--part1_66.4fcb856.268a09a0_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_66.4fcb856.268a09a0_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Anitarippe@aol.com> From: Anitarippe@aol.com Full-name: Anitarippe Message-ID: <f7.512319.2689f8ef@aol.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:32:47 EDT Subject: Obit--Robert Menegay--Stark County To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 110 ROBERT H. MENEGAY, 47, FORMER LEGISLATOR, DIES Robert H. Menegay of N. Chapel St., Louisville, who served a term in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1947 - 48 and last December was appointed acting Postmaster in Louisville, died Thursday night in Mercy Hospital. Mr. Menegay, 47, had been a patient in the hospital since May 30, suffering from a heart ailment. He took over the duties of Postmaster Jan. 1 but was forced to resign several months later due to ill health. Prominent in Democratic circles, Mr. Menegay was serving as Sergeant-at-arms of the Ohio Senate when he was appointed Postmaster. He was a life resident of Louisville and attended Louisville parochial school and Louisville High School. For more than 25 years, Mr. Menegay owned and operated a barber shop in Louisville. He was a member of St. Louis Catholic church, Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus, and Louisville Sportsman's Club. While serving in the Ohio legislature, he fostered the strip-mine bill. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Marian Menegay; two brothers Raymond A. of Louisville, and Austin F. Menegay of Canton, and two sisters, Mrs. Cecelia Leininger of Canton, and Mrs. Wilda Dudley of Louisville. A Requiem High Mass was sung Monday at 10:00 a. m. in St. Louis Catholic church. Rev. Fr. Paul Dehnke officiated. Burial in the church cemetery. Serving as pall-bearers were L.C. Koehn, E.C. Lair, D.E. Lothamer, Howard D. Neel, H.J. Shoemaker and C.Q. Zahner. The body was at the Stier Funeral Home. Taken from the Louisville Herald. Date of death, 2 Aug. 1951. Submitted by Anita A. Rippel --part1_66.4fcb856.268a09a0_boundary--