This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0RB.2ACI/551 Message Board Post: Albuquerque Journal, March 31, 1998 LeRoy G. (better known as Roy) Rainhart, 79, passed away Friday, February 27, 1998. He is survived by his wife, Roberta of 54 years; son, George Robert Rainhart and wife, Dolly of Albuquerque; daughter, Jean Rainhart of Prokopiak of Albuquerque; granddaughter, Lara Ann Rainhart and husband, Jason Digman of Evanston, IL; grandson, Robert Latta Rainhart and wife, Elizabeth of Kissimmee, FL; three cousins, Benjamin Foot and wife, Lois, and George Foot and wife, Nancy, and Charles Foot and wife, Jean, all of Albuquerque. Roy joined the Presbyterian Church at age 12; he later taught Sunday School and sponsored a Junior High Fellowship Group with his wife, Roberta. He was an ordained Elder and Deacon. Following graduation from NYU, with a BME, he was hired by Bell Telephone Laboratories. During World War II, he was CO of the 98st Engineers, which was part of General Patton's"spearhead across Europe." He retired from ATT Bell Laboratories in 1987 with 40 years, which included the f! our years in the Army and 28 years on a leave of absence to Sandia Labs to work on plastics and special materials. Cremation has taken place and memorial services will be held Friday, 7:00 p.m., at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa NE, with Rev. officiating. Interment will follow at Santa Fe National Cemetery. Family requests that memorial contributions be made to the St. Andrews Presbyterian Capital Maintenance and Replacement Fund, 5301 Ponderosa NE, Albuquerque 87110. French Mortuary, 7121 Wyoming Blvd. 87109.