World War I Veteran.
William G. Bader was born March 13, 1889, in Danville, Kansas (Harper County), where Belle and John lived for a brief time.
William married Edythe Zuck on June 27, 1912, in Columbus, Ohio. He traveled as a musician with the Hagenback and Wallace Circus, Robbins and Myers Band, Marine Corps Band, Ohio Fourth Infantry Band and played with orchestras at the Regent Theater and Old Band Box Theater in Springfield, Ohio.
William was also an artist and painted signs all over the Springfield area. He worked for the railroad in Springfield and retired from there.
He died in Springfield, Ohio on October 9, 1956, and is buried in the Glen Haven Cemetery at Donnelsville, OH. William and Edythe had four children.
! (Copied from the "Green Hill and Medina Township of Warren County, Indiana: An Historical View," 1986, by Vanda M. Wilson, publisher).
WILLIAM G. BADER, MUSICIAN, DIES AT AGE OF 67
William G. Bader, 67, of 115 N. Greenmount av., one of five musically-minded brothers, died at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday in Mercy Hospital following a lengthy illness. He had been critically ill for five days.
Mr. Bader and three of his brothers, Russell, Percy and Lewis, now all of Springfield, traveled throughout the nation at one time or another connected with some musical organization. John, the fifth brother, is a printer in Detroit.
William, the eldest of the brothers, traveled with the Hagenback and Wallace Circus for several years, also played his trombone and horn with the Robbins and Myers Band, the Marine Corps Band, the Ohio Fourth Infantry Band and with orchestras at the Regent Theater and the old Band Box.
In more recent years, he had been employed by the New York Central System, giving this up a year ago because of illness.
His brothers, Russell, Percy and Lewis, all traveled with top-ranking circuses, and did stints with orchestras, mostly in the Midwest.
He was the son of John B. and Belle Thompson Bader, born March 13, 1889, in Harper, Kan. He had lived in Springfield for the last 39 years. He was a member of the Clifton Avenue Methodist Church.
In addition to his four brothers and his mother, Mr. Bader is survived by his widow, Edythe; a son, Charles D. of Springfield; three daughters, Mrs. Juanita R. Whitaker of Springfield, Mrs. Wilma M. Wilson, also of Springfield, and Mrs. Anna L. Johnson of Dayton. In addition, there are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Fennessy and Mrs. Nona Leichner, both of Springfield.
His body was taken to the Littleton funeral home where friends may call until services at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. The Revs. J. Edward Dinkle, pastor of the Auburn Lutheran Church, and Robert L. Klausmeier, pastor of the Clifton Avenue Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens.
! (Copied from Springfield Daily News, October 10, 1956).
World War I Veteran.
William G. Bader was born March 13, 1889, in Danville, Kansas (Harper County), where Belle and John lived for a brief time.
William married Edythe Zuck on June 27, 1912, in Columbus, Ohio. He traveled as a musician with the Hagenback and Wallace Circus, Robbins and Myers Band, Marine Corps Band, Ohio Fourth Infantry Band and played with orchestras at the Regent Theater and Old Band Box Theater in Springfield, Ohio.
William was also an artist and painted signs all over the Springfield area. He worked for the railroad in Springfield and retired from there.
He died in Springfield, Ohio on October 9, 1956, and is buried in the Glen Haven Cemetery at Donnelsville, OH. William and Edythe had four children.
! (Copied from the "Green Hill and Medina Township of Warren County, Indiana: An Historical View," 1986, by Vanda M. Wilson, publisher).
WILLIAM G. BADER, MUSICIAN, DIES AT AGE OF 67
William G. Bader, 67, of 115 N. Greenmount av., one of five musically-minded brothers, died at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday in Mercy Hospital following a lengthy illness. He had been critically ill for five days.
Mr. Bader and three of his brothers, Russell, Percy and Lewis, now all of Springfield, traveled throughout the nation at one time or another connected with some musical organization. John, the fifth brother, is a printer in Detroit.
William, the eldest of the brothers, traveled with the Hagenback and Wallace Circus for several years, also played his trombone and horn with the Robbins and Myers Band, the Marine Corps Band, the Ohio Fourth Infantry Band and with orchestras at the Regent Theater and the old Band Box.
In more recent years, he had been employed by the New York Central System, giving this up a year ago because of illness.
His brothers, Russell, Percy and Lewis, all traveled with top-ranking circuses, and did stints with orchestras, mostly in the Midwest.
He was the son of John B. and Belle Thompson Bader, born March 13, 1889, in Harper, Kan. He had lived in Springfield for the last 39 years. He was a member of the Clifton Avenue Methodist Church.
In addition to his four brothers and his mother, Mr. Bader is survived by his widow, Edythe; a son, Charles D. of Springfield; three daughters, Mrs. Juanita R. Whitaker of Springfield, Mrs. Wilma M. Wilson, also of Springfield, and Mrs. Anna L. Johnson of Dayton. In addition, there are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Fennessy and Mrs. Nona Leichner, both of Springfield.
His body was taken to the Littleton funeral home where friends may call until services at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. The Revs. J. Edward Dinkle, pastor of the Auburn Lutheran Church, and Robert L. Klausmeier, pastor of the Clifton Avenue Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens.
! (Copied from Springfield Daily News, October 10, 1956).
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