Services were Tuesday for Charles Rupert Rinehart, 90, Kirksville, formerly of Jefferson City, who died Aug. 4, 2000, at Northeast Regional Medical Center, Kirksville.
He was born July 8, 1910, in Kirksville, a son of Rupert L. and Gertrude Upright Rinehart. He was married in 1939 in Mexico to Ivah Belle Rudasill, who died in 1983.
He graduated from Kirksville High School and received a bachelor's degree from Northeast State Teachers College and a master's degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He pursued a doctoral degree at Northwestern University. He was at teacher, principal and superintendent in the Macon school system, and was superintendent for LaBelle Public Schools.
He supervised the Office of Price Administration in his area during World War II. He worked for the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce for 10 years and the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce in Jefferson City for 20 years. He returned to Kirksville in 1983 to run the Rinehart News Agency. He was a member of the Rotary Club and First United Methodist Church, both in Kirksville.
Survivors include: one son, Chuck Rinehart, Kirksville; and two sisters, Maybelle Willbanks, Kirksville, and Martha Jones, Champagne, Ill.
Services were at Davis-Playle Funeral Home, Kirksville. The Rev. Dennis Smith officiated. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery, Mexico.
Services were Tuesday for Charles Rupert Rinehart, 90, Kirksville, formerly of Jefferson City, who died Aug. 4, 2000, at Northeast Regional Medical Center, Kirksville.
He was born July 8, 1910, in Kirksville, a son of Rupert L. and Gertrude Upright Rinehart. He was married in 1939 in Mexico to Ivah Belle Rudasill, who died in 1983.
He graduated from Kirksville High School and received a bachelor's degree from Northeast State Teachers College and a master's degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He pursued a doctoral degree at Northwestern University. He was at teacher, principal and superintendent in the Macon school system, and was superintendent for LaBelle Public Schools.
He supervised the Office of Price Administration in his area during World War II. He worked for the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce for 10 years and the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce in Jefferson City for 20 years. He returned to Kirksville in 1983 to run the Rinehart News Agency. He was a member of the Rotary Club and First United Methodist Church, both in Kirksville.
Survivors include: one son, Chuck Rinehart, Kirksville; and two sisters, Maybelle Willbanks, Kirksville, and Martha Jones, Champagne, Ill.
Services were at Davis-Playle Funeral Home, Kirksville. The Rev. Dennis Smith officiated. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery, Mexico.
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