FLOREA, Park Stone, born 8 Jan 1873 in Connersville, Fayette, Indiana; received at least a basic education at local schools; employed as a bookkeeper at the natural gas office in 1894; married Gertrude Bowman 22 Nov 1896; enumerated in 1900 in Connersville, where he was employed in the Department of Electric Light; enumerated in 1910 in Centre, Marion County, where he worked in advertising; widowed 26 Feb 1912; married Florence Helen Kahn 11 Aug 1914 in Marion County; enumerated 29 Jan 1920 in Manhattan, New York, New York, where he worked as an advertising manager; divorced 5 May 1922; enumerated 9 Apr 1930 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, where he was employed as the president of an advertising company; married Charlotte Murphy 30 Dec 1932; moved about 1939 to Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, where he worked as a realtor; served as Executive Secretary for the Fort Lauderdale Board of Realtors for eight years; member of the Mural Temple of Shrine in Indianapolis; thirty- second-degree Mason in the Indiana Consistory; founder of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, serving as its second exalted ruler and receiving a lifetime membership; one of the founders of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World (later known as the National Federation of Advertising Clubs); father of three by his first wife and one by his second; died 11 Nov 1959 in Fort Lauderdale; interment in Lick Creek Cemetery in Harrison, Fayette, Indiana.
FLOREA, Park Stone, born 8 Jan 1873 in Connersville, Fayette, Indiana; received at least a basic education at local schools; employed as a bookkeeper at the natural gas office in 1894; married Gertrude Bowman 22 Nov 1896; enumerated in 1900 in Connersville, where he was employed in the Department of Electric Light; enumerated in 1910 in Centre, Marion County, where he worked in advertising; widowed 26 Feb 1912; married Florence Helen Kahn 11 Aug 1914 in Marion County; enumerated 29 Jan 1920 in Manhattan, New York, New York, where he worked as an advertising manager; divorced 5 May 1922; enumerated 9 Apr 1930 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, where he was employed as the president of an advertising company; married Charlotte Murphy 30 Dec 1932; moved about 1939 to Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, where he worked as a realtor; served as Executive Secretary for the Fort Lauderdale Board of Realtors for eight years; member of the Mural Temple of Shrine in Indianapolis; thirty- second-degree Mason in the Indiana Consistory; founder of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, serving as its second exalted ruler and receiving a lifetime membership; one of the founders of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World (later known as the National Federation of Advertising Clubs); father of three by his first wife and one by his second; died 11 Nov 1959 in Fort Lauderdale; interment in Lick Creek Cemetery in Harrison, Fayette, Indiana.
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