Leander 'Lee' R Easterday  

Leander 'Lee' R Easterday [1873-1950] Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall Indiana

Leander R. Easterday, son of Benjamin and Amanda Shupp Easterday, was born in Ohio near Bucyrus December 5, 1873. He passed away at Colorado General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, Friday, December 1, 1950, after an illness of three months. His age was 76 years, 11 months and 26 days.

When a small child he moved with his parents to Indiana and they made their home near Culver. Most of his life has been spent in this community where he worked at the car penter trade.

He was united in marriage to Miss Laura Garn who preceded him in death July 16, 1931. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Fern Young, Culver; three sons, Russell of Culver, Harold of Denver, Colo., and Eldon of Los Angeles, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Clara Mikesell of Culver; one brother, Frank, of Hammond; sixteen grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchild

m Laura Pearl Garn Birth: 21 Jan 1879 - Gage county Nebraska Death: 16 Jul 1931 - Culver, Marshall, Indiana Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall Indiana daughter of Benjamin Franklin Garn and Lucinda Cathrine Friend

Their children:

1) Russell LeRoy Easterday b. 21 Feb. 1898 Culver Marshall Indiana d. 20 Jan. 1976 m. Wandah LaBounty b. 19 Jan. 1897 d. 5 Sep. 1978 dau. of Edward A LaBounty & Amanda Cromley

2) Eldon Garn Easterday Birth 1 Jul 1908 in Culver Marshall Indiana Death: 11 Sep 1968 - San Francisco, California

Native Of Culver Dies - Eldon Garn Easterday, age 60, of San Rafael, Clif. died Wednesday morning in a hospital in San Rafael after an extended illness.

The son of the late Lee and Laura Garn Easterday, he was born in Culver on July 1, 1908 and spent his early life here. For the past 35 years he has resided in Colorado and California.

Surviving are his widow, Audre; one son, Eldon Jr. of California; 1 step-son of California; two grandchildren; and two brothers, Russell L. Easterday of Culver and Harold Eatserday of Littleton, Colo.

Also surviving are two aunts. Miss Edna Garn of Culver and Mrs. Florence Pinkerton of Mt. Etna; and one uncle, Glenn Garn of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at Keaton's Mortuary, 1022 East St., San Rafael, Calif, with interment at Mt. Tamalpias Cemetery. - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1968 Citizen



married 6 Oct 1932 - Washington, Arkansas, Audre Lou Milotte Birth 4 MAR 1905 in Michigan, Death 13 MAY 1984 in Jackson, Oregon daughter of Joseph Milotte and Georgina A LePage
Eldon Garn Easterday Jr.
3) Harold Lewis Easterday Birth 19 Jan 1904 in Culver Marshall Indiana Death: 10 Nov 1981 - Lakewood, Jefferson, Colorado Marriage: 7 Oct 1938 - Denver, Denver, Colorado married Vesta Yates Birth 28 Dec 1912 in Sterling, Logan, Colorado Death 21 Dec 1987 daughter of Arthur Dwight Yates and Elizabeth Belle Thompson Their child:

Roberta Florence Easterday Birth 1 Jan 1941 in Denver, Denver, Colorado Death 21 Feb 1994
4) Lela Fern Easterday Birth 23 Jan 1898 Death: 1967 Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall Indiana m. Herman Herschel Young Birth 26 Jul 1895 Jay County, Indiana Death Aug 1976 in Indiana Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall Indiana

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