Obituary - The Evening Star (Washington, DC), December 27, 1953:
Odie Lynch, Veteran Public Roads Official On Major Projects
Odie Lynch, 63, Bureau of Public Roads engineer and chief inspector on several major highway projects in the Washington area, died Thursday at his home, 6515 Seventy-ninth place, Cabin John, Md.
Mr. Lynch, a native of Cropley, Md., began his Government service 43 years ago in the construction branch of the War Department. He worked on both the old and present Washington Aqueducts and foreman of construction on Key Bridge.
An expert in hydraulic fill work, Mr. Lynch transferred to the Bureau of Public Roads in 1930. During his service with the bureau he was chief inspector of the construction of the Mount Vernon, George Washington, Suitland and Baltimore-Washington Parkways and the Pentagon roads network. At the time of his death he was engaged in several projects now under construction.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Annie Ethel Lynch, and two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Hobbs, of Rockville, Md., and Mrs. Sewell Prince, of Bethesda, Md.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Robert A. Pumphrey funeral home, 7557 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda. Burial will be in the Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Odie Lynch, Veteran Public Roads Official On Major Projects
Odie Lynch, 63, Bureau of Public Roads engineer and chief inspector on several major highway projects in the Washington area, died Thursday at his home, 6515 Seventy-ninth place, Cabin John, Md.
Mr. Lynch, a native of Cropley, Md., began his Government service 43 years ago in the construction branch of the War Department. He worked on both the old and present Washington Aqueducts and foreman of construction on Key Bridge.
An expert in hydraulic fill work, Mr. Lynch transferred to the Bureau of Public Roads in 1930. During his service with the bureau he was chief inspector of the construction of the Mount Vernon, George Washington, Suitland and Baltimore-Washington Parkways and the Pentagon roads network. At the time of his death he was engaged in several projects now under construction.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Annie Ethel Lynch, and two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Hobbs, of Rockville, Md., and Mrs. Sewell Prince, of Bethesda, Md.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Robert A. Pumphrey funeral home, 7557 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda. Burial will be in the Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Obituary - The Evening Star (Washington, DC), December 27, 1953:
Odie Lynch, Veteran Public Roads Official On Major Projects
Odie Lynch, 63, Bureau of Public Roads engineer and chief inspector on several major highway projects in the Washington area, died Thursday at his home, 6515 Seventy-ninth place, Cabin John, Md.
Mr. Lynch, a native of Cropley, Md., began his Government service 43 years ago in the construction branch of the War Department. He worked on both the old and present Washington Aqueducts and foreman of construction on Key Bridge.
An expert in hydraulic fill work, Mr. Lynch transferred to the Bureau of Public Roads in 1930. During his service with the bureau he was chief inspector of the construction of the Mount Vernon, George Washington, Suitland and Baltimore-Washington Parkways and the Pentagon roads network. At the time of his death he was engaged in several projects now under construction.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Annie Ethel Lynch, and two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Hobbs, of Rockville, Md., and Mrs. Sewell Prince, of Bethesda, Md.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Robert A. Pumphrey funeral home, 7557 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda. Burial will be in the Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Odie Lynch, Veteran Public Roads Official On Major Projects
Odie Lynch, 63, Bureau of Public Roads engineer and chief inspector on several major highway projects in the Washington area, died Thursday at his home, 6515 Seventy-ninth place, Cabin John, Md.
Mr. Lynch, a native of Cropley, Md., began his Government service 43 years ago in the construction branch of the War Department. He worked on both the old and present Washington Aqueducts and foreman of construction on Key Bridge.
An expert in hydraulic fill work, Mr. Lynch transferred to the Bureau of Public Roads in 1930. During his service with the bureau he was chief inspector of the construction of the Mount Vernon, George Washington, Suitland and Baltimore-Washington Parkways and the Pentagon roads network. At the time of his death he was engaged in several projects now under construction.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Annie Ethel Lynch, and two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Hobbs, of Rockville, Md., and Mrs. Sewell Prince, of Bethesda, Md.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Robert A. Pumphrey funeral home, 7557 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda. Burial will be in the Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
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