EDWARD FRANCIS LINDERMAN

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EDWARD (EDY) FRANCIS LINDERMAN WAS BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK IN WINONA, WINONA COUNTY, MINNESOTA TO MARY LINDERMAN, AND HIS FATHER IS UNKNOWN. EDWARD WORKED FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AS LOCK & DAM OPERATOR ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN DUBUQUE,IOWA. HE WAS A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS. HE WALKED FIVE MILES AROUND HIS AND GUDRUN'S HOME AT 705 WEST THIRD STREET, DUBUQUE, IOWA, EVERYDAY UP UNTIL HE DIED AT THE AGE OF NINETY-THREE. HE WAS A VERY HEALTHY MAN. HE WAS A VERY STRICT BUT HUMOROUS MAN. HE NEVER REMARRIED AFTER GUDRUN DIED IN 1924, BUT HE HAD A LADY FRIEND. MOTHER TOLD ME THAT HE HAD A RED-HEADED GIRLFRIEND DURING THE "GREAT DEPRESSION ERA", AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET MARRIED AGAIN, BUT DIDN'T BECAUSE HE SAID HIS CHILDREN CAME FIRST. HIS CHILDREN WERE HAVING PROBLEMS, AND GLADYS WAS SEPARATED FROM HER ALCOHOLIC HUSBAND, AND MOVED BACK IN WITH HIM AT WEST THIRD STREET. SHE LIVED WITH AND TOOK CARE OF HER FATHER, EDWARD UP UNTIL HE DIED IN 1968. EDWARD KEPT IMMACULATE RECORDS FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE "ODD FELLOWS". ED BECAME A MEMBER OF THE PRAIRIE LODGE #7, IN WINONA, MINNESOTA, ON DECMBER 26, 1900. HE TRANSFERRED HIS MEMBERSHIP TO DUBUQUE'S JULIEN LODGE #12 ON JANUARY 7, 1908, AND SERVED AS NOBLE GRAND IN 1911. HE RECEIVED HIS FIFTY YEAR PIN AND CERTIFICATE ON MARCH 6, 1951, FROM THE JULIEN LODGE#12, IN DUBUQUE, DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA. GREAT-GRANDPA LINDERMAN BEGAN HIS CAREER IN AUGUST 1892, IN LaCROSSE,WISCONSIN, IN THE ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT. THEN, HE WAS MOVED TO THE DUBUQUE SECTION IN 1903-1933. ED WAS PROMOTED TO DISTRICT INSPECTOR OF HIRED LABOR WORK IN THE ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT. MR. LINDERMAN WAS PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE PROPERTY SECTION OF THE DISTRICT IN 1933, WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL HE RETIRED ON 29 FEBRUARY 1940. E.F. LINDERMAN SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES AND MADE COUNTLESS FRIENDS IN THE OFFICE AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT--IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT HE WAS A PROPERTY MAN. HIS OFFICE WAS AT 400 NINETEENTH STREET, ROCK ISLAND. THE ANNUAL PHYSICAL INVENTORY WAS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE OF THE THOROUGHNESS DISPLAYED BY MR. LINDERMAN IN HIS DUTIES AS HEAD OF THE PROPERTY SECTION. THE COMPLETION OF SUCH AN UNDERTAKING WOULD ALWAYS FIND EACH ITEM IN THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTED FOR, NOT TO MENTION OUR FOUNTAIN PENS, VANITY MIRRORS, AND A SEAT CUSHION THAT WE BOUGHT OURSELVES AT LEAST TEN YEARS AGO. AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT "25 YEAR CLUB", HE WAS UP UNTIL THIS TIME, THE SENIOR MEMBER IN YEARS OF SERVICE AMONG ALL THE ACTIVE EMPLOYEES CONNECTED WITH THE CLUB. EDWARD F. LINDERMAN SERVED MORE THAN 42 YEARS WITH THE ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT. PHYSICAL BUILD: TALL, SLENDER, BLUE EYES, AND LIGHT BROWN HAIR.