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Sexauer, Lester Adolph

Male 1908 - 1945  (37 years)


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  • Name Sexauer, Lester Adolph 
    Born 1 Jun 1908  Wawota, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Oct 1945  Monterey, Monterey County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 

    • The following are transcriptions supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of two obituaries for Lester Adolph Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not report exactly when and where these obituaries were published.

      Pfc. Lester Adolph Sexauer was born 1 June 1908 in Canada, and passed on to the eternal world 27 October 1945 at Ft. Ord, California, at the age of 37 years, 4 months and 27 days. Although born in Canada, Adolph spent most of his life in the Ankeny community. He was graduated from the Ankeny High School in 1928. Adolph was a member of the Ankeny Methodist Church until 1939 when he was baptized into the Forest Avenue Baptist Church of Des Moines. When death came as the result of an auto accident in Pacific Grove, California, he was living as an M. P. in the armed forces. Before he entered the army in March of 1944, he was employed by Swifts Soy Bean Mill in Des Moines. Private Sexauer is survived by his bride, Alice, of Des Moines; his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sexauer of Ankeny; a brother Leland Sexauer of Santa Monica, California, a sister, Mrs. Lucille McCleary of Ankeny; and a host of relatives and friends.

      Struck by an Automobile: Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Sexauer received word Monday night that their son, Adolph was struck by an auto Saturday night at five o'clock and passed away at seven o'clock. Adolph, 37 years old, was stationed at Ft. Ord, California, and was a Military Police. Mrs. Emily Pickenbrock, Adolph's aunt, is bringing the body back to Des Moines, and funeral services will be at Hamilton's Funeral Home in Des Moines, which will be announced later. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Sexauer of Santa Monica, California, are returning, and Mr. and Mrs. Abel McCleary, who were located in Wyoming, are also coming back. They were on their way to the West Coast. The entire community was shocked, when the news came, and we extend our sympathy to all those, in this time of their great sorrow.
    Person ID I456  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2008 

    Father Sexauer, Fredrick Jacob,   b. 23 Apr 1877, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1964, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother McClung, Nora Pearl,   b. 27 Nov 1881, Elkhart, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1961, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 30 Jan 1906  Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • The year of the marriage has been reported as either 1906 or 1907. For the following 6-8 years, Fred and Pearl farmed in Wawota, Saskatchewan, Canada. Their first child was born in Canada. The family then moved to a farm near Ankeny, Iowa. Pearl's obituary states that this was about 1916, but it seems likely that it happened earlier; the couple's second child was born in 1914 at Ankeny.
    Family ID F143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nottingham, Alice,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 4 May 1940  Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 119.
      Lester Adolph Sexauer, child of Fredrick Jacob Sexauer and Nora Pearl McClung, was born on 1 June 1908 at Watota, [sic] Canada.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 119.
      Lester Adolph Sexauer died on 27 October 1945 at Fort Ord, Monterey, California.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 119-120.
      Transcriptions supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of two obituaries for Lester Adolph Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not report exactly when and where these obituaries were published.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 119.
      Fredrick Jacob Sexauer and Nora Pearl McClung were married on 30 January 1906 at Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana.

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 119.
      Transcriptions supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of two obituaries for Fred J. Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not report exactly when and where these obituaries were published.
           "Born in Polk County, he lived in the Ankeny area all his life except for six years he homesteaded in Canada."
           "On 30 January 1907 he was united in marriage to Pearl McClung of Elkhart, Iowa. The first eight years of their married life was spent farming on their homestead near Wawota, Canada. Three children were born to this union: Adolph, Leland, and Lucille. Upon returning from Canada they moved to a farm near Ankeny, doing farming, dairying, making sorghum, operating a portable dance floor business, and roller skating rink."

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 119.
      Lester Adolph Sexauer and Alice Nottingham were married on 4 May 1940 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.


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