While surfing the internet, I came upon the following article
concerning a Josef Hoffman Meridith.
I would assume that this our Cheerio's real-life son. Strange
that no mention of a child/children or a spouse is mentioned
for her anywhere, even her obit.
Curious, curious, curious...
Brenda Jo
MEREDITH, Josef Hoffman , 1920 MO - 2007 CA.
JOSEF HOFFMAN MEREDITH Age 87, passed from us Tuesday morning,
July 3, 2007at his home in Burbank. Born in Kansas City, Missouri on
January 11, 1920 to Conde Thompson Mosley and Cheerio Meredith.
He grew up in Hollywood, California and graduated from Hollywood
High School where he was Head Cheerleader. He went on to perform
on the high aerial trapeze with the Flying Alexanders and trained as
an Olympic Gymnast candidate but was drafted into the U.S. Navy
during WWII. He was head of the Park and Curry Company garage
in Yosemite National Park. In the late 1950's he formed J.H. Meredith
Company, which relocated to Burbank in 1962. Professional activities
included being involved since 1956 in the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers, teaching Machine Shop Technology at Los Angeles Trade
Tech, and working to promote the Machinist Apprenticeship Program
in California. As a member of the Manufacturing Engineering Advisory
Team at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, his work
led to the establishment of a 4-year Bachelor of Science degree in
Manufacturing Engineering. Joe was a 32 degree life member of the
Free and Accepted Masons, Mariposa Lodge #24 and Noble with the
Al Malaikah Shriners. For many years at Christmas time he would rent
a Santa Claus suit and deliver presents to his family and the children
of his friends. Joe certainly had a charismatic personality and people
were very important to him. Wherever he went, he'd almost always
run into an old friend or he'd make a new one. Throughout his life he
was an avid car buff, and owned a variety of exotic and collectable cars,
most of which had more power than he needed, and none of which had
as much as he wanted. Those who knew him really well appreciate how
much of his life revolved around his love for the automobile. He is survived
by his loving family that includes, daughter, Bonnie M. Wood; sons, Dennis
and Stuart Meredith; grandchildren, Holly, Heidi, Justice, Savannah, Lindsay,
and Brandon; and great grandchildren, Ruby, Aria, Dutch and Svea.
Visitation will be held, Friday, July 13, 2007, from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m., at
Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Memorial Park, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive,
Hollywood Hills, CA 90068. Funeral services will be held there in the Church
of the Hills on Saturday, July 14, 2007, at 3:00 p.m.
Published in the Los Angeles Daily News on 7/11/2007.
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