Individual Details

1940 Census. Caney, Montgomery Co, Kansas
604 North Fawn
Elmer O. Mead, 30, lived in rural Cowley Co KS in 1935, owner, part wood yard
Aldine, 21, wife, lived in rural Chautauqua Co, KS in 1935
Bobbie Joe, 3, son

Divorced prior to 1850.

1950 Census. Garden City, Finney Co, KS, Hh 186
707 1st St
Elmer O. Mead, 40, b. KS, Construction, Steel
Helen M., wife, 21 (has to be a second wife - not her sons...)
Bobby J., son, 13
Gary N., son, 9
William D., son, 7

1950 Census. Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO, Drexel Hotel
3009 Harrison
Aldine L. Mead, Lodger, 31, Divorced, b. Kansas, Waitress, Restaurant

Bobby J. Mead, son of E. O. Mead, married Carole Cronenberg, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Guy Cronenberg, Jr. on Sunday, 18 Sep 1955, Great Bend, Kansas.
Garden City Telegram, Garden City, Kansas, Tues, 20 Sep 1955.
[NOTE: interesting that his mother was not mentioned - she had remarried two years previously]
Bobby Joe Mead was born 18 Sep 1936, Wilson Co, KS, and died in Hays, Ellis Co, Kansas, 4 May 2015, and is buried Pawnee Rock, Barton Co, Kansas.
His wife Carole died 1 Jul 2002. She was born 2 Feb 1938 at Garden City. Survivors in her obituary included husband Bob, son, Alan K. of Newton; daughter, Karla K. Hartzell of Beverly.

"The Hutchinson News"
Aldine L. Mead
GREAT BEND - Aldine L. Mead, 85, died Jan. 18, 2004, at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood.
She was born April 26, 1918, at Cedar Vale, the daughter of T.F. and Ada E. Niles Randel. A Great Bend resident since 1987, moving from Coffeyville, she was a homemaker.
She belonged to First Christian Church, Coffeyville.
On Sept. 15, 1935, she married Elmer O. Mead at Cedar Vale. He died June 1975.
Survivors include: two sons, Bob, Pawnee Rock, and Bill, Great Bend; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by: a son, Gary; two brothers, Claude and John; and three sisters, Madge Foster, Marie Foster and Leola Johnson.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Pawnee Rock Cemetery, Pawnee Rock, with Pastor Don Paden presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, all at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend.
Memorials may be sent to Barton County Relay For Life, in care of the funeral home.

Although the above obituary gives no hint - there must have been a divorce from Elmer Mead and a second marriage.
Application for License to Marry, dated 28 July 1953 - married 1 Aug
Harvey Glee Frederick of Greenridge, Pettis Co MO to marry Aldine L. Mead of 1217 E. Linwood, Kansas City, Jackson, MO. Harvey was born 31 Jul 1922 at Wet Glaize, MO, and was divorced. Aldine was born 26 Apr 1918 at Cedar Vale, Kansas and was divorced. This marriage must not have lasted long - see his grave marker inscription below which shows he was remarried in 1955.

The Kansas City Times, Tues, Aug 4, 1953, p. 4
Marriage Licenses issued, Kansas City: Harvey G. Frederick of Green Ridge, over 21 and Aldine L. Mead, 1217 Linwood, over 21.

Harvey's social security record states he was born 31 Jul 1922, died 4 March 1993. His father was Louis L. Frederick; his mother Rosetta J. Baker.
In 1940 he was living in Auglaize, Camden MO.
Louis L. Frederick, 59, b. MO, farmer
Rosette, wife, 52, b. MO
Harvey, son, 17, b. MO
Velma, dau, 14, b. MO
Sarah Baker, mother-in-law, 78, widow, b. TN

Harvey G. Frederick is buried Freedom Church of Christ Cemetery, Linn Creek, Camden Co, MO. Joint marker with Betty J., b. 19 Jul 1931, d. 15 Mar 1998. Married 27 Aug 1955.
Veterans Affairs Death File: He served in the US Army from 8 Dec 1942 until 18 Oct 1844.

The Springfield News-Leader, Springfield, MO, 6 Mar 1993, Sat, p. 11
Harvey G. Frederick, 70
LINN CREEK - Services for Harvey G. Frederick, Linn Creek, will be at 11 am Monday in Allee-Reed Funeral Home, Camdenton. Burial will be in Freedom Cemetery, near Linn Creek.
Mr. Frederick, a farmer and former restaurant owner, died Thursday afternoon in his home.
Visitation will be from 4-8 pm Sunday in the funeral home.

Here is Elmer with a different wife
1952 Garden City Directory, Garden City, KS
Mead, Elmer O. (Helen), contractor, self-employed; 1202 Pinecrest
children: Bobby Joe, Gary Neal, William Dean, Larry Gene

Birth	26 Apr 1918	Cedar Vale, Chautauqua County, Kansas
Death	18 Jan 2004	Ellinwood, Barton County, Kansas

Father	Theodore Filson Randel (1865 - 1935)
Mother	Ada Estelle Niles (1874 - 1963)
Sibling	James Claude Randel (1895 - 1918)
Sibling	Mary Madge Randel (1899 - 1976)
Sibling	Della Marie Randel (1901 - 1984)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	John Raymond Randel (1915 - 1962)