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San Antonio Express-News, 11 November 1960, page 23 — newspaper obituary headlined 'MENGER' for Edward William Menger, 78, of 222 Primrose, who died Thursday Nov. 10, 1960; survived by sister Miss Margaret Menger, brothers August, Louis B., Gus P., Rudolph W., and Theodore J. Menger; described as 'one of the oldest members of the Quarter Century Club of S.A.M.S.CO., having been employed there continually for over 50 years' and 'Retired two years and Stockholder in the H&H Coffee Co.'; pallbearers August Koepp, Stephen Menger, Albert G. Menger, John C. Burkholder, Fred Holliday, William C. Belcher
San Antonio Express-News, 11 November 1960, page 23 — newspaper obituary headlined 'MENGER' for Edward William Menger, 78, of 222 Primrose, who died Thursday Nov. 10, 1960; survived by sister Miss Margaret Menger, brothers August, Louis B., Gus P., Rudolph W., and Theodore J. Menger; described as 'one of the oldest members of the Quarter Century Club of S.A.M.S.CO., having been employed there continually for over 50 years' and 'Retired two years and Stockholder in the H&H Coffee Co.'; pallbearers August Koepp, Stephen Menger, Albert G. Menger, John C. Burkholder, Fred Holliday, William C. Belcher
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Edward William Menger obituary — SA Express-News, 11 November 1960

Newspaper obituary in the San Antonio Express-News of Friday, 11 November 1960 (p. 23) for Edward William Menger, 78, of 222 Primrose, who died Thursday, November 10, 1960. Anchors several Menger-family genealogy and H&H Coffee Co. ownership facts:

  • Address (Menger household, 1960): 222 Primrose — same address as Louis B. Menger (HH-CLIP-1971 Louis B. Menger obituary 1971). Suggests a shared family household for the unmarried Menger siblings.
  • Siblings (all of San Antonio): Sister Miss Margaret Menger; brothers August, Louis B., Gus P., Rudolph W., and Theodore J. Menger. With Edward W. and Margaret, this confirms seven Menger siblings still living in San Antonio in late 1960. Theodore J. Menger’s 1987 obituary names eight children total in the family.
  • S.A.M.S.CO. career: “one of the oldest members of the Quarter Century Club of S.A.M.S.CO., having been employed there continually for over 50 years.” S.A.M.S.CO. likely refers to a San Antonio merchant/industrial company; needs follow-up to identify the corporate entity.
  • H&H Coffee Co. relationship: “Retired two years and Stockholder in the H&H Coffee Co.” — confirms a Menger-family stockholding interest in H&H at the moment of his death (Nov 1960), about 18 months before the 1962 sale to Continental Coffee of Chicago.
  • Pallbearers: August Koepp, Stephen Menger, Albert G. Menger, John C. Burkholder, Fred Holliday, William C. Belcher. Confirms Albert G. Menger (H&H president by May 1960) and John C. Burkholder (later a director) in the family’s intimate circle.
  • Mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (Downtown); Old St. Mary’s College alumnus; member of St. Peter’s and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

Funeral arrangements by Zizik-Kearns-Downing — same funeral home used by the family for subsequent Menger deaths (Louis B. Menger 1971; Gus P. Menger 1974; Theodore J. Menger 1987).