Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Steinhardt, Florence Parr, 1947 

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Former Suffolk Resident Dies 

  News was received in Suffolk today of the death of Mrs. Harry Steinhardt 
of Franklin, the former Miss Florence Parr of Suffolk. 

  Mrs. Steinhardt is survived by her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Ray P. 
Wimer, of Aulander, N.C., and Mrs. Phoebus Jones and Mrs. H.A. Purnell, of 
Franklin. 

  She was an active member of the Franklin Methodist Church.  The funeral 
will be held tomorrow in Franklin.  

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FLORENCE PARR STEINHARDT

   Mrs. Florence Parr Steinhardt, aged 68, wife of Harry Steinhardt, died at 
the residence in Clay Street early Thursday morning, March 20, after several 
months of declining health.  In recent weeks she had improved sufficiently to 
visit among her neighbors and even to appear at church, so that her family had 
been encouraged to hope she was on the road to recovery.  But her condition 
took a sudden turn for the worse only a short while before she passed away.

   Mrs. Steinhardt was a native of Nansemond County, the daughter of the late 
John Parr and Mrs. Narcissa Norman Parr.  She was a beloved and active member 
of High Street Methodist Church.

   Besides her husband Mrs. Steinhardt is survived by three daughters, Mrs. 
Ray P. Widmer of Aulander, N.C., and Mrs. Phoebus Jones and Mrs. Harold A. 
Purnell of Franklin.

   Funeral services will be held this afternoon (Friday) at 3 o’clock at the 
residence with Rev. E.W. Aaron, pastor of High Street Methodist Church, 
officiating, assisted by Rev. Roscoe Jones of Petersburg.  Interment will be 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   A fuller account will appear in next week’s paper.

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MRS. STEINHARDT IS BURIED FRIDAY P.M.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Parr Steinhardt, wife of Harry 
Steinhardt, who died early Thursday morning, March 20, were conducted from 
the residence on Clay Street Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock.

   Mrs. Steinhardt was born on October 4, 1878, near Chuckatuck, Nansemond 
County.  She was the daughter of the late John and Narcissus Norman Parr. 
After attending public schools in the county she continued her education at 
Ryland Institute and Finney’s Business College, both in Suffolk.  For several 
years prior to her marriage she worked for the Shoop-Withers Co., Suffolk, as 
bookkeeper and stenographer.  On April 25, 1906, she was married to Harry 
Steinhardt, who had come to Franklin a short while before.

   Mrs. Steinhardt was a member of High Street Methodist Church and of the 
Woman’s Society of Christian Service, in both of which she played an active 
part until her health became impaired.

   She is survived by her husband and three daughters, Mrs. Ray Windmer of 
Aulander, N.C., and Mrs. Phoebus Jones and Mrs. Harold Purnell of Franklin.

   Rev. Roscoe Jones of Petersburg, former pastor of the local Methodist 
Church, conducted the funeral services.  He was assisted by Rev. Benjamin B. 
Bland of Williamsburg, another former pastor, and Rev. E.W. Aaron, present 
pastor of the church.  Rev. Mr. Aaron read Tennyson’s lovely "Crossing The 
Bar," Rev. Mr. Bland read the ritual, and Rev. Mr. Jones delivered the prayer; 
he also recited the short poem, "Tribute To A Friend," by Roselle Mercier 
Montgomery.  The committal service at the grave was read by Mr. Jones.

   Active pallbearers were H.M. Frankfort, Herbert M. Lewis, L.E. Bailey, Jack 
G. Holland, J. Edward Moyler, H.L. Westbrook, M.L. Horner, and S.M. Peace.


Florence (PARR; Mrs. Harry) STEINHARDT, former bookkeeper & stenographer, 
b. 4 Oct 1878, Nansemond Co., d. 20 Mar 1947, at home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 166*), Franklin, 
   21 Mar 1947, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 303, Thurs., Mar. 20, 1947, p. 3; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 21, 1947, p. 4; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 28, 1947, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," May 2, 1957) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s356h1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 


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