Gordon E WINDERS

1916 - 1993  (77 years)

• Name	Gordon E WINDERS
  Birth	8 Feb 1916	, Webster, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jan 1925	Wahkonsa, Webster, Iowa, USA
  	Iowa State
  	Household of "Earl" H Winders (transcription error)
  Census	1930	Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, USA
  	Federal
  	Household of Carl H Winders
  _UID	7501762B355449C88FF2AF4A506EB5E8867A
  Death	10 Oct 1993	Moline, Rock Island, llinois, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I25339	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Earl Hiram WINDERS,   b. 2 Feb 1880, , Tama, Iowa, USA d. Dec 1966, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Martha Beatrix OLSON,   b. 1889, Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	18 Jun 1913	, Webster, Iowa, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F8870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Mary HENNESSY,   b. 24 May 1919, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 9 Dec 2001, Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1942	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Michael J WINDERS,   b. 1953   d. 1964 (Age 11 years)
  Family ID	F8985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Leisla M WEBER   d. 10 Jun 1994
  Marriage	27 Oct 1979	Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F9494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 25 Nov 1942 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  According to John H Winder: «u»«b»Gordon E. Winders «/u»«/b» was born in Webster County, Iowa on 8 February 1916. He grew up there and graduated from Fort Dodge High School in 1930, going on from there to University of Iowa and its law school, from which he received his law degree in 1940. He worked as the in house counsel for the Employers of Wausau Insurance Co. in Chicago from 1940-1947, and from 1947-1984 he engaged in private practice, representing injured workers seeking workers compensation. He was active in the Illinois Bar Association, the Association for Retarded Citizens of Rock Island County, Easter Seal Foundation, and Skills, Inc., a local rehabilitation center. He married (1) Margaret Mary Hennessy (1919-2001) in Chicago, Illinois on 25 November 1942 and (2) Leisla M. Weber on 27 October 1979 in Rock Island. Leisla had worked for Gordon as a paralegal from 1965 to 1983. He died 10 October 1993; Leisla died on 10 Jun 1994 and Margaret out-lived both of them, died 9 December 2001. Gordon and Margaret had two children. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] Social Security Death Index. [S849] FamilySearch, Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992. [S1017] Winder, John Hancestry.com, Winders from Washington County, Maryland Who Emigrated to Ogle County, Illinois, (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~annieron/Winder/Library/Ogle.htm), ) (Reliability: 3).