Edwin Anton Leininger
birth: 14 August 1891 in Chattanooga, Mercer, Ohio to Theobald and Caroline Fredericka Kable Leininger
death: 71 August 1976 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana
burial: Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana
marriage: 17 March 1914 in M.E. Church, Celina, Rockford, Ohio
Lola May Landfair
birth: 27 April 1891 in Black Creek Township, Mercer, Ohio to Francis “Frank” Marion and Emma Jane Kuhn Landfair
death: 30 January 1964 in Gary, Lake, Indiana
burial: Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, Indiana
Children of Lola May Landfair and Edwin Anton Leininger:
- Orlo Guy Leininger (1917-1996) m. 1st Dorothy Elizabeth Koss m. 2nd Myrna Elizabeth Allgor Schavey
- Mary Ellen Leininger (1918-2002) m. Theodore Norman Tronolone
- Bonita Frances Leininger (1921-1997) m. Harold Mathes Cook
Ancestor here lived in:
Lake County, Indiana
Other Information:
Edwin Anton Leininger, born to Theobald and Caroline Fredericka Kable Leininger on 14 August 1891 in Chattanooga, Mercer, Ohio was the third child of seven. Two of his siblings died in infancy. By age 9, the family had relocated to Black Creek, Mercer, Ohio where Edwin’s dad owned a farm. Edwin attended local schools through grade 5 and was a classmate of his future bride, Lola May Landfair. The couple wed on 17 March 1914 in M.E. Church, Celina, Rockford, Mercer, Ohio. The couple lived in Mercer county where Edwin farmed and their first two children were born. About 1920, the family moved to Blue Creek, Adams, Indiana so Edwin could manage a farm. In 1921 they are found in Pleasant Mills, Decatur, Indiana where their third child was born. By 1922 the family was residing in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana where Edwin found work as a car representative for the Penn Company. Their home was on Nuttman Avenue. By 1926 he had become an Inspector with the company. The family was members of the South Wayne Bethel United Brethren Church. The following year they relocated to Hobart, Lake, Indiana living on Washington Street. They joined the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Edwin continued to work as a car inspector for the railroad. Edwin and Lola purchased the Avilla Dairy in Hobart in 1951. Besides farming, he worked for the U.S. Post Office as a railroad mail carrier. Their son helped him with the farming. Edwin raised corn, soybeans, and alfalfa, along with chickens, pigs, and running a dairy farm. The farm also contained a palomino horse named Trigger and numerous ponies. On 30 January 1964, Lola died. The following year Edwin decided to retire from farming as he had already retired from postal service. He sold the farm to his son, Guy, and moved to Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana living on Sandpoint Road. On 21 May 1966 he married his widowed sister-in-law, Gladys Ireta Wood. She had previously married Lola’s brother, Stanley Raymond Landfair. Edwin died at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne on 7 August 1976 of pneumonia. He is buried next to his first wife in Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana.
2nd m. Gladys Ireta Wood (1909-2005) no children.
Submitted by:
Lori Samuelson
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