GOODER, Lester Elza 1887-1963

GOODER, SHARP, CHURCH, HARRISON

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 2/11/2011 at 13:17:31

Lester Elza Gooder 1887-1963

RICEVILLE JEWELER DIES; RITES FRIDAY

Riceville – Funeral services for Lester E. Gooder, 76, have been set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Methodist Church here. The Rev. Robert Leverenz will officiate. Burial will be in the Wayne Cemetery at McIntire. The Chisholm Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Gooder died Tuesday at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, Minn. He was a retired Riceville jeweler and a member of the Masonic Lodge here.

Survivors include his wife, Leah; a stepdaughter, Miss Marjorie Sharp, Chicago; a stepson, James Sharp, also of Chicago, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry (Enid) church, McIntire, and Miss Gladyce Gooder, Knoxville, Tenn. He was preceded in death by one sister.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday July 3, 1963

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WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917
Lester Elza Gooder 30, living at McIntire, Mitchell, Iowa; born May 9, 1887 Riceville, Iowa; single; occupation: Postmaster, US Postoffice.

He was the son of Oliver and Cora (Harrison ) Gooder. He married Leah Hall, the daughter of Ralph and Alice (Sloan) Hall.