Some records show his first name as Lewis. Graduated from Glassboro High School in NJ, where he was active in Future Farmers of America.
Before WW II he helped on the family farm and worked as a driver. Served in the US Army from September 1943 to October 1945 in WW II. Worked for Cleaver-Brooks, a manufacturer of boilers and boiler room equipment, in Lebanon PA for most of his career as a mechanical engineer.
Lost both legs above the knee in a home accident in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
After the accident he lived in a nursing home in Hershey, PA. He developed Parkinson's Disease as he got older. Died from pancreatic cancer. His funeral was held in the chapel at Holy Redeemer St Joseph Manor, where his mother Louise lived at the time of his death.
He never married. He owned and took tender care of a turquoise and white diesel Mercedes with fins well before diesel cars were common. All 3 of his nephews learned to drive stick shift on that car and 2 of them later shared its ownership.
Before WW II he helped on the family farm and worked as a driver. Served in the US Army from September 1943 to October 1945 in WW II. Worked for Cleaver-Brooks, a manufacturer of boilers and boiler room equipment, in Lebanon PA for most of his career as a mechanical engineer.
Lost both legs above the knee in a home accident in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
After the accident he lived in a nursing home in Hershey, PA. He developed Parkinson's Disease as he got older. Died from pancreatic cancer. His funeral was held in the chapel at Holy Redeemer St Joseph Manor, where his mother Louise lived at the time of his death.
He never married. He owned and took tender care of a turquoise and white diesel Mercedes with fins well before diesel cars were common. All 3 of his nephews learned to drive stick shift on that car and 2 of them later shared its ownership.
Some records show his first name as Lewis. Graduated from Glassboro High School in NJ, where he was active in Future Farmers of America.
Before WW II he helped on the family farm and worked as a driver. Served in the US Army from September 1943 to October 1945 in WW II. Worked for Cleaver-Brooks, a manufacturer of boilers and boiler room equipment, in Lebanon PA for most of his career as a mechanical engineer.
Lost both legs above the knee in a home accident in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
After the accident he lived in a nursing home in Hershey, PA. He developed Parkinson's Disease as he got older. Died from pancreatic cancer. His funeral was held in the chapel at Holy Redeemer St Joseph Manor, where his mother Louise lived at the time of his death.
He never married. He owned and took tender care of a turquoise and white diesel Mercedes with fins well before diesel cars were common. All 3 of his nephews learned to drive stick shift on that car and 2 of them later shared its ownership.
Before WW II he helped on the family farm and worked as a driver. Served in the US Army from September 1943 to October 1945 in WW II. Worked for Cleaver-Brooks, a manufacturer of boilers and boiler room equipment, in Lebanon PA for most of his career as a mechanical engineer.
Lost both legs above the knee in a home accident in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
After the accident he lived in a nursing home in Hershey, PA. He developed Parkinson's Disease as he got older. Died from pancreatic cancer. His funeral was held in the chapel at Holy Redeemer St Joseph Manor, where his mother Louise lived at the time of his death.
He never married. He owned and took tender care of a turquoise and white diesel Mercedes with fins well before diesel cars were common. All 3 of his nephews learned to drive stick shift on that car and 2 of them later shared its ownership.
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He and his mother are buried in the same grave.
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