MEEKER, Theodore Frank
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. 19 October 1962
Theodore Frank Meeker, oldest of the three sons of Theodore M. and Julia V. McKnight Meeker, was born November 3, 1875 near Rob Roy, Ind. He was educated in the Rob Roy Public Schools, Merom Academy at Merom, Ind. and Rollins College at Winter Park, Florida.
He married Calma Thompson in 1896, and to this union was born T. M. Meeker of Salinas, Calif.; and Irene Inghram of Portland, Oregon. Sometime after her death he married Edith Quiggle of Veedersburg in 1902. To this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Virginia Snyder of Detroit, Mich, Edith also preceded him in death.
He was engaged in farming for forty years and then became a machinist for the rest of his working years.
Frank Meeker was possessed of an admirable personality. His love and concern for his family was outstanding and his good friends were numerous. He was a member of the Union Christian Church and oft times did lay preaching. He was also a fifty year member of the Attica Masonic Lodge.
Sometimes in writing to friends and loved ones he would give poetic expression to his thought.
Eg.
"The Thing you longed and hoped for,
God knew would bring you pain;
So in the blest hereafter,
This trial He'll explain.
Then ever trust thy Master,
Who doeth all things well;
He loveth more than heart can know ,
And more than tongue can tell."
For the' past few years Frank Meeker had lived in the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. Virgainia Snyder of Detroit, Mich.
Following an illness of three months, he died in the Art Center Hospital in Detroit.
Other survivors besides Mrs. Stanton Snyder include his son, T. M. Meeker of Salinas, Calif., and his daughter, Mrs. Irvin Inghram of Portland, Oregon; also his brother, Orville Meeker of Frankfort, Ind.; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren and numerous friends. -jz