Obituary
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Monday, July 8, 1935
DEATH CLAIMS AIME LEFEVRE
Services on Tuesday for Pioneer in City's Glass Industry
Aime Joseph Lefevre, 69, a pioneer in the glass manufacturing industry at Charleston, died Sunday at his home in Central avenue.
Requiem high mass will be celebrated at the St. Anthony church Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Mr. Lefevre came to South Charleston in 1907 and aided in the establishment of the first of the manufacturing plants at South Charleston, as business manager and technical supervisor of the Banner Window Glass company. He was one of the first of many Belgian glass experts to settle in this section.
In 1910 Mr. Lefevre, associated with Alfred Gilbert, organized the Charleston Window Glass company, in West Charleston and he served as secretary-treasurer of the firm until it was closed in 1922. He directed the change from hand to machine methods in the manufacture of flat glass.
Surviving are his widow, a son, Fred Lefevre; a daughter, Mrs. Denise Flavion, of Charleston; five brothers in Belgium, Joseph, Henry, Emil, Fernand and Oscar; and one sister, Mrs. Matilda DuBois of Belgium.
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Monday, July 8, 1935
DEATH CLAIMS AIME LEFEVRE
Services on Tuesday for Pioneer in City's Glass Industry
Aime Joseph Lefevre, 69, a pioneer in the glass manufacturing industry at Charleston, died Sunday at his home in Central avenue.
Requiem high mass will be celebrated at the St. Anthony church Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Mr. Lefevre came to South Charleston in 1907 and aided in the establishment of the first of the manufacturing plants at South Charleston, as business manager and technical supervisor of the Banner Window Glass company. He was one of the first of many Belgian glass experts to settle in this section.
In 1910 Mr. Lefevre, associated with Alfred Gilbert, organized the Charleston Window Glass company, in West Charleston and he served as secretary-treasurer of the firm until it was closed in 1922. He directed the change from hand to machine methods in the manufacture of flat glass.
Surviving are his widow, a son, Fred Lefevre; a daughter, Mrs. Denise Flavion, of Charleston; five brothers in Belgium, Joseph, Henry, Emil, Fernand and Oscar; and one sister, Mrs. Matilda DuBois of Belgium.
Obituary
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Monday, July 8, 1935
DEATH CLAIMS AIME LEFEVRE
Services on Tuesday for Pioneer in City's Glass Industry
Aime Joseph Lefevre, 69, a pioneer in the glass manufacturing industry at Charleston, died Sunday at his home in Central avenue.
Requiem high mass will be celebrated at the St. Anthony church Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Mr. Lefevre came to South Charleston in 1907 and aided in the establishment of the first of the manufacturing plants at South Charleston, as business manager and technical supervisor of the Banner Window Glass company. He was one of the first of many Belgian glass experts to settle in this section.
In 1910 Mr. Lefevre, associated with Alfred Gilbert, organized the Charleston Window Glass company, in West Charleston and he served as secretary-treasurer of the firm until it was closed in 1922. He directed the change from hand to machine methods in the manufacture of flat glass.
Surviving are his widow, a son, Fred Lefevre; a daughter, Mrs. Denise Flavion, of Charleston; five brothers in Belgium, Joseph, Henry, Emil, Fernand and Oscar; and one sister, Mrs. Matilda DuBois of Belgium.
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Monday, July 8, 1935
DEATH CLAIMS AIME LEFEVRE
Services on Tuesday for Pioneer in City's Glass Industry
Aime Joseph Lefevre, 69, a pioneer in the glass manufacturing industry at Charleston, died Sunday at his home in Central avenue.
Requiem high mass will be celebrated at the St. Anthony church Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Mr. Lefevre came to South Charleston in 1907 and aided in the establishment of the first of the manufacturing plants at South Charleston, as business manager and technical supervisor of the Banner Window Glass company. He was one of the first of many Belgian glass experts to settle in this section.
In 1910 Mr. Lefevre, associated with Alfred Gilbert, organized the Charleston Window Glass company, in West Charleston and he served as secretary-treasurer of the firm until it was closed in 1922. He directed the change from hand to machine methods in the manufacture of flat glass.
Surviving are his widow, a son, Fred Lefevre; a daughter, Mrs. Denise Flavion, of Charleston; five brothers in Belgium, Joseph, Henry, Emil, Fernand and Oscar; and one sister, Mrs. Matilda DuBois of Belgium.
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