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Joe Howard Regenhardt, a prominent highway contractor, passed away in Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Joe was born, the youngest of four sons, to Margaret and William McKinley Regenhardt Sr. on Oct. 30, 1936, in Mount Vernon, Illinois. He was a dedicated and skilled professional who made significant contributions to highway infrastructure developments in the Midwestern United States as well as Central America. The Regenhardt family has been part of the Cape Girardeau community since 1849.

Joe and Mary Alice Thompson were married on June 24, 1960, in Mount Vernon. Joe is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mary Alice Thompson Regenhardt; four sons, Mark Alan (Karen) of Woodstock, Illinois; John Robert (Sarah) of Hot Springs, Arkansas; Carl Joe of Denver, Colorado; and Brian Edward of Savannah, Georgia; three grandsons, Christopher (Kasey), David and Drake; and one great-granddaughter, Lilly Faith.

Joe was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers Bill, Bob and Tom.
Joe attended Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau and was active with the Meals on Wheels program.

He graduated from high school in Mount Vernon and went on to attend the University of Missouri at Rolla. He transferred to Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, where he graduated in 1963.

Joe became interested in highway construction at an early age when he would travel with his father, who owned Regenhardt Construction Company, to various highways, levee, bridge, airfield, mining and quarrying operations throughout Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky. Upon the death of his father in 1952 and his college graduation, Joe became a partner in the family construction company with his two brothers and Don Harrison of Cape Girardeau.

Joe worked his way up in the construction field from being a common laborer, a payroll clerk and a job superintendent. Upon his graduation from college, Joe moved to the Cape Girardeau area, assuming various positions within the family business. He participated in the building of U.S. 61 through Cape Girardeau, Interstate 55 through Cape Girardeau County and Highway 25 through Dexter, Missouri.

In 1966, the R.B. Potashnick, D.L. Harrison Company was awarded a highway project in the Central American country of Guatemala. Joe moved his family to Guatemala City to manage that project. After completion, the company continued working in Central America. Over a 10-year period, the company completed several other projects in Guatemala and El Salvador, including two sections of the Pan American Highway. In 1976 Joe relocated his family to Mount Vernon. He continued to commute to Central American until 1982, when their last project was completed. He then returned to Southern Illinois to assume responsibilities with his two brothers in the family construction operations.

In 1985, Don Harrison asked Joe to come to Cape Girardeau to take over the management of Delta Asphalt companies in Southeast Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. Joe continued in that position until 1992.

In 1992, the family companies were sold to Colas, a French consortium from Paris, France. Three of the partners retired, and Joe was asked by the new company to remain and assume the role of president and CEO. Delta Companies, the new group, included operations in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Joe continued in this position until his retirement in December 1999.

After Joe’s retirement, he spent a lot of his time traveling to see his grandsons play baseball, football and participate in wrestling. Joe and his wife traveled extensively during his retirement, visiting Guatemala to see old friends and former employees. Travel also included trips to Alaska and a river cruise on the Yangtze River in the Republic of China.

Joe was an avid collector of antique clocks and enjoyed working on them.

He was on the founding board of directors for AmeriFirst Bank in Cape Girardeau.
He was very active in the construction industry, serving on the board of directors of The Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association, and The Missouri Association of General Contractors, both in Jefferson City. He also served on the board of directors of The Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association in Springfield, Illinois. Joe was a founding board member of The Arkansas Asphalt Pavement Association in Little Rock and served on The National Asphalt Pavement Association board of directors in Landham, Maryland.

The Regenhardt family would like to thank Crown Hospice of Cape Girardeau for the caring service it provided to Joe.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday Aug. 14, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. There will be a visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 15, at Hughey Funeral Home in Mount Vernon.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Mount Vernon, with The Rev. Jon Griffen and Deacon Parker Asplin officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau or Trinity Episcopal Church in Mount Vernon.

Joe married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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June 15, 1934
The Regenhardt Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau is the low bidder in Jefferson City on the contract letting for construction of a bridge over the Black River at Poplar Bluff, Mo., on U.S. 60; the firm's bid was $65,800.
Jan. 15, 1952
William M. Regenhardt, 57, contractor and native of Cape Girardeau, died last night in St. Louis hospital; head of Regenhardt Construction Co., he moved his family to Mount Vernon, Ill., 19 years ago, as many of firm's contracts were in Illinois.
Dec. 5, 1955
Regenhardt Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau was the award winner for a $1,027,518 highway paving project in three parts of Madison County, Illinois.

Buried:
Section 3, Lot 41, Grave 5

William married Eola Marguerite Scheppelmann on 12 Oct 1921 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Eola (daughter of Henry Martin Scheppelmann and Lola Freemire) was born on 24 Oct 1897 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was christened on 14 Nov 1897 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Jun 1980 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, United States; was buried in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Trinity Lutheran Church

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The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Wednesday, November 6, 1968
Beloved Physician Dr. Harry Thompson Dies At 62
Dr. Harry Goff Thompson, family physician and good friend to many Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county residents, for over three decades, died yesterday at 5:25 p.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital. Dr. Thompson, who resided at 324 North 12th street, was 62 years of age. The highly respected and beloved physician — "Dr. Harry" to his legion of friends — had suffered, a heart ailment for the past 17 years but has insisted in maintaining his practice and keeping up an active life among his friends despite the handicap. His condition worsened several weeks ago, perhaps on the night that Dr. Harry was watching "his Mt. Vernon Rams" play football at Belleville. He was an ardent sports fan and team physician for Mt. Vernon athletes since 1945. He rarely missed the chanceto see his boys play football. A Medical Tradition: Dr. Harry carried on his life in the tradition of one of Jefferson county's first and foremost medical families. His father. Dr. Samuel Thompson, "Dr. Sam" to oldtime residents, built and operate

Harry married Margaret Peebles Mathews on 01 Dec 1934 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. Margaret was born on 29 Jul 1909 in Baltimore, City of Baltimore, Maryland, United States; died on 29 Aug 1996 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Kirk Cemetery, Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confirmation: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
• Occupation: St. Louis, (City of St. Louis), Missouri, USA; 1910-1914: U. S. Marshal - Eastern District of Missouri - Office in St. Louis
• Residence: 1910-1911; Address:
  4132 Cleveland Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri
• Residence: 1911-1914; Address:
  2449 Hord Avenue, Jennings, Missouri
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1910-1914
Appointed U.S. Marshal Eastern District of Missouri by President Taft.

EDWARD F. REGENHARDT
Biographical Research

DATE: 8 Aug 1891
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983

Ed Regenhardt is taking music lessons up at the College.
He will graduate in about two weeks from now.
_________________________________________________________________
FROM: St. Louis City Hall Marriage Records Vol. 34, Pg. 37.
EDWARD F. REGENHARDT AND ALOINE THEUERKAUF
- married 9 Sep 1891
- by Rev. Chas T. McDaniel
- at St. Marks Lutheran Church
Southwest corner Bell and Cardinal Streets
- he is listed as being from Cape, she from St. Louis
________________________________________________________________
DATE: 12 Sep 1891
SLUG: Bio/Marriage License
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Marriage License was granted in St. Louis last Monday to
Edward Regenhardt and Miss Alvina Theuerkauf, daughter of the late
Wm Theuerkauf of this city. When Mr. Regenhardt returns home he
will be bringing with him as his bride one of Cape's fair daughters
who is an accomplished young lady. The Democrat wishes the happy
pair a world of enjoyment and a long life of happiness.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 19 Sep 1891
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983

TUESDAY: Ed Regenhardt has rented the 2nd story in the
Stratman house on Spanish St. and will go to housekeeping in a few
days.
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DATE: 2 Jan 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
Ed F. Regenhardt and Charles Bode have formed a coªpartnership
under the firm name of Regenhardt & Bode, Contractors for Brick
Work. They have fitted up an office in a room over Burgess' Store
on Main Street where they will give careful attention
to calls for estimates on brick work of any kind. They are both
first class mechanics, and we cheerfully recommend them to all in
need of brick work of any description.
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DATE: 30 Jan 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Regenhardt and Bode, contractors for brick work, are now ready
to make estimates and contract for work. They have an office over
Burgess' Store on Main St., where they would be pleased to have
their friends and those contemplating building call on them.
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DATE: 19 Mar 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt pulled down the big smoke stack at the ruins of
the Lorimier Mills this morning (Thursday, 3/17/92). He took it
down whole and without making a dent in it.
Otto Buekrmann from Fayetteville, Arkansas owned the mills,
destroyed by fire previous Saturday night (3/19/92).
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DATE: 9 Apr 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt is putting down a granitoid pavement in front
of the First National Bank.
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DATE: 25 June 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt went down to Malden this afternoon to put in a
bid for the brick work on the bank building that is to be put up
there.
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DATE: 17 Sep 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
E.F. Regenhardt is building a brick house for Herman Muellerin
Jackson, and his partner, Chas. Bode. will go to Sikeston in a few
days to build a brick house in that town.
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DATE: 21 Jan 1893
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983

Ed Regenhardt is going to move up on Sprigg St.
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DATE: 25 Feb 1893
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
As soon as weather will permit Ed Regenhardt will make
granitoid pavements in front of the new Sturdivant Bank building
on both Main and Themis streets. The walk on Themis Street will
be the longest stretch of granitoid pavement in the city.
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DATE: 25 Mar 1893
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
The granitoid curbing for the sidewalk around the Sturdivant
Bank was delivered yesterday (Monday 3/20).
The granite curbing being put down around the Sturdivant Bank
building will be there long after the present generations of our
citizens are under the sod.
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DATE: 27 May 1893
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt is putting in granitoid steps for the Sturdivant
Bank.
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DATE: 3 June 1893
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt is making a granitoid pavement in front of
Dr.S.S. Harris's property on Themis street. When this job of work
is done Themis Street will have the longest stretch of granitoid
pavement in the city. <2nd house on south side of Themis west of
the courthouse (Al Spradling Jr.)>
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DATE: 27 Oct 1894
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983

E.F. Regenhardt returned home from Poplar Bluff. Ed says he
has no notion of moving to the Bluff.
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DATE: Aug 1895
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 6 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1 Aug 1983
The contract for repairing the Meriweather Street sewer was
awarded to E.F. Regenhardt by the Council.
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DATE: 5 Oct 1895
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
E. F. Regenhardt is putting in some granitoid pavement for
Wilson Cramer at Jackson.
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DATE: 23 Nov 1895
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1 Aug 1983
Ed Regenhardt came in from Greenville, Wayne County, Saturday
night. Mr. R. has the contract to build a big business house at
Greenville and he will have work for a force of hands there for
several months.
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DATE: 16 Oct 1897
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 25 July 1983
Ed Regenhardt was awarded the contract for the granitoid walks
in the Normal grounds. The contract was for 800 yards, more or
less.
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DATE: 30 Oct 1897
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
E. F. Regenhardt is down at Kennett this week building some
flues in the stone railroad depot building he completed a few weeks
ago for the Kennett Railroad Company.
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DATE: 6 Nov 1897
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 4
LOCATED: 1983
E. F. Regenhardt will begin work on the granitoid walks up at
the Normal next month.
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DATE: 27 Aug 1898
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 25 July 1983
E. F. Regenhardt, who has the contract to build a big
schoolhouse in Bonne Terre, came down Saturday to get some hands
to work.
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DATE: 11 July 1903
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: Aug 1983
E. F. Regenhardt has the contract to build the new building
for the new ice plant.
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DATE: 29 Aug 1903
SLUG: Bio/Construction/Academic Hall
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
LOCATED: 1983

PG. 5 COL. 1 :
The contract let to Temple and Slavick for plumbing the Normal
building was the biggest plumbing contract ever let in S.E.
Missouri.
PG. 5 COL. 2 :
E. F. Regenhardt says he will begin clearing the ground for
the new Normal within the next 5 or 6 days .
E. T. Maule and son, E. P., came down on the Chester this
morning (Wed 4/29/03). Mr. Maule's son is associated with
Mr.Regenhardt in the contract for the building of the new Normal
structure. Mr. Maule says we have an extra fine quality of
stone here for building purposes.
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DATE: 17 Sep 1904
SLUG: Bio/Quarry
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 7 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Mr. Regenhardt invited us to take a drive to the quarries west
of the Normal Campus and there showed us a solid block of marble,
nine and on half feet long, six and a half broad and four and a
half thick, which contained 222 cubic feet of marble, weighing 21
tons. This block was raised from the bottom of the fifty foot
level and set down at the door of the mill ready to be placed under
the saws. This will be sawed into lintels 9' long, 22" broad and
13" thick for the Academic Hall. We expect to live to see the day
when a Missouri new State Capitol will be built from this quarry.
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DATE: 1 Jul 1905
SLUG: Bio/Quarry
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
At Regenhardt's quarry Monday Mr. Regenhardt had some words
with his engineer and the two came to blows. Regenhardt, who is
a powerful man, struck at the engineer, missed him, hit a piece of
machinery and broke his right arm just above the wrist. Dr. Ben
Schultz bandaged the broken limb and Mr. Regenhardt will soon have
the use of it again.
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DATE: 25 NOV 1905
SLUG: ACADEMIC HALL
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
MONDAY:
The new Academic Hall was not opened to the public Sunday as
contemplated, on account of bad weather, but will be the first
Sunday that the weather is fair and it is not so muddy.

From The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, Published circa 1905. Pages 113-114. Book located in the University of Missouri-Rolla Library, January 18, 1993.

The Edward F. Regenhardt Quarries

Mr. Regenhardt operates two quarries, one the "Normal" quarry, is located just east of the fair grounds, near the west limits of the city; and the other is located two miles south of the city, just beyond the Killebrew quarry.
The Normal quarry consists of a single irregular opening, 70 feet east and west and 100 feet north and south, having a maximum vertical face of 35 feet. This quarry was opened in 1901 to obtain the stone to be used in the Normal School building at Cape Girardeau.
This stone is coarsely crystalline, heavily bedded limestone, having much the appearance of marble. It is almost pure white in the bottom of the quarry, but has a faint pinkish or bluish gray tint near the surface. Fine structure joints occur from two inches to three feet apart. The stone contains small cavities, known locally as "sand holes". These are not sufficiently abundant to cause any considerable waste.
The quarry is covered with a very light stripping of clay. Large irregular cavities and open joints, resulting from weathering, occur throughout the quarry, These are usually filled with red clay, which occasionally extends to the bottom of the quarry. These cavities and open joints make it difficult to obtain large blocks, free from the effects of weathering. It is the practice to quarry irregular blocks by hand and saw them in the mill. The stone in the upper part of the quarry is said to be harderthan that deeper down. It can be sawed at an average rate of two inches per hour. The stone works nicely under the hammer, and has a pleasing appearance when used as in the Normal school buildings at Cape Girardeau. An excellent grade of white lime ismanufactured out of this stone.
This quarry is equipped with a Wordwell channeling machine, a crushing plant and two gang saws.
The second quarry operated by Mr. Regenhardt is located about two miles south of the city on a bluff just south of the Killebrew crusher, on land leased from St. Vincent's college. It has a face 70 feet long and about 15 feet high. The following are thethicknesses of each of the beds from top to bottom: 4 ft., 1 ft. 5 in., 1 ft. 8 in., 1 ft. 9 in.,1 ft., 1 ft. 10 in., 1 ft, 2 in., 2 ft. 4 in., 1 ft. 2 in., 1 ft. 8 in. Some of the stratification planes have a black color. Near the crossing of these planes and the joints the stone weathers more rapidly than in other parts of the quarry.
All the stone in this quarry has the same general texture and color. It is a very fine grained, compact limestone, having a brownish black to very dark blue color. It is very hard and breaks with a sub-conchoidal fracture.
The major joints strike N 40° - 50° W. A minor set strikes N 55° E. These parting planes are taken advantage of in quarrying an are sufficiently far apart to permit the removal of blocks of practically any required dimensions.
The stone has been used in the basement of the new Normal school buildings and in other structures in Cape Girardeau, The dark color of the stone is in striking contrast with the nearly white "Cape marble".

The William Regenhardt Quarry

This quarry is located near the north limits of the city and is situated on one of the Mississippi River bluffs. The stone, which is known as the Thebes of Cape Girardeau sandstone, caps the hills along the river. The first stone used in Cape Girardeau was obtained from this formation.
It is a yellow, fine grained sandstone which is soft when first quarried but hardens upon exposure, the formation is about fifteen feet thick and consists of beds from three feet to six feet in thickness. When used above ground, it appears to be very durable, as shown by a dwelling built out of it in 1853. For half a century, this building has been exposed to the weather without showing any very marked evidence of deterioration. At one time, this stone was shipped quite extensively through the extremesoutheastern part of Missouri along the Mississippi River. At present very little is being quarried.
The face of the quarry is about 600 feet long and 15 feet high. It is covered with a stripping of twenty feet of loess, on account of which, it is said to have been abandoned.


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Nov. 27, 1904
Edward F. Regenhardt returns from St. Louis with six bricklayers, and now the brick work on the new Normal School building will be rushed; if the weather continues to cooperate, the building will be completed by June.
Feb. 16, 1905
In the coal famine now facing Cape Girardeau, only one man has come forward to offer relief to suffering people; that man is Ed. Regenhardt; Regenhardt, who owns a marble quarry west of town, has several carloads of screenings in storage for his mill.
June 2, 1905
Thousands of people were attracted to the Cape City Brick plant west of the Cape Girardeau late last evening by a fire which destroyed one of the buildings; the large building west of the engine house and near the Cape and Chester Railroad was in heavy flames before it was discovered; A.R. Ponder, T.M. Williams, Ed Regenhardt, E.W. Flentge, M.E. Leming and other prominent citizens directed the fire-fighting efforts with the fire chief and his men.
June 26, 1905
Ed Regenhardt breaks the small bone in his arm early in the morning; while working at his quarry, his arm is thrown against the derrick, and the bone is broken; he is now sporting a plaster cast.
Nov. 16, 1905
Edward F. Regenhardt, the contractor for the Normal School buildings, has about completed his work on the immense Academic building, which is the finest school building in Missouri; Regenhardt's work has been beyond expectations, and as the building may not be formally dedicated for some time, it is possible he will invite the public to call Sunday and inspect the structure.
Nov. 18, 1905
Edward Regenhardt, builder, says he will throw open the doors of the new academic hall at the Normal School tomorrow from 1 to 5 p.m.; he specially invites his hundreds of friends to be present and look over the building; he states, however, that if it should rain and the Normal grounds around the new building should become muddy, it won't be opened; he is at a point of turning it over to the state and cannot take the risk of having it damaged in any way.
Nov. 25, 1905
Because of the rainy weather last Sunday, contractor Edward F. Regenhardt didn't open the new Normal School building to the public as he had planned; instead, if the weather is nice, he will throw open the doors to public inspection tomorrow.
Nov. 27, 1905
Probably the greatest crowd of Girardeans to ever visit the Normal School at one time was there yesterday afternoon to take a first look at the interior of the great Academic Hall; it is believed more than 5,000 people walked the halls of the new building; the building stands as a monument to the skills of contractor Edward F. Regenhardt.
SAVED: Academic Hall. After the fire destroyed the original Normal School building in 1902, plans were quickly drawn up for Academic Hall at the same location. The legislature authorized an appropriation of $200,000, and work on the new structure began in1903. The architect for the hall was J.B. Legg, and the general contractors were Edward F. Regenhardt and C.O. Allen Maule of Cape Girardeau. The building was opened for public viewing in December 1905 and was put to use early in 1906. It has become the symbol of Southeast Missouri State University.

Dec. 15, 1905
Since the public visited the new Academic Hall at the invitation of the contractor, Edward F. Regenhardt, the upper sections of the windows in the auditorium have been filled with fine stained glass; these windows bear coats of arms and inscriptions commemorative of the history of the Louisiana Purchase, as well as men who were benefactors of education in Missouri.
Jan. 16, 1906
At last week's meeting of the board of regents of the Normal School, contractor E.F. Regenhardt turned the Academic Hall over to the school; the great building is finished, so far as Regenhardt is concerned, and all that remains to be done is completing of the heating and lighting apparatus, which will be done this week.
March 22, 1906
According to Edward F. Regenhardt, Cape Girardeau contractor, his big quarrying plant will start operation tomorrow; it has been idle for some time because of the severe weather; the department of stone trimming will begin at once, and in a short time thework in the shaft will resume; Regenhardt plans to start a new shaft just north of the present hole, filling in the old place with the refuse from the new.
April 14, 1906
E.W. Flentge, Edw. W. Regenhardt and Charles Stones of Cape Girardeau go to Jackson to attend a session of the county Republican committee.
May 1, 1906
The county court is sitting in executive session at Jackson with the courthouse building committee; they are examining bids for the courthouse; there are four bidders for the big job, including Ed Regenhardt of Cape Girardeau, Taylor & Morton of Jackson, one from Kentucky and one from Florida.
May 7, 1906
Squalls and excitement mark the regular meeting of the city council; that body finally passes the sewer ordinance, as well as a measure granting a franchise to the street railway; Edward Regenhardt, a bidder on street improvement work, demands to be heardwhen the council seems ready to accept bids lower than his.
May 30, 1906
Edward Regenhardt is a busy man; his quarry is supplying stone to several projects in other towns, including Advance, Mo., Oran, Mo., and Bradwell, Ky.
June 3, 1906
Teachers for the Juden School District have been appointed for next year; Elsie Regenhardt of Cape Girardeau will teach at Juden School, about four miles north of the city, and A.E. McGuire will have charge of the district's black school; classes will begin about Oct. 1.
June 11, 1906
Fourteen of the 27 members of the county Republican committee met at Jackson Saturday and organized; Blucher Sperling was made chairman, Edward F. Regenhardt vice chairman, Henry Puls secretary, and J.D. Porterfield treasurer.
Sept. 6, 1906
Edward F. Regenhardt has prepared a block of marble from his Cape Girardeau quarry that will be sent to J. Knox Taylor, supervising architect of the treasury and who will make the plans for the federal building which will be built in Cape Girardeau; it ishoped the government can be persuaded to use local marble in the construction of this building.
April 20, 1907
Suit has been filed in the Court of Common Pleas against M.T. Lowman & Co., of Louisville, Ky., by Edward F. Regenhardt for $450, being a claim for stone used in construction of the new county courthouse at Jackson; Regenhardt claims that the account has been due for six months or more, and that repeated attempts to collect the bill have been fruitless.
Feb. 2, 1908
The Republican county convention held yesterday at Jackson was the best attended and most harmonious meeting of the kind ever held in Cape Girardeau County; speeches were made by Judge John A. Snider, Fred Kies, E.W. Flentge, E.F. Regenhardt and L.R. Johnson; delegates and alternates to the congressional and state conventions were selected.
Feb. 8, 1908
A message from Fred Naeter, one of the publishers of The Daily Republican newspaper and a delegate to the congressional convention at West Plains, Mo., reveals that the convention chose Edward Regenhardt as one of the two delegates to the national convention, where William H. Taft is expected to be nominated as candidate for president on the Republican ticket.
July 28, 1908
Ground was broken yesterday for the foundation of The Daily Republican newspaper's new home in the 200 block of Broadway; Jerome Legg, who designed Academic Hall, is the architect for the new building, and Edward Regenhardt is the contractor.
Sept. 5, 1908
Edward Regenhardt is rushing two jobs on Broadway; The Republican building is built up to the second story, and the old Ruesskamp property is rapidly disappearing to make room for the Federal Building.
Sept. 17, 1908
E.F. Regenhardt is advertising the sale of old brick, stone, doors, rods, gutters, building wood, etc., the remains of the old Ruesskamp house he tore down to make room for the new federal building.
Oct. 6, 1908
Edward F. Regenhardt appeared before the Cape Girardeau City Council last night when he filed his bond for the construction of the new city hall, fire and police station; Regenhardt is to complete the hall within 90 working days.
Jan. 28, 1909
The concussion felt in Cape Girardeau in the morning isn't of seismic origin; the cause is simply the tumbling of big Ed Regenhardt into the basement of the new city hall building, which is under construction on Independence Street; the contractor isn't seriously injured.
March 4, 1909
At a meeting last night, a slate of candidates for an "Industrial Ticket" for Cape Girardeau municipal offices was organized; the ticket consists of Merit E. Leming for mayor; Joel T. Nunn, collector; William H. Coerver, treasurer; Robert H. Whitelaw, city attorney; Lee L. Bowman, police judge; Antone Kammer, assessor; William H. Summers, marshal, and for aldermen, Joel T. Juden, E.F. Regenhardt, Will Hirsch and David A. Glenn.
March 18, 1909
The new Duplex printing press for The Daily Republican has arrived and, as contractor E.F. Regenhardt expects to complete the foundation piers this week, arrangements have been made with the expert from the factory to be here next week to set up the machine; this will be the largest printing press in use between St. Louis and Little Rock, Ark.
May 12, 1909
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri House yesterday increased the appropriation budget, passing bills that will take an additional $24,011.75 from the state treasury; among the items was $5,382 to Edward F. Regenhardt for repairs to the Cape Girardeau Normal School.
July 2, 1909
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Charles A. Crow, Edward F. Regenhardt and Harry Naeter of Cape Girardeau visit President William Howard Taft in the morning while all Cabinet officers are with the president.
Aug. 16, 1909
About 20 prominent Cape Girardeau residents responded yesterday to the call issued by Edward F. Regenhardt for a meeting to lay preliminary plans for the Taft Day celebration in October; a 60-minute program was planned, which includes an automobile drive to the Normal School, where the president will address the crowd and plant a tree.
Aug. 20, 1909
Edward F. Regenhardt, chairman of the Taft Day celebration committee, learns there will be special trains running to Cape Girardeau over two lines that day, bringing visitors from Poplar Bluff, Kennett, Campbell and Malden, Mo.

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8/19/2004
Rob Lewis

St. Louis Central Public Library
Rare Book Room

Men of Affairs of St. Louis

Edward Franz T. Regenhardt

Edward Franz T. Regenhardt can be justly called the original rock ribbed Republican. His sons are named after three presidents; McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft. Cape Girardeau people hunt him out whenever they come to the U. S. Court House where he reigns, six feet six, as United States Marshal.

He is a strong, rugged man; a man who started in the Lutheran Schools and hewed his way out to success with his two hands; descendant of sturdy German stock, born March 24, 1867 at Cape Girardeau and known everywhere. When President Taft sent into Missouri to know who was wanted as U.S. Marshal, he expected a host of candidates. Some people recommended Franz, some Edward, and some Ed., but one and all gave the last name as Regenhardt; and Regenhardt got it. And since then he has earned the respect of the bench and bar for his sterling honesty, his willingness to give everyone a square deal, and his ability to make good. Up and down, sideways and across, through and through he is just what he appears to be a native born Missourian and a credit to hisstate.

This Newspaper Reference Library book, containing portraits, biographies, and cartoons of progressive men of St. Louis, who have helped in the development and history making of St. Louis

It is primarily a publisher's utility library and it's aim is to principally supply newspaper offices with a work of reference wherein it can be found, in correct from, the basic facts, from the birth down to date, regarding the lives of men of notable achievement, together with half-tones from the latest photographs and dealing with the lighter vein of each man's life, a cartoon.

Buried:
Section 3. Lot 58, Grave 2

Edward married Caroline Emilie Alvina Theuerkauf on 09 Sep 1891 in St. Mark's Lutheran Church, St. Louis, , Missouri, USA. Caroline (daughter of Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Theuerkauf and Johanna Sophia Augusta Allers) was born on 01 Jun 1865 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 23 Nov 1942 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confirmation: 03 Apr 1887, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; Trinity Lutheran Church
• Created: 02 Aug 2014

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Cape County Deeds - checked Deed Books up to the end of Book 9 1878-1890.

Cape Man Dies
In Illinois

Henry M. Scheppelmann
Passes Away Suddenly
Henry M. Scheppelmann, member of a prominent Cape Girardeau family, died suddenly of a heart ailment at Carrier Mills, Ill., at 7 a.m. today. Mr. Scheppelmann, for 10 years associated with the Regenhardt Construction Co., was working on a construction jobthe company has underway at Carrier Mills, being in charge of the storeroom and all construction supplies. For many years, beginning when he was a youth, Mr. Scheppelmann was employed as a clerk at the Vogelsanger Hardware Co. store on Main Street.
Had Heart Attacks
Mr. Scheppelmann had suffered minor attacks of heart disease for more than two years, but his health had been fairly good. He had been working regularily in recent weeks. He was about 64 years and was a son of the late Henry Scheppelmann, who was for years a stationary engineer at the old Pott Flour Mill here. He was born in Cape Girardeau and spent virtually his entire here. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Sons of Veterans chapter.
The Scheppelmann family and the families of his two sisters, Mrs. Ed Willer and Mrs. Louis Ische, live in dwellings side by side in the 100 block on South Boulevard, the three families having built large homes of similar construction there 29 years ago.
Surviving, besides the widow, formerly Miss Lola Freemier, is a daughter, Mrs. William Regenhardt, of Mount Vernon, Ill., formerly Miss Marguerite Scheppelmann; and four grandsons, William, Bobby Gene, Thomas and Joseph Regenhardt.
The body is to be brought here tonight or early Saturday. Arrangements for funeral services had not been completed this afternoon.
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RITES -- The body of Henry Scheppelmann, 64 years old, who died suddenly of a heart ailment early Friday at Carrier Mills, Ill., where he was connected with a construction project being done by the Regenhardt Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau, was brought to the Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home late Friday. Funeral services will be conducted there at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon by Rev. C. H. Morton, pastor of First Presbyterian Church and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home until time for the time for the funeral.
(Southeast Missourian-16 April 1938)

LAST RITES HELD
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home for Henry Scheppelmann, 64 years old, who died suddenly at Carrier Mills, Ill. early Friday. Rev. C. H. Morton, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the funeral and burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ed Willer, Pete Koch, Emil Teichman, Gust Schultz, B. Andrews and W. Cox.
Relatives from out of town here for the funeral included a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Regenhardt of Mount Vernon, Ill.
(Southeast Missourian-18 April 1938)

SE Missourian 22 Aug 1908:
Work starts on three two-story brick houses on West End Boulevard for Edward Willer, Henry Scheppelmann, and Louis Ische. The three young men married sisters, so each are building a home alike in structure.

SE Missourian 22 Dec 1909:
A chair car belonging to C. & E. I. Railroad in yard near Frisco freight house is burned. As fire wagon dashed down Spanish Street, Henry Scheppelmann, volunteer fireman, is jerked to ground and wheels of wagon passes over foot, smashing it badly.

Died:
Cape Man Dies
In Illinois

Henry M. Scheppelmann
Passes Away Suddenly
Henry M. Scheppelmann, member of a prominent Cape Girardeau family, died suddenly of a heart ailment at Carrier Mills, Ill., at 7 a.m. today. Mr. Scheppelmann, for 10 years associated with the Regenhardt Construction Co., was working on a construction job the company has underway at Carrier Mills, being in charge of the storeroom and all construction supplies. For many years, beginning when he was a youth, Mr. Scheppelmann was employed as a clerk at the Vogelsanger Hardware Co. store on Main Street.
Had Heart Attacks
Mr. Scheppelmann had suffered minor attacks of heart disease for more than two years, but his health had been fairly good. He had been working regularily in recent weeks. He was about 64 years and was a son of the late Henry Scheppelmann, who was for years a stationary engineer at the old Pott Flour Mill here. He was born in Cape Girardeau and spent virtually his entire here. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Sons of Veterans chapter.
The Scheppelmann family and the families of his two sisters, Mrs. Ed Willer and Mrs. Louis Ische, live in dwellings side by side in the 100 block on South Boulevard, the three families having built large homes of similar construction there 29 years ago.
Surviving, besides the widow, formerly Miss Lola Freemier, is a daughter, Mrs. William Regenhardt, of Mount Vernon, Ill., formerly Miss Marguerite Scheppelmann; and four grandsons, William, Bobby Gene, Thomas and Joseph Regenhardt.
The body is to be brought here tonight or early Saturday. Arrangements for funeral services had not been completed this afternoon.
(Southeast Missourian-15 April 1938)

RITES -- The body of Henry Scheppelmann, 64 years old, who died suddenly of a heart ailment early Friday at Carrier Mills, Ill., where he was connected with a construction project being done by the Regenhardt Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau, was brought to the Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home late Friday. Funeral services will be conducted there at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon by Rev. C. H. Morton, pastor of First Presbyterian Church and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home until time for the time for the funeral.
(Southeast Missourian-16 April 1938)

LAST RITES HELD
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home for Henry Scheppelmann, 64 years old, who died suddenly at Carrier Mills, Ill. early Friday. Rev. C. H. Morton, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the funeral and burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ed Willer, Pete Koch, Emil Teichman, Gust Schultz, B. Andrews and W. Cox.
Relatives from out of town here for the funeral included a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Regenhardt of Mount Vernon, Ill.
(Southeast Missourian-18 April 1938)

Buried:
findagrave.com memorial # 130754264

Henry married Lola Freemire on 27 Nov 1895 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Lola (daughter of Lorenzo Dow Freemire and Sarah Elizabeth McClard) was born on 15 Jun 1873 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Oct 1953 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Mrs. H. W. Scheppelmann
Of Cape Passes Away
Mrs. Lola Scheppelmann, 127 South Boulevard, wife of the late Henry M. Scheppelmann, died at 8:30 a.m. today at a nursing home where she had been a patient since Aug. 23. The body is at the Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home.
Mrs. Scheppelmann is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William M. Regenhardt of Mount Vernon, Ill.; two sisters, a brother, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A son died in infancy.
Born in the Egypt Mills community, she was married to Mr. Scheppelmann about 60 years ago. They moved to Cape Girardeau soon after their marriage. He died in April 1938. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
(Southeast Missourian-14 October 1953)

Rites -- Funeral services for Mrs. Lola Scheppelmann, 127 South Boulevard, who died Wednesday, will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home with Rev. C. E. Mount of the First Presbyterian Church in charge. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Scheppelmann's two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Renderford [Vanderford] of Enid, Okla. and Mrs. Josephine Lansdon of Owosso, Mich. are to be here for the services.
(Southeast Missourian-15 October 1953)

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Married:
Trinity Lutheran Church

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SAM A. THOMPSON, M. D. For fifteen years a practicing physician and surgeon in Southern Illinois and since June, 1911, a resident of Mount Vernon, Dr. Thompson is a wholesale example of what may be accomplished by a man in the way of advancement when he is the possessor of a legitimate ambition, with the determination and ability to supplement that ambition. Beginning life with merely a common school education, Dr. Thompson when a boy of sixteen began to work with the intention of ultimatelycontinuing his studies as a result of his labors, to the end that he might later become a member of that profession to which he aspired, and whose ranks he has graced through fifteen years of careful and efficient service.

Sam A. Thompson, M. D., was born on February 5, 1869, in Caledonia, Minnesota. He is the son of J. R. Thompson, a native of Missouri, who migrated to Minnesota.

In his earlier life J. R. Thompson was a steamboat captain, but in 1873 he engaged in the wholesale grocery business. He later removed to Sioux City, Iowa, but now resides in Louisiana, Missouri, where he is again engaged in the steamboat business. Together with a company of other men in Louisiana, Missouri, he is the owner of a line of riversteamers, and they are conducting a thriving business in that line of industry. Mr. Thompson served in the Union army as captain of a. company which he raised for the service, and did valiant duty for the cause during the period of his enlistment.

J. R. Thompson married Maggie E. Damron, of Missouri, a daughter of James and Maggie (Thurman) Damron, of Virginia. She was a cousin of Allen G. Thurman, one-time candidate for the vice-presidency. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson reared five children, all of whom are living. They are Harry L., in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Myrtie E. Moore, living in Grand Junction, Colorado; Sam A., of this sketch; Claude D., of Colon, Panama; and Maud J.

Sam A. Thompson was a regular attendant of the public schools of Sioux City, Iowa, in which city he was reared. When he was sixteen years of age he left school and secured employment in a retail store in Sioux City, remaining there for some little time. His next move took him to Austin, Texas, where he was employed as traveling salesman for a wholesale dry goods firm, being thus occupied for the space of three years.

In 1893 he had accumulated sufficient money from his labors of the previous years to permit him to enter Barnes Medical College in St. Louis, and there he completed the studies he had been conducting through several years past, graduating from that institution in April, 1897, with his well earned degree of M. D. The young doctor began practice immediately, settling in Ina, Jefferson county, and remaining there for fourteen years, where he built up a wide general practice and made a host of warm and admiring friends the while.

In April, 1902, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Thompson with Mary C. Berger, of Jefferson county, but born and reared in Menard county. Three children have been born to them. They are Louis, aged seven years; Henry, five years old; and Margaret, who came to them one year ago.

In June, 1911, Dr. Thompson came to Mount Vernon and opened an office in the hospital consultation rooms. In the brief time of his location here Dr. Thompson has become well and favorably known among the profession, and is identified with the foremost people of the city in numerous ways. He has become the owner of two valuable farms of one hundred and twenty acres each near Springfield, Illinois, and is a director of one of the Ina banks. He has been identified with Masonry for a number of years and has attained to the thirty-second degree in that fraternity. He is a member of the Blue Lodge of Ewing, the Chapter of Mount Vernon and the Oriental Consistory of Chicago.



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Buried:
findagrave.com memorial # 130364586

Samuel + Mary Caroline Goff. Mary was born on 15 Mar 1882; died on 2 Jun 1952 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Kirk Cemetery, Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, June 2, 1952
Widow of Dr. S. A. Thompson Is Dead; Rites Wednesday
Mrs. Mary Caroline Thompson, of 1812 Broadway died at 11:30 a.m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past three days. Her age was 70 years, one month and 16 days. She was the mother of Dr. Harry G. Thompson and the widow of the late Dr. S. A. Thompson, who at one time owned and operated the Mt. Vernon hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at Myers Chapel, with the Rev. Andrew Caraker officiating. Burial will be in Kirk cemetery. The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel, where friends may call at any time after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday. She was married to Dr. S. A. Thompson, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Thompson was a member of the First Baptist church, the Eastern Star and the White Shrine. Surviving are two sons, Dr. Harry G. Thompson of Mt. Vernon and Louis R. Thompson of Louisville, Ky.; one daughter. Mrs. Howard Rawlinson of Mt. Vernon; six grandchildren, and a niece, Mrs. Mary Hurst of Sesser.

Buried:
findagrave.com memorial # 130364083