William U. Vinton, 69, of 514 Oak St., Manitowoc, president of Vinton
Construction Co., died unexpectedly Saturday morning at Memorial Hospital,
Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Monday at Mittnacht Funeral home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Gervase Zanotti will officiate and burial will be in the
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Vinton was born Oct. 28, 1900 at Williamsburg, Mich., son of the late
Frank and Emma Harrison Vinton. He attended Travis City High School and was
graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in civil engineering.
He was employed with the Portland Cement Co. for eight years prior to starting
the Vinton Construction Co. in 1930. He married the former Martha Schuette
Oct. 9, 1928 at Chicago. He was a member of Branch River Country Club, the
Manitowoc Y.M.C.A., the Manitowoc Elks Lodge No. 687, and the Williamsburg,
Mich., Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. He served on the Manitowoc Vocational
School Board for 10 years and was active for many years on the camping committee
of the Waumebesako Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He also had served
as treasurer of the Wisconsin Paving Assn.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Robert of Manitowoc and David of Morton,
Ill., and four grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to
9 pm Sunday. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Manitowoc
and the Manitowoc Y.M.C.A.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Sat., Aug. 29, 1970 page M15
William U. Vinton, 69, of 514 Oak St., Manitowoc, president of Vinton
Construction Co., died unexpectedly Saturday morning at Memorial Hospital,
Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Monday at Mittnacht Funeral home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Gervase Zanotti will officiate and burial will be in the
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Vinton was born Oct. 28, 1900 at Williamsburg, Mich., son of the late
Frank and Emma Harrison Vinton. He attended Travis City High School and was
graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in civil engineering.
He was employed with the Portland Cement Co. for eight years prior to starting
the Vinton Construction Co. in 1930. He married the former Martha Schuette
Oct. 9, 1928 at Chicago. He was a member of Branch River Country Club, the
Manitowoc Y.M.C.A., the Manitowoc Elks Lodge No. 687, and the Williamsburg,
Mich., Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. He served on the Manitowoc Vocational
School Board for 10 years and was active for many years on the camping committee
of the Waumebesako Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He also had served
as treasurer of the Wisconsin Paving Assn.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Robert of Manitowoc and David of Morton,
Ill., and four grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to
9 pm Sunday. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Manitowoc
and the Manitowoc Y.M.C.A.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Sat., Aug. 29, 1970 page M15
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