STOKER, LEON O: Bank Cashier; b Harrison Co, Iowa Mar 23, 1893; s of Jesse F Stoker-Emma L Thomas; ed Harrison Co; Neola HS 1911; U of Iowa, 1911-12; Capital City Comml Coll, 1912-13; Kappa Sigma; m Mabel Murtey Aug 11, 1917 Weeping Water Neb; s Thomas M; d Ann M; 1913-17 asst cash Farmers State Bank, Rising City Neb; 1917 emp in Harlan Natl Bank, Harlan; 1918-19 emp in US Natl Bank, Omaha Neb; 1919-1932 VP & cash Farmers State Bank, Rising City, Neb; 1932- cash Farmers Savings Bank, Shelby; during World War enl 1917-18 US army inf Camp Dodge, Des Moines, 2nd lt; Amer Legion post 347, past comm, past co comm, Rising City Neb; 40 & 8, Council Bluffs; pres Shelby Co Bankers Assn; Iowa Bankers Assn; Rep; off & res Shelby.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1118. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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