Birth & death edits and links to parents sent by Timeless (49197722), who also sent this: Entered Army March 1918. Medical Corps, American Expeditionary Force. Active service.
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Cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
Lakin Meade
lot owner: Irene Land Meade
Crypt 2?8 B Level, Chapel Floor
born: Nov. 1, 1892, Topeka, Kansas
died: March 12, 1965
buried: March 16, 1965
late residence: 4711 N. Central
funeral director: Penwell-Gabel
Topeka Capital-Journal, Sunday, March 14, 1965, page 10B:
Services for Lakin Meade, 72, Topeka Insuror, To Be Tuesday
Services for Lakin Meade, 4711 N. Central, veteran Topeka insurance man, widely known sportsman and breeder of thoroughbred horses, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Cathedral with entombment in Mount Hope Abbey.
Mr. Meade, 72, died Friday night in the University of Kansas Medical Center where he had been hospitalized for a month with a heart ailment.
He was president of Walker Manufacturing Co., St. Joseph, Mo., at the time of his death. He had been secretary-treasurer of Meade Insurance Co. here more than 40 years, prior to his recent resignation.
The insurance executive and civic leader was born Nov. 1, 1892 in Topeka, the son of John M. and Emily Jane (Ward) Meade, pioneer Kansas residents.
Oil Field Worker
Lakin Meade attended Topeka public schools and was graduated from the Portland Academy, Portland, Ore., in 1914. After graduation he worked in Texas and Oklahoma oil fields.
He served in the Army overseas during World War I. Following service, he engaged in the production end of the oil business, but returned to Topeka in October, 1920, to become a salesman for Jordan and Trapp Insurance Agency.
In 1924, he and his brother, Holmes Meade, purchased the agency, changed its name to Meade Investment Co., and Lakin Meade became its secretary-treasurer. In April 1944 the name of the firm was changed to The Meade Company Inc.
Mr. Meade was on the board of directors of Security Benefit Life Insurance Co., and was an active investor in the Topeka area.
Director of Firms
He was past president of the Kansas Thoroughbred Breeders Assn., and Topeka Industries Inc. He was a member of the standing committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, and also served as a director of the Kansas Hotel Building Co., Topeka; the Pioneer Sand Co., St. Joseph, Mo.; the Roanridge Rural Training Foundation, Parkville, Mo.; the Topeka Audubon Society, and Mulvane Art Center, Inc.
A devoted sportsman, he was a federal game warden and for 12 yearswas a member of the State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission.
Breeding and racing thoroughbred horses is an enterprise of his Meadeland Farm, and he was a member of the American Thoroughbred Breeders Assn. of Lexington, Ky.
He was a member of the Grace Cathedral parish of the Episcopal Church; Capital Post No. 1, American Legion; Philip Billard Post No. 1650, Veterans of Foreign Wars; the 40 & 8 Club; Cody (Wyo.) Lodge No. 1611, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Topeka Lodge 225, AF&AM; Topeka Consistory No. 1, Scottish Rite; Topeka Chapter No. 5, R.A.M.; Zabud Council No. 4, B. & S.M.; Topeka Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar; Arab Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; Royal Order of Jesters; Shawnee County Humane Society; the Kansas City Club; and the Benton Club of St. Joseph.
He married Irene Land, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 28, 1938.
Besides his wife of the home, survivors include two sisters, Miss Alice Meade, 618 W. 8th, and Mrs. Russell R. Cave, Manhattan, and a brother, John Nelson Meade, Denver, Colo.
The family suggests contributions be made to the Lakin Meade Memorial Fund at Grace Cathedral or the Lakin Meade Memorial Fund at Washburn University to be used for foreign exchange scholars.
Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
Lakin Meade
lot owner: Irene Land Meade
Crypt 2?8 B Level, Chapel Floor
born: Nov. 1, 1892, Topeka, Kansas
died: March 12, 1965
buried: March 16, 1965
late residence: 4711 N. Central
funeral director: Penwell-Gabel
Topeka Capital-Journal, Sunday, March 14, 1965, page 10B:
Services for Lakin Meade, 72, Topeka Insuror, To Be Tuesday
Services for Lakin Meade, 4711 N. Central, veteran Topeka insurance man, widely known sportsman and breeder of thoroughbred horses, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Cathedral with entombment in Mount Hope Abbey.
Mr. Meade, 72, died Friday night in the University of Kansas Medical Center where he had been hospitalized for a month with a heart ailment.
He was president of Walker Manufacturing Co., St. Joseph, Mo., at the time of his death. He had been secretary-treasurer of Meade Insurance Co. here more than 40 years, prior to his recent resignation.
The insurance executive and civic leader was born Nov. 1, 1892 in Topeka, the son of John M. and Emily Jane (Ward) Meade, pioneer Kansas residents.
Oil Field Worker
Lakin Meade attended Topeka public schools and was graduated from the Portland Academy, Portland, Ore., in 1914. After graduation he worked in Texas and Oklahoma oil fields.
He served in the Army overseas during World War I. Following service, he engaged in the production end of the oil business, but returned to Topeka in October, 1920, to become a salesman for Jordan and Trapp Insurance Agency.
In 1924, he and his brother, Holmes Meade, purchased the agency, changed its name to Meade Investment Co., and Lakin Meade became its secretary-treasurer. In April 1944 the name of the firm was changed to The Meade Company Inc.
Mr. Meade was on the board of directors of Security Benefit Life Insurance Co., and was an active investor in the Topeka area.
Director of Firms
He was past president of the Kansas Thoroughbred Breeders Assn., and Topeka Industries Inc. He was a member of the standing committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, and also served as a director of the Kansas Hotel Building Co., Topeka; the Pioneer Sand Co., St. Joseph, Mo.; the Roanridge Rural Training Foundation, Parkville, Mo.; the Topeka Audubon Society, and Mulvane Art Center, Inc.
A devoted sportsman, he was a federal game warden and for 12 yearswas a member of the State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission.
Breeding and racing thoroughbred horses is an enterprise of his Meadeland Farm, and he was a member of the American Thoroughbred Breeders Assn. of Lexington, Ky.
He was a member of the Grace Cathedral parish of the Episcopal Church; Capital Post No. 1, American Legion; Philip Billard Post No. 1650, Veterans of Foreign Wars; the 40 & 8 Club; Cody (Wyo.) Lodge No. 1611, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Topeka Lodge 225, AF&AM; Topeka Consistory No. 1, Scottish Rite; Topeka Chapter No. 5, R.A.M.; Zabud Council No. 4, B. & S.M.; Topeka Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar; Arab Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; Royal Order of Jesters; Shawnee County Humane Society; the Kansas City Club; and the Benton Club of St. Joseph.
He married Irene Land, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 28, 1938.
Besides his wife of the home, survivors include two sisters, Miss Alice Meade, 618 W. 8th, and Mrs. Russell R. Cave, Manhattan, and a brother, John Nelson Meade, Denver, Colo.
The family suggests contributions be made to the Lakin Meade Memorial Fund at Grace Cathedral or the Lakin Meade Memorial Fund at Washburn University to be used for foreign exchange scholars.
Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Birth & death edits and links to parents sent by Timeless (49197722), who also sent this: Entered Army March 1918. Medical Corps, American Expeditionary Force. Active service.
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Cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
Lakin Meade
lot owner: Irene Land Meade
Crypt 2?8 B Level, Chapel Floor
born: Nov. 1, 1892, Topeka, Kansas
died: March 12, 1965
buried: March 16, 1965
late residence: 4711 N. Central
funeral director: Penwell-Gabel
Topeka Capital-Journal, Sunday, March 14, 1965, page 10B:
Services for Lakin Meade, 72, Topeka Insuror, To Be Tuesday
Services for Lakin Meade, 4711 N. Central, veteran Topeka insurance man, widely known sportsman and breeder of thoroughbred horses, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Cathedral with entombment in Mount Hope Abbey.
Mr. Meade, 72, died Friday night in the University of Kansas Medical Center where he had been hospitalized for a month with a heart ailment.
He was president of Walker Manufacturing Co., St. Joseph, Mo., at the time of his death. He had been secretary-treasurer of Meade Insurance Co. here more than 40 years, prior to his recent resignation.
The insurance executive and civic leader was born Nov. 1, 1892 in Topeka, the son of John M. and Emily Jane (Ward) Meade, pioneer Kansas residents.
Oil Field Worker
Lakin Meade attended Topeka public schools and was graduated from the Portland Academy, Portland, Ore., in 1914. After graduation he worked in Texas and Oklahoma oil fields.
He served in the Army overseas during World War I. Following service, he engaged in the production end of the oil business, but returned to Topeka in October, 1920, to become a salesman for Jordan and Trapp Insurance Agency.
In 1924, he and his brother, Holmes Meade, purchased the agency, changed its name to Meade Investment Co., and Lakin Meade became its secretary-treasurer. In April 1944 the name of the firm was changed to The Meade Company Inc.
Mr. Meade was on the board of directors of Security Benefit Life Insurance Co., and was an active investor in the Topeka area.
Director of Firms
He was past president of the Kansas Thoroughbred Breeders Assn., and Topeka Industries Inc. He was a member of the standing committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, and also served as a director of the Kansas Hotel Building Co., Topeka; the Pioneer Sand Co., St. Joseph, Mo.; the Roanridge Rural Training Foundation, Parkville, Mo.; the Topeka Audubon Society, and Mulvane Art Center, Inc.
A devoted sportsman, he was a federal game warden and for 12 yearswas a member of the State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission.
Breeding and racing thoroughbred horses is an enterprise of his Meadeland Farm, and he was a member of the American Thoroughbred Breeders Assn. of Lexington, Ky.
He was a member of the Grace Cathedral parish of the Episcopal Church; Capital Post No. 1, American Legion; Philip Billard Post No. 1650, Veterans of Foreign Wars; the 40 & 8 Club; Cody (Wyo.) Lodge No. 1611, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Topeka Lodge 225, AF&AM; Topeka Consistory No. 1, Scottish Rite; Topeka Chapter No. 5, R.A.M.; Zabud Council No. 4, B. & S.M.; Topeka Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar; Arab Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; Royal Order of Jesters; Shawnee County Humane Society; the Kansas City Club; and the Benton Club of St. Joseph.
He married Irene Land, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 28, 1938.
Besides his wife of the home, survivors include two sisters, Miss Alice Meade, 618 W. 8th, and Mrs. Russell R. Cave, Manhattan, and a brother, John Nelson Meade, Denver, Colo.
The family suggests contributions be made to the Lakin Meade Memorial Fund at Grace Cathedral or the Lakin Meade Memorial Fund at Washburn University to be used for foreign exchange scholars.
Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
Lakin Meade
lot owner: Irene Land Meade
Crypt 2?8 B Level, Chapel Floor
born: Nov. 1, 1892, Topeka, Kansas
died: March 12, 1965
buried: March 16, 1965
late residence: 4711 N. Central
funeral director: Penwell-Gabel
Topeka Capital-Journal, Sunday, March 14, 1965, page 10B:
Services for Lakin Meade, 72, Topeka Insuror, To Be Tuesday
Services for Lakin Meade, 4711 N. Central, veteran Topeka insurance man, widely known sportsman and breeder of thoroughbred horses, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Cathedral with entombment in Mount Hope Abbey.
Mr. Meade, 72, died Friday night in the University of Kansas Medical Center where he had been hospitalized for a month with a heart ailment.
He was president of Walker Manufacturing Co., St. Joseph, Mo., at the time of his death. He had been secretary-treasurer of Meade Insurance Co. here more than 40 years, prior to his recent resignation.
The insurance executive and civic leader was born Nov. 1, 1892 in Topeka, the son of John M. and Emily Jane (Ward) Meade, pioneer Kansas residents.
Oil Field Worker
Lakin Meade attended Topeka public schools and was graduated from the Portland Academy, Portland, Ore., in 1914. After graduation he worked in Texas and Oklahoma oil fields.
He served in the Army overseas during World War I. Following service, he engaged in the production end of the oil business, but returned to Topeka in October, 1920, to become a salesman for Jordan and Trapp Insurance Agency.
In 1924, he and his brother, Holmes Meade, purchased the agency, changed its name to Meade Investment Co., and Lakin Meade became its secretary-treasurer. In April 1944 the name of the firm was changed to The Meade Company Inc.
Mr. Meade was on the board of directors of Security Benefit Life Insurance Co., and was an active investor in the Topeka area.
Director of Firms
He was past president of the Kansas Thoroughbred Breeders Assn., and Topeka Industries Inc. He was a member of the standing committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, and also served as a director of the Kansas Hotel Building Co., Topeka; the Pioneer Sand Co., St. Joseph, Mo.; the Roanridge Rural Training Foundation, Parkville, Mo.; the Topeka Audubon Society, and Mulvane Art Center, Inc.
A devoted sportsman, he was a federal game warden and for 12 yearswas a member of the State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission.
Breeding and racing thoroughbred horses is an enterprise of his Meadeland Farm, and he was a member of the American Thoroughbred Breeders Assn. of Lexington, Ky.
He was a member of the Grace Cathedral parish of the Episcopal Church; Capital Post No. 1, American Legion; Philip Billard Post No. 1650, Veterans of Foreign Wars; the 40 & 8 Club; Cody (Wyo.) Lodge No. 1611, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Topeka Lodge 225, AF&AM; Topeka Consistory No. 1, Scottish Rite; Topeka Chapter No. 5, R.A.M.; Zabud Council No. 4, B. & S.M.; Topeka Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar; Arab Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; Royal Order of Jesters; Shawnee County Humane Society; the Kansas City Club; and the Benton Club of St. Joseph.
He married Irene Land, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 28, 1938.
Besides his wife of the home, survivors include two sisters, Miss Alice Meade, 618 W. 8th, and Mrs. Russell R. Cave, Manhattan, and a brother, John Nelson Meade, Denver, Colo.
The family suggests contributions be made to the Lakin Meade Memorial Fund at Grace Cathedral or the Lakin Meade Memorial Fund at Washburn University to be used for foreign exchange scholars.
Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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