Obituary provided by Linda Wayman:
Herbert Spencer Gladfelter, 84, retired engineer whose 42 years career was devoted mostly to engineering problems in the Mid-South and on the Mississippi River, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 1571 Foster. Mr. Gladfelter, who retired from the U.S. Engineers in April of 1952, was founder and first president of the Engineers Club of Memphis and was active in organization of the Mid-South Society of Civil Engineers and helped for a Memphis Branch. A graduate of the Engineering School of the University of Missouri, he was active with the Memphis District of Engineers following World War I when he began work building levees at Modoc, AR. His work included design of dredging pumps, winding wenches and other items to increase the capacity of dredges and dredging operations. After his retirement he continued working as a professional engineer although he had been less active in the past three years. He was a communicant of Calvary Episcopal Church and a member of the Tennessee Academy of Science and the American Society of Military Engineers. His wife, Hester Gladfelter, died two years ago. He leaves a nephew and three nieces. (Published in The Press Scimitar, Tuesday, October 25, 1966)
Herbert Spencer Gladfelter, 84, retired engineer whose 42 years career was devoted mostly to engineering problems in the Mid-South and on the Mississippi River, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 1571 Foster. Mr. Gladfelter, who retired from the U.S. Engineers in April of 1952, was founder and first president of the Engineers Club of Memphis and was active in organization of the Mid-South Society of Civil Engineers and helped for a Memphis Branch. A graduate of the Engineering School of the University of Missouri, he was active with the Memphis District of Engineers following World War I when he began work building levees at Modoc, AR. His work included design of dredging pumps, winding wenches and other items to increase the capacity of dredges and dredging operations. After his retirement he continued working as a professional engineer although he had been less active in the past three years. He was a communicant of Calvary Episcopal Church and a member of the Tennessee Academy of Science and the American Society of Military Engineers. His wife, Hester Gladfelter, died two years ago. He leaves a nephew and three nieces. (Published in The Press Scimitar, Tuesday, October 25, 1966)
Obituary provided by Linda Wayman:
Herbert Spencer Gladfelter, 84, retired engineer whose 42 years career was devoted mostly to engineering problems in the Mid-South and on the Mississippi River, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 1571 Foster. Mr. Gladfelter, who retired from the U.S. Engineers in April of 1952, was founder and first president of the Engineers Club of Memphis and was active in organization of the Mid-South Society of Civil Engineers and helped for a Memphis Branch. A graduate of the Engineering School of the University of Missouri, he was active with the Memphis District of Engineers following World War I when he began work building levees at Modoc, AR. His work included design of dredging pumps, winding wenches and other items to increase the capacity of dredges and dredging operations. After his retirement he continued working as a professional engineer although he had been less active in the past three years. He was a communicant of Calvary Episcopal Church and a member of the Tennessee Academy of Science and the American Society of Military Engineers. His wife, Hester Gladfelter, died two years ago. He leaves a nephew and three nieces. (Published in The Press Scimitar, Tuesday, October 25, 1966)
Herbert Spencer Gladfelter, 84, retired engineer whose 42 years career was devoted mostly to engineering problems in the Mid-South and on the Mississippi River, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 1571 Foster. Mr. Gladfelter, who retired from the U.S. Engineers in April of 1952, was founder and first president of the Engineers Club of Memphis and was active in organization of the Mid-South Society of Civil Engineers and helped for a Memphis Branch. A graduate of the Engineering School of the University of Missouri, he was active with the Memphis District of Engineers following World War I when he began work building levees at Modoc, AR. His work included design of dredging pumps, winding wenches and other items to increase the capacity of dredges and dredging operations. After his retirement he continued working as a professional engineer although he had been less active in the past three years. He was a communicant of Calvary Episcopal Church and a member of the Tennessee Academy of Science and the American Society of Military Engineers. His wife, Hester Gladfelter, died two years ago. He leaves a nephew and three nieces. (Published in The Press Scimitar, Tuesday, October 25, 1966)
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