The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Thursday, February, IA, 1929

ting in LosAngeles and Glendale,
attended the services. The pail
bearers were all old Sank G-atre
friends: Doctors H. F. and Gus
Hennemann, D. B. Caughren, Sher-
man Strong, AL Salmond and Wal
ter Dewhirst.
! The following historical write-up
of Mr.. Gingery, prepared by Hugh
lE. Wallace, was received by the
Herald editor, via the air mail
route. This letter left Los Ange-
les Monday morning and arrived
| in Sank Centre Tuesday evening.
Hugh's story follows:
"When Lew Wallace Gingery
was 5 years old his parents moved
from Akron, Ohio, to Saline coun-
ty Nebraska, and settled on a farm
near the village of Dorchester.
Here he grew to manhood, receiv-
ing his primary education in the
local schools and later attending
college at Lincoln, Nebraska where
he specialized in the business
course.
"Aug. "a, 1892, Lew Wallace
Gingery was united in marriage at
Rochester, Neb., to Miss Minnie
M. Lee, daughter of Charles M. and
Julia Lee. To this happy and
helpful union three children were
born, one son and two daugh-
tiers, all of whom reside in Cali
fornia.
Shortly after their marriage Mr..
and Mrs. Lew Gingery moved on
to farm in the community in
which they had been raised, which
they operated for two years.
He and his brother-in-law, M. w.
Lee formed a partnership in 1894
/ and embarked in the grain and
fuel business, Mr.. Gingery being
in active charge at Hampton, Ma
son City, and other Iowa points,
until 1901, when he came to Sank
Centre and the Lee-Gingery Conn
pany, (Which had been incorppo-
rated under that name in 1877
entered into the grain and lumber
business in this city. For over 18
| years IuCy OpCId III IlliS Lille
successfully, expandinf in the
meantime with yards at Westport
and West Union, as well as at
Sank Centre and several in Can
ada. During this period w. o. P.
Hilsdale and the late C. M.
Sprague were associated with the
corporation.
'1While in the lumber and grain
business in Canada Mr.. Gingery
founded and developed a new town
in Saskatchewan.
when the lumber, grain and
fuel interests were disposed of in
1915, Mr.. Sprague and Mr.. Hills
dale retired from the company.
Shortly afterward the Lee-Gingery
Company, then composed of the
two original partners, embarked
into the furniture business in Sank
tCentre; later they expanded adj
ding department of funeral ser.
vice. This establishment flourish.
ed under the active management OF
Lew Gingery until it was disposed
of in 1922 to George Berggreen.
"Mr. Gingery had made severa,
trips to the West coast and de.
cided that he wanted to locate in
Southern California, so when he
had disposed of the interests which
had necessitated his residence in
Sank Centre, the family located
near Glendale.
Including the three Gingery
children together with their wives
husbands and children, have lived
in Southern California for several
years.
"When he located in Glendale
Mr.. Gingery first associated him
self with the Russel-Pierce Furni-
ture Company of that city. In
August 1926, he and Mr.. Lee re.
established themselves in the fur.
niture business; in location at PA
South Brand Boulevard, Glendale
Mr.. Ginger's health failing, he
retired from the business about a
year ago. The Arm of M. w. Lee
and L. WI. Gingery had been in
existence ever since 1894 and hac
been incorporated under the firm
name of Lee-Gingery Company in
1897. They had been actively ano
successfully engaged in various
lines all theintervening time ex
cept from 1920 when they disposed
of their Minnesota business anC
August 1925 when they again &C.
lively embarked in the furniture
business in Glendale.
Upon retiring from the corpora
ton Mr.. Gingery, accompanied by
his wife and Hugh Wallace, made
an automobile trip over the Santa
ne trail to Lincoln, Neb., arriving
in Sank Centre, May %, 1928.
Friends and relatives were visited