Service Number 2147024
Enlistment September 4, 1917
Discharge June 15, 1919
Departure August 15, 1918, at New York, New York, on the HMS Kashmir
Unit Company D, 338th Machine Gun Battalion
Rank Cook
Service Number 2147024

Ledger Daniel Free, Sr., 74, 209 North 100 West, died Thursday, April 19, 1962, at 4 a.m. in a Provo, Utah, hospital, of complications following an automobile accident March 30, 1962.

Born September 7, 1887, in Manning, Iowa, to Horace Martin and Sarah Eller (Woodard) Free.

Married Clara Belle Williams, April 1921, in Casper, Wyoming. Active in minor league Baseball 12 years; broad jumping World War I vet.

Owned and operated Senate Cafe in Casper, Wyoming. Lived in Rawlins, Wyoming. Returned to Manning, Iowa, in 1926. Moved to Provo in 1936 where he worked for Utah Poultry, Utah Concrete Pipe Co. as supervisor. Retired when 70.

Member, Ute Last Squad, Dean Mendenhall Provo Post 13, both American Legion. Survivors: widow; sons, Ledger D., Jr., San Carlos, California; Dr. Edward A., Oakland, California; Robert C., Rapid City, South Dakota; eight grandchildren; sister, Mrs. James (Nina) Wilson, Lorimor, Iowa.

Funeral Saturday, 11 a.m., Berg Drawing Room Chapel, where friends call Friday 6-8 p.m., Saturday prior to services.

Burial, Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.

Crash Hurts, Claim Life Of Provoan
Ledger Daniel Free, Sr., 74, 209 N. 400 W., Provo, died today, April 19 1962, at the Utah Valley Hospital, of complications from an auto accident on March 30.

He was injured on that date in a traffic crash occurring at the intersection of Fourth South and Fourth West in Orem, Utah.

He was born September 2, 1887, in Manning, Iowa, the son of Horace Martin and Sarah Ellen (Woodard) Free.

He married Carabelle Williams on April 2, 1921, in Casper, Wyoming.

He received his education in the Manning, Iowa, Schools and was active in athletics. He was a broad jumper and played Minor League baseball for 12 years.

Mr. Free was a Veteran of World War I, serving in France for 18 month. Following his Army discharge he moved to Casper, Wyoming, where he played baseball for the Midwest Refining Company team and was employed by the refinery during the off-season months.

He owned and operated the Senate Cafe in Casper. In 1924, he moved to Rawlins, Wyoming, where he worked for Parko Refinery. In 1926, he returned to Manning, Iowa, where he worked or the Priebe Produce Company.

In 1936, he moved to Provo, Utah, where he worked for the Utah Poultry Company and later for the Utah Concrete Pipe Company, retiring at the age of 70.

He was a member of the Ute Last Squad of the American Legion and had a life membership in the Legion. He was also a Member of the Dean Mendenhall Provo Post of the Legion.

Surviving are his wife and three sons, Ledger D. Free, Jr., San Carlos, California; Dr. Edward A. Free, Oakland, California; and Robert C. Free, Rapid City, South Dakota; eight grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. James (Nina) Wilson, Lorimer, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel in Provo, with Rev. Roger Wood of the St. Mary's Episcopal Church, officiating. Friends may call at the mortuary Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday prior to services. Interment will be in the Provo City Cemetery, with full military rights accorded by Dean Mendenhall Provo Post 13, American Legion.
Daily Herald, Provo, Utah April 19 1962

Ledger Free who has played such line ball in the Lead Association team during the past two months, left fur his home at Manning, Iowa last evening.
Ledge, or "Little Free," as he was called, is a ball player from the ground up, and he will be missed. He became very popular with Lead, South Dakota, fans.
Deadwood Evening Independent, Deadwood, South Dakota, September 13, 1895