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Wesley Odus Meek

Birth	:	3 Dec 1889
Death	:	17 Jun 1966
Burial	:	Colrain West Branch Cemetery, Colrain, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.6671982, -72.7221985
Plot	:	Section 13, Row 1
Description	:	Published in The Rochester Sentinel Saturday, June 18, 1966 Wesley O. Meek Last rites will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Foster & Good funeral home for Wesley Odus MEEK, 76, 165 Pontiac street, who died Friday at 11:30 a.m. at Veterans hospital in Indianapolis, where he had been a patient since May 3. He was in failing health 3 1/2 years. The Rev. Ronald HOWE will officiate, along with an officer of the Salvation Army. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery, where the American Legion will conduct military rites. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. A residen... Read More	Published in The Rochester Sentinel Saturday, June 18, 1966 Wesley O. Meek Last rites will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Foster & Good funeral home for Wesley Odus MEEK, 76, 165 Pontiac street, who died Friday at 11:30 a.m. at Veterans hospital in Indianapolis, where he had been a patient since May 3. He was in failing health 3 1/2 years. The Rev. Ronald HOWE will officiate, along with an officer of the Salvation Army. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery, where the American Legion will conduct military rites. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. A residen of Rochester since 1937, Mr. Meek moved here from New Castle. He was an iron moulder at Rochester Metal Products plant, retiring in 1956. A World War I veteran, he attended the Rochester Natarene church and was a member of the Fulton County Christian Sister and Brotherhood. He had played in Salvation Army bands at New Castle and Vincennes, also helped organize a Salvation Army string band. Born in Carmi, Ill., Dec. 3, 1889, he was the son of John and Lucinda PRUITT MEEK. His marriage was June 19, 1915, at Paris, Ill., to Cecelia Grace FREEMAN of Farmersburg, who survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Helen BRIGHT, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Mrs. Ruth ENYART and Mrs. Olga Marie COOK, both of Rochester; a son, the Rev. Emmett MEEK, Greenville, Pa.; three sisters, Mrs. Emma DOUGLAS, Mrs. Stella VOVER and Mrs. Mary WHETSEL, all of Terre Haute; a brother, John [MEEK], Vincennes; fifteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters. ----- Published in The Rochester Sentinel Tuesday, July 5, 1966 Wesley O. Meek Wesley O. MEEK of Rochester, who died June 17, served as a member of the honor guard for the funeral of ex-President Grover CLEVELAND after the latter's death in 1908. Mr. Meek was serving at the time in the U.S. Army, from 1908-11, and reenlisted for World War I duty in 1918. He also was a Medal of Honor winner. SOURCE: Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1966 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh

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Wesley Odus Meek's memorial is located at: Colrain West Branch Cemetery, Colrain, Franklin County, USA.
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Latitude: 42.6671982
Longitude: -72.7221985

Family Members:

Spouse

Cecelia Grace Freeman Meek

(1899 - 1982)

Children

Rev Emmett Meek

(1917 - 2010)

Ruth Meek Enyart

(1923 - 2016)

Olga “Marie” Meek Cook

(1926 - 2010)

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