Arley Edson Lederer (1914 - 1992)

Born 10 Jul 1914 in Douglas County, Kansas, USA

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Died 23 Feb 1992 at age 77 in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA

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Arley E. Lederer, 77, Baldwin, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Ives Chapel United Methodist Church in Baldwin with the Rev. Kirby Hayes officiating. Burial will be in Sutton Cemetery west of Baldwin.

Mr. Lederer died Sunday, Feb. 23, 1992, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

He was born July 10, 1914, on a farm four miles west of Baldwin, the son of Earl and Edith Newland Lederer. He grew up in the area and attended Independence rural high school west of Baldwin.

Mr. Lederer was a farmer, stockman and dairyman for most of his life. He also owned and operated a milk transport business for a few years and worked as a truck driver and equipment operator for Palmyra Township and Douglas County. He retired in the late 1960s, after which he enjoyed raising horses.

Mr. Lederer was a longtime member of Ives Chapel United Methodist Church and a former member and past chairman of the Prairie City school district. In earlier years he was involved in plays and played the fiddle at dances at the Farmers Co-op in west Baldwin. He also was a supporter of the Douglas County 4-H Club for many years.

He married Naomi Purvis on Feb. 20, 1936, in Lawrence. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include a daughter, Linda Lou Michael, Wellsville; a son, Robert, Albuquerque, N.M.; two brothers, John, Ottawa, and Glen, Baldwin; three sisters, Thelma Randel, Baldwin, Doris Blevins, Eudora, and June Pine, Lawrence; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Monday, February 24, 1992 Lawrence Journal World

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6H-DT9 : accessed 17 May 2020), Arley E Lederer in household of Earl N Lederer, Willow Springs, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing ED 81, sheet 5A, line 46, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 531; FHL microfilm 1,820,531.

• "Kansas State Census, 1925", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLYV-HNRT : 14 October 2019), Arley E Lederer in entry for E N Lederer, .

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X73B-TQ6 : accessed 16 May 2020), Arley E Lederer in household of Earl N Lederer, Willow Springs, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 10A, line 26, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 700; FHL microfilm 2,340,435.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK9-HJM : 1 June 2020), Adley E Lederer, Willow Springs Township, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-20, sheet 2A, line 15, family 26, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1229.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 May 2020), memorial page for Arley E. Lederer (10 Jul 1914–23 Feb 1992), Find a Grave Memorial no. 20548220, citing Sutton Cemetery, Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by A & R (contributor 46893815) .