorothy Pauline Meador, b 1922^[7]
6. Helen Meador, b 1924, d 1925^[8][9]
7. Mary Alice Meador, b 1925^[10]
8. Paul Wayne Meador, b 1928^[11]
9. Frances Nadine Meador, b 1933^[12]

Mamie passed away in 1964.

M2 Thelma Green

Death: Age 72 ^[13]

Obituary: Paul Meador, 72, of Route 5, Des Moines, who died Thursday in an auto accident, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hamilton's Funeral Home. Burial will be at Lowman Cemetery near Runnells.

Mr. Meador, who was born at Red Rock, had lived in Des Moines two years. He had been a section foreman on the Wabash Railroad for 20 years, and was later a guard at Meredith Publishing Co.

He was a World War I veteran and a member of the northeast branch of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Surviving are his wife, Thelma; four daughters, Mrs. Gladys Ohnemus of Melcher, Mrs. Dorothy Miller of Independence, Mrs. Alice Conklin of Newton, and Mrs. Nadine Losee of Des Moines; three sons, Don, Keith and Wayne, all of Des Moines; 31 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two stepsons, David Carmer of Des Moines and Larry Carmer of Anchorage, Alaska; six step-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Iva Crossen, of Sylvus, Ill., and a step-great-grandchild.

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVDP-RV1 : 20 May 2016), Mary A. Coltrane in entry for Meador, 24 Aug 1895; citing Marion, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,019,721.
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJK1-FWY : 5 September 2017), Mary Coltrane in entry for Paul Meador and Mamie Lewin, 17 May 1919, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing reference Vol 18 pg 182, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,749,718.
3. ↑ "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24X-X18V : 28 May 2022), Mayme Moranda Lewin in entry for Lawrence Donovan Meador, 1917.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDM5-JY7 : Fri Jul 21 11:11:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Paul Meador and Mamie Meador, 1920.
5. ↑ "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPF7-8XGS : 18 October 2019), Mayme Lewin in entry for Audre Lenore Meador, 18 Sep 1920, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 102869867.
6. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVF5-BYT : 1 April 2020), Mamie Lewin in entry for Gladys Rosalie Meador, 4 Jun 1921; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,616,981.
7. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVF5-1QG : 1 April 2020), Mayme M. Lewin in entry for Dorothy Pauline Meador, 4 Oct 1922; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,616,981.
8. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ3-GJ2J : 8 August 2022), Mayme Meador in household of Paul Meador, Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States; citing Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q248-7TS5 : 8 November 2017), Mayme Lewin in entry for Helen Mildred Meador, 27 Mar 1925, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #631010, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784572.
10. ↑ "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24X-V15Z : 28 May 2022), Mayme Miranda Lewin in entry for Mary Alice Meador, 1925.
11. ↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZL-QDR1 : Thu Jul 20 22:54:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Paul Wayne Meador and Paul Meador, 6 Dec 1928.
12. ↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP84-YM2P : Thu Jul 20 23:03:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Frances Nadine Meador and Paul Meador, 28 Sep 1933.
13. ↑ "Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL2V-WMML : 17 October 2017), James Meador in entry for Paul Meador, 09 May 1968; citing Pleasantville, Marion, Iowa, United States, The State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.; FHL microfilm 2,200,033.

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #54078564