Earl Leo Ridenour^[1]

1882 - 1961  (79 years)

• Name	Earl Leo Ridenour
  Born	9 Mar 1882
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Mar 1961  [2]
  Buried	Rochester Cemetery, Cedar County, Iowa
  Person ID	I213552	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2007

  
  

  Father	John Daniel Ridenour,   b. 23 Mar 1835, , Ohio ,   d. 11 Jun 1907  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah Cordelia Kester,   b. 27 Oct 1840, Ohio ,   d. 2 May 1911  (Age 70 years)
  Married	22 Mar 1860	, Cedar, Iowa
  Family ID	F4737	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Jennie Dotson,   bur. Rochester Cemetery, Cedar County, Iowa
  Married	5 Nov 1902	Cedar County, Iowa
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Warren Glenn Ridenour,   b. 9 Feb 1903, Cedar County, Iowa ,   d. 2 May 1982, El Dorado, Kansas  (Age 79 years) + 2. Eva Burdette Ridenour,   b. 7 Dec 1907, Tipton, Iowa ,   d. 15 Sep 1989, Florida  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F81576	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Jacie Thomsen [jacie.thomsen@gmail.com], 9 Apr 2007. [S142] Newspaper Article, Tipton Advisor, Mar 1961. Funeral services for Earl Leo Ridenour, 79, were held at the Sheets and Dahn funeral home March 18 with the Rev. Ralph Adamson in charge. Pallbearers were Arnold and Donald Ridenour, Mearl Jennings, Dwight Dean, William Goettle, and Clarence Baker. Laura Geller was organist. Mr. Ridenour died of a heart attack March 14 at Ames where he lived with his brother Hayes Ridenour. The son of John D. and Sarah Kester Ridenour, he was born Mar. 9, 1882. He was educated in the rural schools and spent most of his life in Cedar co. where he was a farmer. He was divorced from his wife. He is survived by a son Glenn, daughter Mrs. Eva Peter and his brother.