Spouse(s) Ada May Haukole | Parents Rachel Halverson | |
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Born August 23, 1890 ( 1890-08-23 ) Slater, Iowa Died 10 September 1956, Los Angeles, California, United States Other names Elling O. Weeks, E. O. Weeks | ||
Elling Oliver Weeks (August 23, 1890 – September 10, 1956) was a pioneer aviator.
Biography
Elling Oliver Weeks was born on August 23, 1890 in Slater, Iowa to Oliver A. Weeks and Rachel Halverson.
He joined the Aero Club of Illinois in 1911. He then became an exhibition pilot for the Williams Aeroplane Company, operated by Osbert Edwin Williams, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1913 he crashed and broke four ribs and his ankle in Bath, New York.
On January 25, 1917 he married Ada May Haukole (1893-?) in Des Moines, Iowa. She was the daughter of Charles Haukle and Mary Krumm.
Weeks died on September 10, 1956 in Los Angeles, California.
References
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