Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Egner, Frederic April 7, 1936
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The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. April 7, 1936


                       FREDERIC EGNER DIES AT AGE OF 90

        Retired Gas Engineer Served as Union Naval Lieutenant in Civil War 

Frederic Egner, 90, retired gas engineer and veteran of the Union Navy, in which 
he rose to the grade of lieutenant while still in his teens, died today at his 
home, 516 Quincy Street, after a short illness.
Enlisting in the Navy when a mere youth, Mr. Egner's aptitude for engineering 
won him the promotion to engineer and lieutenant. He served aboard a naval 
vessel which helped maintain a blockade at Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Egner was born in Germany March 5, 1846 and came to New York with his 
parents when 10 years old. 
After his service with the Navy he joined the New York Fire Department and rose 
to the grade of captain. Meanwhile he continued the study of chemistry and 
engineering subjects and left the fire department to become gas engineer with 
the New York City Gas Co. 
Subsequently he was gas engineer with a gas company at Norfolk, Va. Later he 
held a similar position with the Laclede Gas Co. at St. Louis, Mo. and then went 
back to Norfolk.
His last active work was as engineer in charge of the installation of gas works 
at Fredericksburg, Va. He came to Washington some 26 years ago.
                            Member of Lodge 60 Years
For more than 60 years he had been a member of the Veritas Lodge of Masons in 
New York City and held the distinction of having some years ago been the lodge's 
youngest master. He also was a member of the Ruth Masonic Lodge of Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Egner's nearest surviving relative is a cousin. His wife, the late Marietta 
J. Egner, died 38 years ago.
Details of the funeral arrangements were to be announced later.
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Frederic Egner, who died yesterday morning in Washington, was a native of 
Darmstad, Germany and had a long, active and varied career in the United States. 
He came to Norfolk in 1879 and served the old City Gas Company as consulting 
engineer. Prior to that he had been in the United States Navy, from which he was 
honorably discharged July 5, 1866. 
Widely known among the older residents of Norfolk, Mr. Egner was active also in 
Masonic circles here and in New York. He was an honorary member of Ruth Lodge 
No. 89 in Norfolk and was a Past Master of Veritas Lodge No. 734 in New York.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home Friday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot April 8, 1936


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