BURDETTE L. ROLAND
ROLAND, BURDETTE L: Mortician; b Corning, Iowa Mar 5, 1895 s of John Nelson Roland-Nellie I McCloud; ed Corning HS 1914; U of Iowa; Hohenschuh Carpenter Sch of Embalming, Des Moines 1916; m Martha E Linstrun June 6, 1936 Des Moines; s James Louis, Keith; 1916-19 in undertaking business, Sac City, Oskaloosa, Boone & Ames; 1919-21 emp in Peacock & Baxter Funeral Home, Atlantic; 1922- gen mgr Roland Peacock & Baxter Funeral Home, Atlantic; 14 years Cass Co coroner; Iowa Fneral Dirs & Embalmers Assn, past VP; West Central Dist Funeral Dirs Assn, past pres; Rotary, past pres; C of C, past pres; Country Club; AF&AM, past master 192; RAM; OES, past patron 2 years; BPOE; IOOF; Meth Ch; hobby: antique walnut furn; off 204 E 5th; res 1010 E 10th, Atlantic.
Key to Abbreviations
From "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 202.
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