Elling Oliver Weeks (August 23, 1890 – September 10, 1956) was a pioneer aviator.

Elling Oliver Weeks
Weeks circa 1915
Born(1890-08-23)August 23, 1890
DiedSeptember 10, 1956(1956-09-10) (aged 66)
Other namesElling O. Weeks
E. O. Weeks
SpouseAda May Haukole
Parent(s)Oliver A. Weeks
Rachel Halverson

Biography

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Weeks was born 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.[1]

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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  1. ^ "Aviator Weeks Has Four Broken Ribs". Scranton Truth. Scranton, Pennsylvania. February 22, 1913. Retrieved 2014-08-14 – via Newspapers.com.
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