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Meader, Harley Dean
Harley Dean Meader, 79, of Manchester, died Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Funeral service: 11 a.m. Friday at Greeley United Methodist Church with Pastor Ruth Tibbott officiating. Interment, with military rites, Oakland Cemetery, Manchester. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home & Crematory, Manchester, and after 10 a.m. Friday at the church. There will be a special Mason service at 7 p.m. Thursday.Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Meader of Manchester; his five daughters, Shelley (Jack) Ortberg of Manchester, Starla (Jerry) Greenslade of Cresco, Lyneva (Duane) Bockenstedt of Greeley, Kim (Larry) Rouse of Newhall and Carmen (Dan) Cooke of Strawberry Point; 16 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one sister, Audrey (Joe) Cuda of Fresno, Calif.; one brother, Lyndon (June) Meader of Gilroy, Calif.; two special sisters-in-law, Verla Horner of Marion and Rena Everett of Edgewood; and a special family friend, Vern Meyer of Manchester.Online condolences may be sent to
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