Ex-Printer H. Larosch Dies at 74
Henry E. Larosch, 74, a retired newspaper linotype operator, died late yesterday at his home, 215 W. 24th St.
He had been employed for 50 years by the News-Journal Co. and its predecessor companies.
Mr. Larosch, who began to learn the printing trade at the age of 15, retired from the News-Journal Co., Jan. 21, 1955.
He had come to Wilmington from Lehighton, Pa., with his parents and began his apprenticeship with the Morning News in 1904. In 1911, he transferred to the Journal, and was with the News-Journal Co , from Jan. 2, 1933 until his retirement.
HE USED TO remark that his career in the printing trade had covered everything "from sweeping up floors to making up pages." A linotype operator for the eight years before his retirement, Mr. Larosch's longest stretch of specialized work was 28 years as operator of a machine turning out type for advertisements.
About 1940, the magazine, "Editor and Publisher," hailed Mr. Larosch as one of the fastest workers in his section. He once averaged 112 casts an hour for nine hours, 1,008 casts. He said his formula for achieving that status was, "Keep busy and don't be afraid of the boss."
SURVIVING ARE his widow, Mrs. Irma O. Larosch; a son, Henry, formerly of Wilmington; a grandson, John Howard Larosch, whom Mr. and Mrs. Larosch reared: two brothers, John P., Wilmington, and Clarence, Pennsville, N.J., and two sisters, Mrs. Sally Scott, Wilmington, and Miss Alice Larosch, Wilmington.
Another son, Kenneth O. Larosch, was killed in action in World War II in the Philippines.
Funeral services and burial will he private. There will he no viewing, and the family requests that flowers be omitted. Arrangements are by the McCrery Funeral Home.
The Morning News
October 19, 1963
Henry E. Larosch, 74, a retired newspaper linotype operator, died late yesterday at his home, 215 W. 24th St.
He had been employed for 50 years by the News-Journal Co. and its predecessor companies.
Mr. Larosch, who began to learn the printing trade at the age of 15, retired from the News-Journal Co., Jan. 21, 1955.
He had come to Wilmington from Lehighton, Pa., with his parents and began his apprenticeship with the Morning News in 1904. In 1911, he transferred to the Journal, and was with the News-Journal Co , from Jan. 2, 1933 until his retirement.
HE USED TO remark that his career in the printing trade had covered everything "from sweeping up floors to making up pages." A linotype operator for the eight years before his retirement, Mr. Larosch's longest stretch of specialized work was 28 years as operator of a machine turning out type for advertisements.
About 1940, the magazine, "Editor and Publisher," hailed Mr. Larosch as one of the fastest workers in his section. He once averaged 112 casts an hour for nine hours, 1,008 casts. He said his formula for achieving that status was, "Keep busy and don't be afraid of the boss."
SURVIVING ARE his widow, Mrs. Irma O. Larosch; a son, Henry, formerly of Wilmington; a grandson, John Howard Larosch, whom Mr. and Mrs. Larosch reared: two brothers, John P., Wilmington, and Clarence, Pennsville, N.J., and two sisters, Mrs. Sally Scott, Wilmington, and Miss Alice Larosch, Wilmington.
Another son, Kenneth O. Larosch, was killed in action in World War II in the Philippines.
Funeral services and burial will he private. There will he no viewing, and the family requests that flowers be omitted. Arrangements are by the McCrery Funeral Home.
The Morning News
October 19, 1963
Ex-Printer H. Larosch Dies at 74
Henry E. Larosch, 74, a retired newspaper linotype operator, died late yesterday at his home, 215 W. 24th St.
He had been employed for 50 years by the News-Journal Co. and its predecessor companies.
Mr. Larosch, who began to learn the printing trade at the age of 15, retired from the News-Journal Co., Jan. 21, 1955.
He had come to Wilmington from Lehighton, Pa., with his parents and began his apprenticeship with the Morning News in 1904. In 1911, he transferred to the Journal, and was with the News-Journal Co , from Jan. 2, 1933 until his retirement.
HE USED TO remark that his career in the printing trade had covered everything "from sweeping up floors to making up pages." A linotype operator for the eight years before his retirement, Mr. Larosch's longest stretch of specialized work was 28 years as operator of a machine turning out type for advertisements.
About 1940, the magazine, "Editor and Publisher," hailed Mr. Larosch as one of the fastest workers in his section. He once averaged 112 casts an hour for nine hours, 1,008 casts. He said his formula for achieving that status was, "Keep busy and don't be afraid of the boss."
SURVIVING ARE his widow, Mrs. Irma O. Larosch; a son, Henry, formerly of Wilmington; a grandson, John Howard Larosch, whom Mr. and Mrs. Larosch reared: two brothers, John P., Wilmington, and Clarence, Pennsville, N.J., and two sisters, Mrs. Sally Scott, Wilmington, and Miss Alice Larosch, Wilmington.
Another son, Kenneth O. Larosch, was killed in action in World War II in the Philippines.
Funeral services and burial will he private. There will he no viewing, and the family requests that flowers be omitted. Arrangements are by the McCrery Funeral Home.
The Morning News
October 19, 1963
Henry E. Larosch, 74, a retired newspaper linotype operator, died late yesterday at his home, 215 W. 24th St.
He had been employed for 50 years by the News-Journal Co. and its predecessor companies.
Mr. Larosch, who began to learn the printing trade at the age of 15, retired from the News-Journal Co., Jan. 21, 1955.
He had come to Wilmington from Lehighton, Pa., with his parents and began his apprenticeship with the Morning News in 1904. In 1911, he transferred to the Journal, and was with the News-Journal Co , from Jan. 2, 1933 until his retirement.
HE USED TO remark that his career in the printing trade had covered everything "from sweeping up floors to making up pages." A linotype operator for the eight years before his retirement, Mr. Larosch's longest stretch of specialized work was 28 years as operator of a machine turning out type for advertisements.
About 1940, the magazine, "Editor and Publisher," hailed Mr. Larosch as one of the fastest workers in his section. He once averaged 112 casts an hour for nine hours, 1,008 casts. He said his formula for achieving that status was, "Keep busy and don't be afraid of the boss."
SURVIVING ARE his widow, Mrs. Irma O. Larosch; a son, Henry, formerly of Wilmington; a grandson, John Howard Larosch, whom Mr. and Mrs. Larosch reared: two brothers, John P., Wilmington, and Clarence, Pennsville, N.J., and two sisters, Mrs. Sally Scott, Wilmington, and Miss Alice Larosch, Wilmington.
Another son, Kenneth O. Larosch, was killed in action in World War II in the Philippines.
Funeral services and burial will he private. There will he no viewing, and the family requests that flowers be omitted. Arrangements are by the McCrery Funeral Home.
The Morning News
October 19, 1963
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