CAPEN, LEO J
Vice-President & Sales Manager Dewey Portland Cement Co; b Council Bluffs, Iowa May 25, 1893; s of Orlando E Copen-Nellie M Connor; ed Kansas City; m Gaynell E Tyler Jan 1, 1921 Kansas City Mo; s Gary T; d Wilmia G, Charlotte May; 1906-09 salesman for Burnham Muner Root Whol Dry Goods, Kansas City Ma; 1909-18 & 1920-27 branch mgr Rice Stix Dry Goods Co, Kansas City Mo off; 1927- with Dewey Portland Cement Co, Davenport, now VP, sales mgr, & dir; during World War ent US army 1918, 1st It & capt inf, O/S, disch Feb 1919; C of C; Rotary; Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club; Mayflower Soc; Davenport Country Club; hobbies: fishing, hunting; off 802 Kohl Bldg; res 9 Roberts Ave, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1089.