Joseph Patrick Meade, Sr. (1946)
BELL, BLACKMAN, BOUCHER, CUMMINGS, MEADE
Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:24
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
Monday, May 06, 1946
Page 8, Column 5Joseph Meade Taken by Death
Joseph Meade, sr., 70, of West Des Moines, died Sunday at Mercy hospital following a brief illness.
Until coming to West Des Moines last January, Mr. Meade had farmed near Cumming since 1912. He was born and reared in Johnson county.
Services will be at 9 a. m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart church in West Des Moines.
Surviving Mr. Meade are his wife, Ella; five daughters, Sister Miriam, Mount Carmel convent, Bettendorf; Mrs. Willard Cummings, Oelwein; Mrs. Don Blackman, Des Moines; Mrs. Albert Bell, Cumming; and Mrs. Bruce Boucher, Grosse Ile, Mich.; and three sons, John Meade Cumming; Joseph Meade, jr., with the merchant marine, and Tommy Meade, attending Maur Hill High school, Atchison, Kan.
________________________Coordinator's note: The Meade farm was in Lee Township, Madison County per census records.
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