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Paul A. Moldenhauer

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Paul A. Moldenhauer

Birth
Germany
Death
16 Aug 1941 (aged 52)
Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
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Paul is the son of Frederick Moldenhauer and Bertha Krause.

Blowing Rock Hotelist Dies

Last Rites Held For Paul Moldenhauer, Owner-Manager Of Green Park Hotel.

Paul A. Moldenhauer, 60, owner-manager of Green PArk Hotel and leading citizn of Blowing Rock for the past ten years, was found dead in his summer cottage Saturday morning. Dr. J. H. Cox of Putnam, Virginia, attending physician, pronounced heart attack as the reason for his death.

Mr. Moldenhauer had been confined for the past three weeks with a heart ailment, but seemed much improved Friday and Friday night as he attended the community carnival and a square dance, operated jointly by his hotel and the Chamber of Commerce.

Thirty years of hotel work characterized his business career. From 1924 until 1932 he managed the Saranac Inn in New York state; the Clarendon Hotel at Daytona Beach, Florida, in the winters of 1935-1936; the Coquina Hotel at Ormond Beach, Florida in 1931-1933; Nautilus in Miami in 1934 and 1935, and owned and operated Hobkirk Inn in Camden, South Carolina, 1938-1939.

He was especially noted in Blowing Rock for his charity work, since he was a large donor to various churches and community events.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday, with the Reverend Walter K. Keys in charge and burial in the Reformed Church cemetery at Blowing Rock.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Fred Moldenhauer of Albany, New York; a daughter, Miss Ruth Moldenhauer of Washington, D.C.; one brother, Fred Moldenhauer, of Pasadena, California and three sisters, Mrs. Kitty Reynolds of Albany, New York, Mrs. Ann Stelle of New York and Mrs. William Tobin of Bermuda.

Watauga Democrat, August 21, 1941, Page 1
Paul is the son of Frederick Moldenhauer and Bertha Krause.

Blowing Rock Hotelist Dies

Last Rites Held For Paul Moldenhauer, Owner-Manager Of Green Park Hotel.

Paul A. Moldenhauer, 60, owner-manager of Green PArk Hotel and leading citizn of Blowing Rock for the past ten years, was found dead in his summer cottage Saturday morning. Dr. J. H. Cox of Putnam, Virginia, attending physician, pronounced heart attack as the reason for his death.

Mr. Moldenhauer had been confined for the past three weeks with a heart ailment, but seemed much improved Friday and Friday night as he attended the community carnival and a square dance, operated jointly by his hotel and the Chamber of Commerce.

Thirty years of hotel work characterized his business career. From 1924 until 1932 he managed the Saranac Inn in New York state; the Clarendon Hotel at Daytona Beach, Florida, in the winters of 1935-1936; the Coquina Hotel at Ormond Beach, Florida in 1931-1933; Nautilus in Miami in 1934 and 1935, and owned and operated Hobkirk Inn in Camden, South Carolina, 1938-1939.

He was especially noted in Blowing Rock for his charity work, since he was a large donor to various churches and community events.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday, with the Reverend Walter K. Keys in charge and burial in the Reformed Church cemetery at Blowing Rock.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Fred Moldenhauer of Albany, New York; a daughter, Miss Ruth Moldenhauer of Washington, D.C.; one brother, Fred Moldenhauer, of Pasadena, California and three sisters, Mrs. Kitty Reynolds of Albany, New York, Mrs. Ann Stelle of New York and Mrs. William Tobin of Bermuda.

Watauga Democrat, August 21, 1941, Page 1

Gravesite Details

This grave is in the original portion of the cemetery called Elrod-Greene Cemetery. Information provided by Edwin Greene



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  • Created by: Aleta Stafford
  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74747482/paul_a-moldenhauer: accessed ), memorial page for Paul A. Moldenhauer (17 Mar 1889–16 Aug 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74747482, citing Mount Bethel United Church of Christ Cemetery, Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Aleta Stafford (contributor 47372976).