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San Antonio Express-News, 7 August 1974, page 32 — newspaper obituary headlined 'MENGER' for Mr. Gus P. Menger, 84, of 1919 Kenilworth Blvd., who died Aug. 5, 1974; retired chairman of Board H&H Coffee Company, member of the National Coffee Assn., past president of the San Antonio Manufacturer's Assn., member Knights of Columbus Council No. 786, Bejar Caravan No. 56, Order of Alhambras; survivors include wife Mrs. Adele Menger, daughters Mrs. Robert (Barbara Ann) Ernst, Mrs. Rose Marie McClung, Sister Rose Marie Menger O.S.B.; sons Albert G. Menger, step-son Carl Paxson; sister Margaret Menger; brothers August, Rudolph W., Ted J. Menger; 17 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; Rosary Tuesday, Mass St. Pius X Catholic Church; pallbearers Chris M. Jasso, Gen. A. B. Crowther, Fred J. Holliday, Col. M. H. Truly, R. A. Moore, Barney Franza; interment Mission Burial Park South; arrangements Zizik-Kearns Downing-McClaugherty
San Antonio Express-News, 7 August 1974, page 32 — newspaper obituary headlined 'MENGER' for Mr. Gus P. Menger, 84, of 1919 Kenilworth Blvd., who died Aug. 5, 1974; retired chairman of Board H&H Coffee Company, member of the National Coffee Assn., past president of the San Antonio Manufacturer's Assn., member Knights of Columbus Council No. 786, Bejar Caravan No. 56, Order of Alhambras; survivors include wife Mrs. Adele Menger, daughters Mrs. Robert (Barbara Ann) Ernst, Mrs. Rose Marie McClung, Sister Rose Marie Menger O.S.B.; sons Albert G. Menger, step-son Carl Paxson; sister Margaret Menger; brothers August, Rudolph W., Ted J. Menger; 17 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; Rosary Tuesday, Mass St. Pius X Catholic Church; pallbearers Chris M. Jasso, Gen. A. B. Crowther, Fred J. Holliday, Col. M. H. Truly, R. A. Moore, Barney Franza; interment Mission Burial Park South; arrangements Zizik-Kearns Downing-McClaugherty
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Gus P. Menger obituary listing — SA Express-News, 7 August 1974

Newspaper obituary in the San Antonio Express-News of Wednesday, 7 August 1974 (p. 32) for Mr. Gus P. Menger, 84, of 1919 Kenilworth Blvd., who died August 5, 1974. The day-after companion to the 6 August 1974 SA Express-News service-scheduled obituary (HH-CLIP-1974-0001, post _posts/1974-08-06-san-antonio-express-news-gus-p-menger-obituary.md). The 7 Aug version is a fuller listing-style notice with more detail on survivors, civic memberships, and pallbearers.

Anchors several Menger-family facts:

  • Civic memberships: Retired Chairman of Board H&H Coffee Company; Member of the National Coffee Assn.; Past President of the San Antonio Manufacturer’s Assn.; Knights of Columbus Council No. 786, Bejar Caravan No. 56, Order of Alhambras.
  • Surviving wife: Mrs. Adele Menger (his second wife; first wife Rose Lee Menger had died in 1955 per 1955-10-27-san-antonio-light-rose-lee-menger-obituary).
  • Daughters: Mrs. Robert (Barbara Ann) Ernst of Shreveport, La.; Mrs. Rose Marie McClung of Houston (— this is Mrs. Guy La Monte McClung Jr., mother of the bride in the June 1969 McCormick-McClung wedding (HH-CLIP-1969-0002); confirms Albert G. Menger as her brother and uncle to the McClung children); Sister Rose Marie Menger O.S.B. of San Antonio (a nun, Order of St. Benedict).
  • Sons: Albert G. Menger (last reported residence Wetmore — interesting if he had relocated from San Antonio proper by 1974; H&H president 1960–1962); step-son Carl Paxson of San Antonio.
  • Sister: Miss Margaret Menger of San Antonio.
  • Brothers: August, Rudolph W. and Ted J. Menger of San Antonio. Louis B. Menger had pre-deceased him in 1971 (HH-CLIP-1971-0002); Edward W. Menger had pre-deceased him in 1960 (HH-CLIP-1960-0004). Four Menger siblings (Gus, August, Rudolph, Theodore + sister Margaret) still living when Gus P. died Aug 1974 — three after Gus P.’s death.
  • 17 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren.
  • Pallbearers: Chris M. Jasso (recurring; H&H packing-department veteran), Gen. A. B. Crowther, Fred J. Holliday (recurring), Col. M. H. Truly, R. A. Moore, Barney Franza.
  • Mass at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 3919 Wurzbach (Albert V. Maneth officiating). Interment Mission Burial Park South. Arrangements Zizik-Kearns Downing-McClaugherty.

Compare and combine with the 6 August 1974 SA Express-News obituary (HH-CLIP-1974-0001) — the two together form the complete contemporary newspaper record of Gus P. Menger’s death.