Hiram Abiff WINDERS

1904 - 1988  (83 years)

• Name	Hiram Abiff WINDERS  [1]
  Birth	19 Oct 1904	Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1935	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  Census	1940	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  	Federal
  		1940 US Census Oklahoma City OK.jpg
  cemetery	Mar 1988	Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma, USA
  	Pawhuska City Cemetery
  		Hiram Abiff Tombstone
  Death	30 Mar 1988	Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA   [2]
  obituary	Apr 1988
  	WINDERS--Hiram A., 83, Owasso. Died Wednesday. Former Civil ENgineer for OWens/Mansur Steel, Asphalt Foreman retired from Standard Paving. Survived by: 2 daughters, Daloris Henderlong, Leta Joan (Jody) Cosby; son, H. A. (Bill) Winders, Jr., all of Tulsa; 5 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Memorial services 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Southside Christian Church, Tulsa. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Tulsa County American Cancer Society. Butler-Stumpff, 587-7000.
  _UID	5B26BDF3E2D54663BCA737F53E060D58C98D
  Person ID	I24589	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	John Melvin WINDERS,   b. 28 Nov 1862, Mount Morris, Ogle, Illinois, USA d. 17 Feb 1920, Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma, USA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Anna HOCHSTEIN,   b. 18 Jan 1869   d. 28 Jan 1927 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F9553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Irene DANIELS,   b. 1910   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	31 Dec 1930	Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA
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  Family ID	F9697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Madge E BARTON,   b. 22 Dec 1905, , , Oklahoma, USA d. 9 Dec 1987, Owasso, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1931
  Children	1. Kay Ann WINDERS,   b. 10 Aug 1933   d. 1 May 1934 (Age 0 years)   2. Private   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 31 Dec 1930 - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA cemetery - Pawhuska City Cemetery - Mar 1988 - Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):From Wikipedia, May 2014: The tale of Hiram Abiff as passed down in Masonic Lodges underpins the third degree. It starts with his arrival in Jerusalem, and his appointment by Solomon as chief architect and master of works at the construction of his temple. As the temple is nearing completion, three fellowcraft masons from the workforce ambush him as he leaves the building, demanding the secrets of a master mason. Hiram is challenged by each in turn, and at each refusal to divulge the information his assailant strikes him with a mason's tool (differing between jurisdictions). He is injured by the first two assailants, and struck dead by the last.[8] His murderers hide his body under a pile of rubble, returning at night to move the body outside the city, where they bury it in a shallow grave marked with a sprig of acacia. As the Master is missed the next day, Solomon sends out a group of fellowcraft masons to search for him. The loose acacia is accidentally discovered, and the body exhumed to be given a decent burial. The hiding place of the "three ruffians" is also discovered, and they are brought to justice. Solomon informs his workforce that the secrets of a master mason are now lost. He replaces them with substitutes (based on gestures given and words spoken upon the discovery of Hiram's body).[9] Such is the general legend as related in the Anglo-American jurisdictions. In Continental Freemasonry the tale is slightly different: a large number of master masons (not just Hiram) are working on the Temple, and the three ruffians are seeking the passwords and signs that will give them a higher wage. The result is the same, but this time it is master masons who find the body. The secrets are not lost, but Solomon orders them buried under the Temple, inscribed on Hiram's grave, and the same substitution is made as a mark of respect. The secrets "lost" in the other tradition are here given to new master masons as part of their ritual. In this version, Hiram is often renamed Adoniram.[10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S844] Oklahoma, Oklahoma, 1940 Federal Census, Oklahoma, OK, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T627, roll 3345, Oklahoma City, enumeration district (ED) 78-113, sheet 1B, household 18 (Reliability: 3). FormAdjust: 1.36100 1.33800 62 154 [S93] Social Security Death Index.