Mr. Rinehart managed a lumber yard in Marceline and also in Amarillo, Texas, before moving to Chillicothe, where he was in the lumber business from 1927-1969. He managed Mills Brothers Lumber Co. until 1950, when he built a new lumber yard, Ken Rinehart Lumber, on Highway 65 South. The business was sold in 1969 and is know Roy Westfall Lumber.
Mr. Rinehart was born Nov. 24, 1900 in Kirksville, the son of Rupert Lloyd and Gertrude Updyke Rinehart. He graduated from Kirksville High School and moved to Marceline where Jan.23, 1923 he married Dorothy Emma Davis, a daughter of Victor Leon and Minnie Tolles Davis.
He was active in Rotary, of which he served as local president. He also serviced on the boards of directors of the Chillicothe country Club and the Southwestern Lumbermens' Association.
Surviving are a son, Kenneth L. Rinehart, Jr., a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana; three grandsons, Kenneth L. III, Tucson, Ariz.; J. Benjamin and Nicholas W., both of Urbana; two sisters, Mabel Willbanks, Kirksville, and Martha Jones, Libertyville, Ill.; three brothers, Rupert, Kirksville; Richard, Long Beach, Calif., and John, Santa Fe, N. Mex. Preceding him in death were his wife, Dorothy, and a daughter, Jo Ann.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.
The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri, Wednesday, March 11, 1987, Page 11, Col. 1
Mr. Rinehart managed a lumber yard in Marceline and also in Amarillo, Texas, before moving to Chillicothe, where he was in the lumber business from 1927-1969. He managed Mills Brothers Lumber Co. until 1950, when he built a new lumber yard, Ken Rinehart Lumber, on Highway 65 South. The business was sold in 1969 and is know Roy Westfall Lumber.
Mr. Rinehart was born Nov. 24, 1900 in Kirksville, the son of Rupert Lloyd and Gertrude Updyke Rinehart. He graduated from Kirksville High School and moved to Marceline where Jan.23, 1923 he married Dorothy Emma Davis, a daughter of Victor Leon and Minnie Tolles Davis.
He was active in Rotary, of which he served as local president. He also serviced on the boards of directors of the Chillicothe country Club and the Southwestern Lumbermens' Association.
Surviving are a son, Kenneth L. Rinehart, Jr., a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana; three grandsons, Kenneth L. III, Tucson, Ariz.; J. Benjamin and Nicholas W., both of Urbana; two sisters, Mabel Willbanks, Kirksville, and Martha Jones, Libertyville, Ill.; three brothers, Rupert, Kirksville; Richard, Long Beach, Calif., and John, Santa Fe, N. Mex. Preceding him in death were his wife, Dorothy, and a daughter, Jo Ann.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army.
The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri, Wednesday, March 11, 1987, Page 11, Col. 1
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