Lester Ponder
1903 - 1981 (77 years)
Generation: 1
1. Lester Ponder was born on 17 Feb 1903 in Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Joseph Ponder and America Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sams); died on 14 Jan 1981; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88074435/lester-ponderLester married Mary Virginia Lange on 1 Dec 1928 in Indiana. Mary was born on 11 Aug 1908 in Paoli, Orange County, Indiana; died on 5 Nov 1952; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Joseph Ponder was born on 4 Sep 1856 in Burning Springs, Clay County, Kentucky; died on 27 Aug 1924 in Carroll, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: trapper and hunter, farm laborer
- Census: 1900, Carroll Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1910, Carroll, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1920, Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois
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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105794542/joseph-ponderJoseph married America Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sams on 18 Mar 1886 in Clay County, Kentucky. America was born on 6 Jul 1868 in Clay County, Kentucky; died on 21 Jul 1945 in Gary, Lake County, Indiana; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. America Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sams was born on 6 Jul 1868 in Clay County, Kentucky; died on 21 Jul 1945 in Gary, Lake County, Indiana; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1940, Gary, Lake County, Indiana
Notes:
Former Indianola Woman Dies at Daughter's Home.
Indianola - (CNS) - Mrs. Elizabeth Ponder, about 73, widow of Joe Ponder and former resident of this community for many years, died at midnight Saturday at the home of a daughter in Gary. The body will be brought here Tuesday morning.
The body will be taken to the home of a son, Lester Ponder, Indianola, where it will remain until funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Indianola Baptist Church. The Rev. F. J. Gilroy will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Surviving in addition to Lester Ponder are two other sons, Bradley and Everett Ponder and three daughters, Lottie and Velma, Mrs. Lilly Koentz, at whose home she died, and Mrs. Bertha Truett, all of Gary; and one sister, Mrs. Joe Murray, Indianapolis.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105794575/america-elizabeth-ponderChildren:
- Lillie Ponder was born on 19 Mar 1897 in Burning Springs, Clay County, Kentucky; died on 5 Oct 1980 in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida; was buried in Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville, Lake County, Indiana.
- Lottie Ponder was born on 19 Mar 1897 in Burning Springs, Clay County, Kentucky.
- 1. Lester Ponder was born on 17 Feb 1903 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 14 Jan 1981; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois.