OBIT: Edward Francis MEINHART, 1948, native of Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ EDWARD FRANCIS MEINHART Husband of Francis (Knepp) Meinhart, was killed in a truck accident at Rising Sun, Md., Monday morning at 11 o'clock. He was 29. A native of Altoona, Mr. Meinhart had lived in Eddystone from 1942 until four months ago, when he moved to Baltimore, Md. Surviving are his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Meinhart, sr., of Lester, five brothers, William, jr., of Akron, O., Charles of Glenolden, John of Lester, Edwin, a twin brother, and Paul of Essington, and one sister, Mrs. Betty Strubble of Ridley Park. Friends are being received at the family home at Lester near Chester. Altoona Mirror, Wednesday, August 18, 1948, page 18 Meinhart - Funeral services for Edward Francis Meinhart will be held with requiem high mass Thursday morning at 8.30 o'clock at St. Mary Margaret church at Essington. Interment in Holy Cross cemetery at Darby. Friends are being received at the family home at Lester, near Chester, Pa. Altoona Mirror, Wednesday, August 18, 1948, page 15