PRIESTER, OSCAR F
Contractor; b Davenport, Iowa Apr 1, 1894; s of Adolph Priester-Ida Koehler; ed Davenport HS; Cornell U, Ithaca N Y, CE 1917; Phi Delta Theta; m Helen F Bell July 15, 1918 Bristol Penn; s Peter F, Dudley B; 1917-18 construction work Stone & Webster Co, Swissdale Penn, Rock Island Arsenal & Youngstown projects; 1919 engineering & construction work, CRI & P RR; 1919- contractor, Davenport; during World War enl Camp Pike & OTS Camp Zachary Taylor Ky; Assoc Genl Contrs of Amer, central branch, pres 1930; C of C; Davenport Country Club; Outing Club; Town Club; Knife & Fork Club; hobbies golf, bowling; off 1121 Davenport Bank Bldg; res 2745 Wood Lane, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1102.