OBITS: MENGEL Family, Blair County PA

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  MENGEL, Alexander - 1926
  MENGEL, Eva Catherine (KOCH) - 1949
  MENGEL, William Adam - 1946
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ALEXANDER MENGEL

Alexander Mengel, seventy-four, dropped dead at his home, 721 Seventh avenue, 
Juniata, last night at 6:35 o'clock.  Death was attributed to apoplexy.  Mr. 
Mengel was for thirty-five years connected with the Reading railroad, having 
retired sixteen years ago as an engineer.  Until retirement, he was a resident 
of Pine Grove, Schuylkill county, where he was affiliated with the Pine Grove 
Masonic fraternity No. 409.  He was also a member of the Reading railroad 
relief.  Five sons and one daughter survive, William A. Mengel, at whose home 
death occurred; Howard of Pottsville; John of Spokane, Wash.; Roy of Ocean City, 
and Claude and Miss Edith Mengel of Philadelphia.  Mrs. Mengel died twenty-one 
years ago.  Funeral services will be held Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock at the 
Roher and Mauk undertaking establishment from where the body will be shipped to 
Pine Grove for services and burial Thursday afternoon.  
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MRS. EVA MENGEL

Mrs. Eva C. Mengel of 721 Seventh avenue, Juniata, died at 8 p.m. Thursday 
evening.  She was born at Pinegrove, Pa., May 8, 1872 the daughter of John and 
Emma [Barr] Koch.
  She was the widow of W. A. Mengel who died Feb. 6, 1946.  She was a member of 
the Evangelical United Brethren faith.
  Surviving are the following daughters: Mrs. Dorothy Reager of Altoona; Alberta 
Mengel and Reba Mengel, both at home; Mrs. Thelma Mays and Mrs. Alfreda Rhodes, 
both of Altoona and Mrs. Vivian Lamade of Juniata; the following sons: John 
Mengel at home; C.R. Mengel of Tyrone, H. R. Mengel of Philadelphia, and J. W. 
Mengel of Honolulu, Hawaii; 13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and one 
sister, Mrs. Lydia Holtzman of Philadelphia.
  Friends will be received at the home after 6 o'clock Friday evening. 

Altoona Mirror, Friday, May 6, 1949
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WILLIAM MENGEL

William Adam Mengel of 721 Seventh avenue, Juniata, died at his home at 9:05 
o'clock last night.  He was born on May 17, 1872, the son of Alex and Sarah 
[Wintermuth] Mengel.  Surviving are his wife, Eva [Koch] Mengel, and the 
following sons and daughters: John, at home, Raymond of Tyrone, Harry of Villa 
Ridge, Ill., James of Honolulu, Mrs. Dorothy Rager of Juniata, Mrs. Alberta 
Rhodes and Mrs. Thelma Mayes of Altoona, Mrs. Vivian Lamade of Juniata, Miss 
Alfarata of Altoona and Miss Reva, at home; one sister, Miss Edith Mengel of 
Baltimore; three brothers, Howard of Bloomsburg, Floyd of Philadelphia and Ray 
of Ocean City, N.J., and 15 grandchildren.  Mr. Mengel retired from the 
Pennsylvania railroad in July 1937, after serving 326 years.  Friends will be 
received at the family home after 7 o'clock this evening.  

MENGEL - Funeral services for William Adam Mengel of 721 Seventh avenue, Juniata, 
will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home in charge of Rev. M. S. 
Bittner.  Interment in Grandview cemetery [Altoona].  Friends are being received 
at the home after 7 o'clock this evening. 

Altoona Mirror, Thursday, February 7, 1946