Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Steinhardt, Harry, 1957 

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HARRY STEINHARDT

POPULAR CITIZEN AND MERCHANT DIES IN HOSPITAL

   In the passing of Harry Steinhardt on Friday night, April 26, Franklin lost 
one of its most useful and valuable citizens.  His death, after several months 
of ill health, occurred in Raiford Memorial Hospital at 9:15 o’clock.

   The career of Harry Steinhardt, who was one of Franklin’s oldest and most 
successful merchants, may be regarded as typical of the thousands of Europeans 
who left their homes in the Old World in order to find greater security and 
freedom in the New and who helped make America great.

   Mr. Steinhardt was born in Lutzelwig, Germany, on October 28, 1877, the son 
of Ludwig and Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Steinhardt.  He came to this country in 
1891, when he was in his 14th year, to make his home with an uncle, Henry 
Steinhardt, a farmer residing in Nansemond County.  After two years he moved 
to Suffolk, where he attended school and worked after school hours and on 
Saturdays.  In 1903 he entered the employ of the E.L. Folk Hardware Company, a 
Suffolk firm, having charge of the china and glassware department.  The 
following year he came to Franklin to enter the hardware business established 
by another uncle, the late George H. Steinhardt.  In 1947 he became sole owner 
of the business known as G.H. Steinhardt & Company.

   In April 25, 1906, he married Miss Florence Parr of Suffolk, who died in 
March 1947.

   The deceased was a member of High Street Methodist Church, on the official 
board of which he served for many years.  His service included a term as lay 
leader of his church.  He took a special interest in the R.M. Chandler Bible 
Class, of which he had been a member since its founding.

   Mr. Steinhardt also shared in the civic and fraternal affairs of the 
community. As a long-time member of the Franklin Rotary Club he was seldom 
absent from a meeting, and never without good cause.  He belonged to both the 
Masonic and Pythian orders. In the later he had won the coveted insigne 
indicating 50 years of membership.

   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Widmer of Lewiston, N.C., 
and Mrs. Mildred S. Jones and Mrs. Florence S. Purnell of Franklin; and a 
sister Mrs. Martha Zinn of Homberg, Germany.

   Services for Mr. Steinhardt were held in High Street Methodist Church on 
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the presence of a large concourse of 
friends, with the pastor, Rev. James W. Turner, and Rev. J.S. Maxey 
officiating.  Interment in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery was with 
Masonic rites.

   Pallbearers were Hobart Steele of Burlington, N.C. and Philip Frankford, 
Emmett W. Holt, Herbert M. Lewis, William H. Ludt, Ferrell F. Powell, Hubert 
S. Rawlings and Willie M. Weede.


Harry STEINHARDT, Franklin merchant, formerly of Suffolk, 
b. 28 Oct 1877, Lutzelwig, Germany, d. 26 Apr 1957, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 166*), Franklin, 
   28 Apr 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 2, 1957 

interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 166*), Franklin, 
   21 Mar 1947, 
"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 

His wife's obits ("Tidewater News," Mar. 21, 1947, p. 4 & Mar. 28, 1947, p. 1) 
   are posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s356f1ob.txt 


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