OBIT: George SCHANDELMEIER, 1956, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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GEORGE SCHANDELMEIER

  George Schandelmeier, 72, 929 First avenue, Altoona, veteran of more 
than 54 years of service for the Pennsylvania Railroad company in the 
Altoona works, died at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday in the Altoona hospital where 
he had been a patient since Sunday.
  He retired from the railroad company service as a safety inspector in 
the South Altoona foundry on May 1, 1954.  Mr. Schandelmeier entered 
the service in May, 1901, as a messenger boy on the Altoona division, 
served his machinist apprenticeship in the Twelfth street shops and 
subsequently served at Juniata and South Altoona.
  He was born in Altoona May 18, 1883, a son of George and Ernestine 
Ramin Schandelmeier, and on Oct. 12, 1909, was united in marriage with 
Miss Sara Lucas of Tyrone.  Mr. Schandelmeier was a lifelong resident 
of Altoona.
  He leaves his wife, three daughters and a son, Miss Lois and Wayne of 
Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Jean Holt of Charleston, W.Va., and Mrs. Alice 
Hileman of Altoona, and give grandchildren.
  Mr. Schandelmeier was a member of the Second Presbyterian church and 
White Cross lodge, Knights of Pythias.
  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Books funeral 
home, Altoona, by the Rev. William Kitto.  Burial will be in Oak Ridge 
cemetery.  Friends will be received at the funeral home after 7 p.m. 
today.

Tyrone Daily Herald, January 12, 1956