ROBERT L. PRITCHARD (d. 1967)
R.L. Pritchard, Retired Mirro Manager, Dead
Robert L. Pritchard, 70, of 1309 Ahrens St., who served Mirro Aluminum Co. 42
years, 20 of them as advertising manager, died Saturday morning at Holy Family
Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Mittnacht Funeral Home and at
9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E. A. Radey will officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Pritchard was born May 21, 1897, in the Town of Meeme, Manitowoc County, son
of the late Robert and Mary Gallagher Pritchard. He graduated from Manitowoc
County Normal School and taught school in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He
began his 42 years of service at Mirro Aluminum Co. until his retirement in 1962.
Heads Committee
Mr. Pritchard headed the committee for changing the company name from Aluminum
Goods Manufacturing Co. to Mirro Aluminum Co., in 1957.
During his lifetime he served as director of Northeastern Wisconsin Advertising
Club, director, vice president and president of Aluminum Wares Assn. Inc. in
1954, 1960 and 1961 respectively, a director of the Fox River Valley Advertising
Club and a member of the Printer’s Ink Jury of Marketing Opinion.
Married at Osman
Mr. Pritchard was also affiliated with the American Legion, the Holy Name Society
of the church and Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He married the
former Margaret Grady June 23, 1920, at Osman, the couple making its home at
Manitowoc.
She survives with a son, John R., of Milwaukee; a daughter, Mrs. R. F. (Mary)
Nowakowski, of Richland, Wash.; a brother, William, of the Town of Meeme; two
sisters, Mrs. W. C. Randolph and Mis Ruth, of Manitowoc; 10 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday where the Rosary will
be recited at 8:30 p.m. by the Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus members
and the Catholic Woman’s Club. Memorials may be made to the cobalt fund of Holy
Family Hospital.
Manitowoc Herald Times, December 23, 1967 P. 14
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[d. 12-23-1967/age 70 yrs.]
(b. 21 May 1897/d. Dec. 1967/SSDI)
R.L. Pritchard, Retired Mirro Manager, Dead
Robert L. Pritchard, 70, of 1309 Ahrens St., who served Mirro Aluminum Co. 42
years, 20 of them as advertising manager, died Saturday morning at Holy Family
Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Mittnacht Funeral Home and at
9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E. A. Radey will officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Pritchard was born May 21, 1897, in the Town of Meeme, Manitowoc County, son
of the late Robert and Mary Gallagher Pritchard. He graduated from Manitowoc
County Normal School and taught school in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He
began his 42 years of service at Mirro Aluminum Co. until his retirement in 1962.
Heads Committee
Mr. Pritchard headed the committee for changing the company name from Aluminum
Goods Manufacturing Co. to Mirro Aluminum Co., in 1957.
During his lifetime he served as director of Northeastern Wisconsin Advertising
Club, director, vice president and president of Aluminum Wares Assn. Inc. in
1954, 1960 and 1961 respectively, a director of the Fox River Valley Advertising
Club and a member of the Printer’s Ink Jury of Marketing Opinion.
Married at Osman
Mr. Pritchard was also affiliated with the American Legion, the Holy Name Society
of the church and Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He married the
former Margaret Grady June 23, 1920, at Osman, the couple making its home at
Manitowoc.
She survives with a son, John R., of Milwaukee; a daughter, Mrs. R. F. (Mary)
Nowakowski, of Richland, Wash.; a brother, William, of the Town of Meeme; two
sisters, Mrs. W. C. Randolph and Mis Ruth, of Manitowoc; 10 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday where the Rosary will
be recited at 8:30 p.m. by the Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus members
and the Catholic Woman’s Club. Memorials may be made to the cobalt fund of Holy
Family Hospital.
Manitowoc Herald Times, December 23, 1967 P. 14
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[d. 12-23-1967/age 70 yrs.]
(b. 21 May 1897/d. Dec. 1967/SSDI)
ROBERT L. PRITCHARD (d. 1967)
R.L. Pritchard, Retired Mirro Manager, Dead
Robert L. Pritchard, 70, of 1309 Ahrens St., who served Mirro Aluminum Co. 42
years, 20 of them as advertising manager, died Saturday morning at Holy Family
Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Mittnacht Funeral Home and at
9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E. A. Radey will officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Pritchard was born May 21, 1897, in the Town of Meeme, Manitowoc County, son
of the late Robert and Mary Gallagher Pritchard. He graduated from Manitowoc
County Normal School and taught school in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He
began his 42 years of service at Mirro Aluminum Co. until his retirement in 1962.
Heads Committee
Mr. Pritchard headed the committee for changing the company name from Aluminum
Goods Manufacturing Co. to Mirro Aluminum Co., in 1957.
During his lifetime he served as director of Northeastern Wisconsin Advertising
Club, director, vice president and president of Aluminum Wares Assn. Inc. in
1954, 1960 and 1961 respectively, a director of the Fox River Valley Advertising
Club and a member of the Printer’s Ink Jury of Marketing Opinion.
Married at Osman
Mr. Pritchard was also affiliated with the American Legion, the Holy Name Society
of the church and Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He married the
former Margaret Grady June 23, 1920, at Osman, the couple making its home at
Manitowoc.
She survives with a son, John R., of Milwaukee; a daughter, Mrs. R. F. (Mary)
Nowakowski, of Richland, Wash.; a brother, William, of the Town of Meeme; two
sisters, Mrs. W. C. Randolph and Mis Ruth, of Manitowoc; 10 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday where the Rosary will
be recited at 8:30 p.m. by the Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus members
and the Catholic Woman’s Club. Memorials may be made to the cobalt fund of Holy
Family Hospital.
Manitowoc Herald Times, December 23, 1967 P. 14
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[d. 12-23-1967/age 70 yrs.]
(b. 21 May 1897/d. Dec. 1967/SSDI)
R.L. Pritchard, Retired Mirro Manager, Dead
Robert L. Pritchard, 70, of 1309 Ahrens St., who served Mirro Aluminum Co. 42
years, 20 of them as advertising manager, died Saturday morning at Holy Family
Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Mittnacht Funeral Home and at
9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E. A. Radey will officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Pritchard was born May 21, 1897, in the Town of Meeme, Manitowoc County, son
of the late Robert and Mary Gallagher Pritchard. He graduated from Manitowoc
County Normal School and taught school in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He
began his 42 years of service at Mirro Aluminum Co. until his retirement in 1962.
Heads Committee
Mr. Pritchard headed the committee for changing the company name from Aluminum
Goods Manufacturing Co. to Mirro Aluminum Co., in 1957.
During his lifetime he served as director of Northeastern Wisconsin Advertising
Club, director, vice president and president of Aluminum Wares Assn. Inc. in
1954, 1960 and 1961 respectively, a director of the Fox River Valley Advertising
Club and a member of the Printer’s Ink Jury of Marketing Opinion.
Married at Osman
Mr. Pritchard was also affiliated with the American Legion, the Holy Name Society
of the church and Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He married the
former Margaret Grady June 23, 1920, at Osman, the couple making its home at
Manitowoc.
She survives with a son, John R., of Milwaukee; a daughter, Mrs. R. F. (Mary)
Nowakowski, of Richland, Wash.; a brother, William, of the Town of Meeme; two
sisters, Mrs. W. C. Randolph and Mis Ruth, of Manitowoc; 10 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday where the Rosary will
be recited at 8:30 p.m. by the Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus members
and the Catholic Woman’s Club. Memorials may be made to the cobalt fund of Holy
Family Hospital.
Manitowoc Herald Times, December 23, 1967 P. 14
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[d. 12-23-1967/age 70 yrs.]
(b. 21 May 1897/d. Dec. 1967/SSDI)
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