WM. H. WINSCH DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Was Manager for Swift & Co. For Score of Years.
After a lingering illness during which he was a great, as well as a patient sufferer, William H. Winsch, for a score of years manager in Allentown for Swift and Company, Allentown, died on Saturday in the Allentown Hospital. He was 58 years of age. Mr. Winsch, whose home is at No. 1615 1-2 Turner street, began to complain several months ago and finally decided after a consultation to go to the hospital for an operation for liver trouble. He was a patient at the hospital for an operation for liver trouble. He was a patient at the hospital since Feb. 18. For a fortnight he improved, when complications and reverses set in and he sank gradually. During this time his devoted wife was with him constantly and the family was assembled at this homestead.
Mr. Winsch was a native of Northampton County, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Winsch, of near Hecktown. During his early years Mr. Winsch lost his mother by death. His father later moved to Fostoria, O., where he remarried. When a youth Mr. Winsch went to Bethlehem where he learned the butchering trade with the late George J. Desch [sic], a prominent business man, who later became his father-in-law. Going into the meat business for himself, Mr. Winsch established a large trade, becoming the leading dealer in his line in that town.
Twenty-two years ago he became associated with Swift and Company, and about 1900, on being appointed manager for Swift and Company at Allentown, moved to this city. In this position he was a figure of incalculable value, not only to the great corporation he served, but to the consuming public. By virtue of ability and long experience, Mr. Winsch was undoubtedly the foremost food expert in Allentown.
His employers knew he was a good man, and those of this friends and business associates who came to know him intimately enough came to have a wonderful regard for Mr. Winsch for his high integrity and regime as manager of the Swift division branch in Allentown, the business grew rapidly and several times the plant had to be enlarged. He supplied not only Allentown, but did business all over the Lehigh Valley, and during the war furnished great quantities of meat and other provisions to Camp Crane.
Mr. Winsch was essentially a family-man, the welfare of those nearest to him receiving his constant attention, and this devotion they repaid him during the dark hours of recent days when it became apparent there was no hope for his recovery.
He is survived by his wife who was Clara E., daughter of George J. Desh, of Bethlehem; three sons and two daughters, as follows: Morrie W. Winsch, Allentown, maintenance superintendent of the Atlas Cement Co.; George T. Winsch, of Easton; Russell [sic] H. Winsch and Mrs. Samuel J. Engler, of Allentown, and Miss Ruth Desh Winsch, at home. There is also one grandchild, Miss Charlotte D. Winsch, besides one brother, Warren E. Winsch, of Fostoria, and one sister, Mrs. Willis Paulus of Farmersville.
Mr. Winsch was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church of Bethlehem and was an active and well liked member of the Allentown Lodge of Elks.
He will be laid to rest in the family plot in Nisky Hill Cemetery at Bethlehem, following services at his home on Wednesday at 2 P.M.
The Morning Call – 24 Mar 1919
Was Manager for Swift & Co. For Score of Years.
After a lingering illness during which he was a great, as well as a patient sufferer, William H. Winsch, for a score of years manager in Allentown for Swift and Company, Allentown, died on Saturday in the Allentown Hospital. He was 58 years of age. Mr. Winsch, whose home is at No. 1615 1-2 Turner street, began to complain several months ago and finally decided after a consultation to go to the hospital for an operation for liver trouble. He was a patient at the hospital for an operation for liver trouble. He was a patient at the hospital since Feb. 18. For a fortnight he improved, when complications and reverses set in and he sank gradually. During this time his devoted wife was with him constantly and the family was assembled at this homestead.
Mr. Winsch was a native of Northampton County, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Winsch, of near Hecktown. During his early years Mr. Winsch lost his mother by death. His father later moved to Fostoria, O., where he remarried. When a youth Mr. Winsch went to Bethlehem where he learned the butchering trade with the late George J. Desch [sic], a prominent business man, who later became his father-in-law. Going into the meat business for himself, Mr. Winsch established a large trade, becoming the leading dealer in his line in that town.
Twenty-two years ago he became associated with Swift and Company, and about 1900, on being appointed manager for Swift and Company at Allentown, moved to this city. In this position he was a figure of incalculable value, not only to the great corporation he served, but to the consuming public. By virtue of ability and long experience, Mr. Winsch was undoubtedly the foremost food expert in Allentown.
His employers knew he was a good man, and those of this friends and business associates who came to know him intimately enough came to have a wonderful regard for Mr. Winsch for his high integrity and regime as manager of the Swift division branch in Allentown, the business grew rapidly and several times the plant had to be enlarged. He supplied not only Allentown, but did business all over the Lehigh Valley, and during the war furnished great quantities of meat and other provisions to Camp Crane.
Mr. Winsch was essentially a family-man, the welfare of those nearest to him receiving his constant attention, and this devotion they repaid him during the dark hours of recent days when it became apparent there was no hope for his recovery.
He is survived by his wife who was Clara E., daughter of George J. Desh, of Bethlehem; three sons and two daughters, as follows: Morrie W. Winsch, Allentown, maintenance superintendent of the Atlas Cement Co.; George T. Winsch, of Easton; Russell [sic] H. Winsch and Mrs. Samuel J. Engler, of Allentown, and Miss Ruth Desh Winsch, at home. There is also one grandchild, Miss Charlotte D. Winsch, besides one brother, Warren E. Winsch, of Fostoria, and one sister, Mrs. Willis Paulus of Farmersville.
Mr. Winsch was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church of Bethlehem and was an active and well liked member of the Allentown Lodge of Elks.
He will be laid to rest in the family plot in Nisky Hill Cemetery at Bethlehem, following services at his home on Wednesday at 2 P.M.
The Morning Call – 24 Mar 1919
WM. H. WINSCH DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Was Manager for Swift & Co. For Score of Years.
After a lingering illness during which he was a great, as well as a patient sufferer, William H. Winsch, for a score of years manager in Allentown for Swift and Company, Allentown, died on Saturday in the Allentown Hospital. He was 58 years of age. Mr. Winsch, whose home is at No. 1615 1-2 Turner street, began to complain several months ago and finally decided after a consultation to go to the hospital for an operation for liver trouble. He was a patient at the hospital for an operation for liver trouble. He was a patient at the hospital since Feb. 18. For a fortnight he improved, when complications and reverses set in and he sank gradually. During this time his devoted wife was with him constantly and the family was assembled at this homestead.
Mr. Winsch was a native of Northampton County, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Winsch, of near Hecktown. During his early years Mr. Winsch lost his mother by death. His father later moved to Fostoria, O., where he remarried. When a youth Mr. Winsch went to Bethlehem where he learned the butchering trade with the late George J. Desch [sic], a prominent business man, who later became his father-in-law. Going into the meat business for himself, Mr. Winsch established a large trade, becoming the leading dealer in his line in that town.
Twenty-two years ago he became associated with Swift and Company, and about 1900, on being appointed manager for Swift and Company at Allentown, moved to this city. In this position he was a figure of incalculable value, not only to the great corporation he served, but to the consuming public. By virtue of ability and long experience, Mr. Winsch was undoubtedly the foremost food expert in Allentown.
His employers knew he was a good man, and those of this friends and business associates who came to know him intimately enough came to have a wonderful regard for Mr. Winsch for his high integrity and regime as manager of the Swift division branch in Allentown, the business grew rapidly and several times the plant had to be enlarged. He supplied not only Allentown, but did business all over the Lehigh Valley, and during the war furnished great quantities of meat and other provisions to Camp Crane.
Mr. Winsch was essentially a family-man, the welfare of those nearest to him receiving his constant attention, and this devotion they repaid him during the dark hours of recent days when it became apparent there was no hope for his recovery.
He is survived by his wife who was Clara E., daughter of George J. Desh, of Bethlehem; three sons and two daughters, as follows: Morrie W. Winsch, Allentown, maintenance superintendent of the Atlas Cement Co.; George T. Winsch, of Easton; Russell [sic] H. Winsch and Mrs. Samuel J. Engler, of Allentown, and Miss Ruth Desh Winsch, at home. There is also one grandchild, Miss Charlotte D. Winsch, besides one brother, Warren E. Winsch, of Fostoria, and one sister, Mrs. Willis Paulus of Farmersville.
Mr. Winsch was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church of Bethlehem and was an active and well liked member of the Allentown Lodge of Elks.
He will be laid to rest in the family plot in Nisky Hill Cemetery at Bethlehem, following services at his home on Wednesday at 2 P.M.
The Morning Call – 24 Mar 1919
Was Manager for Swift & Co. For Score of Years.
After a lingering illness during which he was a great, as well as a patient sufferer, William H. Winsch, for a score of years manager in Allentown for Swift and Company, Allentown, died on Saturday in the Allentown Hospital. He was 58 years of age. Mr. Winsch, whose home is at No. 1615 1-2 Turner street, began to complain several months ago and finally decided after a consultation to go to the hospital for an operation for liver trouble. He was a patient at the hospital for an operation for liver trouble. He was a patient at the hospital since Feb. 18. For a fortnight he improved, when complications and reverses set in and he sank gradually. During this time his devoted wife was with him constantly and the family was assembled at this homestead.
Mr. Winsch was a native of Northampton County, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Winsch, of near Hecktown. During his early years Mr. Winsch lost his mother by death. His father later moved to Fostoria, O., where he remarried. When a youth Mr. Winsch went to Bethlehem where he learned the butchering trade with the late George J. Desch [sic], a prominent business man, who later became his father-in-law. Going into the meat business for himself, Mr. Winsch established a large trade, becoming the leading dealer in his line in that town.
Twenty-two years ago he became associated with Swift and Company, and about 1900, on being appointed manager for Swift and Company at Allentown, moved to this city. In this position he was a figure of incalculable value, not only to the great corporation he served, but to the consuming public. By virtue of ability and long experience, Mr. Winsch was undoubtedly the foremost food expert in Allentown.
His employers knew he was a good man, and those of this friends and business associates who came to know him intimately enough came to have a wonderful regard for Mr. Winsch for his high integrity and regime as manager of the Swift division branch in Allentown, the business grew rapidly and several times the plant had to be enlarged. He supplied not only Allentown, but did business all over the Lehigh Valley, and during the war furnished great quantities of meat and other provisions to Camp Crane.
Mr. Winsch was essentially a family-man, the welfare of those nearest to him receiving his constant attention, and this devotion they repaid him during the dark hours of recent days when it became apparent there was no hope for his recovery.
He is survived by his wife who was Clara E., daughter of George J. Desh, of Bethlehem; three sons and two daughters, as follows: Morrie W. Winsch, Allentown, maintenance superintendent of the Atlas Cement Co.; George T. Winsch, of Easton; Russell [sic] H. Winsch and Mrs. Samuel J. Engler, of Allentown, and Miss Ruth Desh Winsch, at home. There is also one grandchild, Miss Charlotte D. Winsch, besides one brother, Warren E. Winsch, of Fostoria, and one sister, Mrs. Willis Paulus of Farmersville.
Mr. Winsch was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church of Bethlehem and was an active and well liked member of the Allentown Lodge of Elks.
He will be laid to rest in the family plot in Nisky Hill Cemetery at Bethlehem, following services at his home on Wednesday at 2 P.M.
The Morning Call – 24 Mar 1919
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