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Cemetery Location Map to Gravesite |
Birth Date: 03/01/1880
Death Date: 9/12/1953
Washington Park East Cemetery
Section A, Lot 129, Grave 4
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Meriedieth and Anna celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on May 28, 1953 with a reception at their home and a family dinner at Buckley's Restaurant in Cumberland.
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Meriedieth met Susanna (Anna) Dunning in Bicknell, Indiana when they were both sixteen. They married on May 28, 1903 and moved to Indianapolis.
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In the days when photographers came to the house, this picture was taken of Meriedieth holding his younger daughter Margaretta. She doesn't look too happy.
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This picture was taken in about 1917 and shows Meriedieth and Anna with their two daughters, Margaretta Elizabeth and Marcella May. Their oldest child and only son, Hildreth Vivien, died when he was two months old.
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This picture shows Meriedieth, his daughter Margaretta, his niece Helen Leibel, his father George Leibel and his brother Oscar Leibel (Helen's father) and was probably taken in the late 1920's.
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Meriedieth and Anna moved to Indianapolis after their wedding when he received a promotion from the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a conductor with the Indianapolis-Vincennes line and retired in 1946 after over forty years of service.
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In downtown Indianapolis, photographers often took pictures of people as they shopped. This picture of Meriedieth was taken on Washington Street, in front of the Kresge's "dime" store.
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Meriedieth received this Certificate of Annuity upon his retirement from the Pennsylvania Railroad
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Meriedieth and Anna celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on May 28, 1953 with a reception at their home and a family dinner at Buckley's Restaurant in Cumberland.
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This is another picture taken at Meriedieth and Anna's golden wedding anniversary reception. It looks like Anna is trying to decide which present to open first.
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This picture was taken during the summer after Meriedieth and Anna's fiftieth wedding anniversary. Meriedieth died suddenly on September 12, 1953 on his younger granddaughter's third birthday. Anna died thirteen years later on October 11, 1966.
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