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Lester E. "Pop" Ater
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Lester E. "Pop" Ater

4 Mar 1893 - 26 Feb 1968
diedTempe, Arizona, USA
bornFall River, Kansas, USA
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BiographyCame to Tempe in 1923 as a carpenter for a motion picture company filming here. In 1926 The Olive Hotel..
Served in the U.S. Army, 1914-1920.
Custodian for the USDA Experimental Farm for 30 years. Also worked as Tempe night watchman (c1930-1932) and as an iceman. In 1930 wa a chauffer.
Member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. In 1926, -'28 lived at 623 Mill Ave. In 1929,-'30 , '31 lived at 23 W 9th.
L. E. Ater obit, TDN, Feb 1968
Farley, Law Enforcement, 22 Aug 1975
TH-310
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe. Tempe CD 1926, -'28, 1929, -'30, '31
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