hmtl5 Ora Lester Estep b. 4 Aug 1915 Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky d. 3 Apr 1990 Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana: Hedges Genealogy
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Ora Lester Estep

Male 1915 - 1990  (74 years)

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  • Name Ora Lester Estep 
    Birth 4 Aug 1915  Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Apr 1990  Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial 7 Apr 1990  Gardens of Memory, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Person ID I4187  Hedges
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2023 

    Father Ira Peyton Estep,   b. 12 Nov 1886, Boone County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1976, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Myrtie Amelia Vivian Gilkison,   b. 2 Aug 1887, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1976, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 7 Oct 1906  Rock Fork, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Family ID F394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josie Ellen White,   b. 17 Jan 1920, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1989, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Children 
     1. Lester Eugene Estep,   b. 25 Jul 1938, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 2005, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. Howard Gordon Estep,   b. 20 Dec 1939, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 2019, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     3. Carletta Ethel Estep,   b. 17 Sep 1941, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 2021, Gaston, Delaware County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F1846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Aug 1915 - Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Apr 1990 - Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 7 Apr 1990 - Gardens of Memory, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Ora L. Estep, 74
      Ora L. Estep, 74, 300 W. Harvard Ave., died Tuesday in his home after a long illness.
      Mr. Estep retired in 1978 from Warner Gear Division (now Borg-Warner Automotive, Transmission Systems) where he had been a machine repairman 15 years. He previously worked for Ball Brothers (now Ball Corp.)
      Survivors include a daughter, Carletta McClurg, Gaston; two sons, Howard Estep, Columbus, Ind., and Lester Estep, Cincinnati, Ohio; three sisters, Eunice Jacobs, Muncie, Veda Phillips, of Illinois, and Fannie Esham, Morehead, Ky.; three brothers, Mitchell and Howard Estep, both of Morehead, Ky., and Cleve Estep, of Ohio; nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
      His wife, Jose Estep, died in 1989.
      Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Garden View Funeral Home, north of Muncie, with burial I adjacent Gardens of Memory.
      Calling will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
      Memorials may be sent to Parkinson’s Disease Foundation.
      The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana. Thursday, 5 April 1990.
      [3, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Death certificate.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S9] Obituary.

    4. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    5. [S30] Kentucky marriage records, 1852-1914.

    6. [S87] Newspaper article.


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