COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY - 08/14/1944
JOSEPH MUENNINGHOFF, EX-COUNTY BUYER, DIES
Joseph Muenninghoff, 68, County buyer from 1940 to May 1, 1944, died at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at his home in Shively. He had been ill for several months and was forced to retire from office as buyer a short time before his term expired. Long active in Democrat politics, Muenninghoff served as County magistrate from 1913 to 1917 and as County commissioner from 1936 to 1940. In 1940 he was defeated for re-election as commissioner by Robert A. Fihe, Shively. He was a member of the Holy Name Society and former president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Rose Muenninghoff; five sons, Raymond J. Muenninghoff, Cleveland; Sgt. Richard F. Muenninghoff, New Guinea; Bertrand A. Muenninghoff, Leo G. Muenninghoff and Arthur Muenninghoff; two daughters, Miss Dorothy Muenninghoff and Mrs. George Kilijian; a brother, Louis Muenninghoff, and ten grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Helen's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

COURIER JOURNAL OBITUARY - 08/14/1944
MUENNINGHOFF - Joseph, in his 69th year, Sunday, August 13, 1944, at 5:30 p.m., at his residence, Shively, Ky. Beloved husband of Mrs. Rose Fraas Muenninghoff; father of Mrs. George Kilijian, Miss Dorothy Muenninghoff, Raymond J., Bertrand A., Leo G., Arthur and Sgt. Richard F. Muenninghoff; brother of Mr. Louis Muenninghoff. Remains at the W. G. Hardy Funeral Home, Shively. Time of funeral services and Rosary by members of the Holy Name Society and the St. Vincent de Paul Society to be announced later. St. Joseph, Mo., papers please copy.

LOUISVILLE TIMES OBITUARY - 08/14/1944
EX-JEFFERSON BUYER DIES - MUENNINGHOFF ACTIVE IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS
County buyer from 1940 to May 1, 1944, Joseph Muenninghoff, 68, died yesterday at his home in Shively. Ill several months, he was forced to retire from office as buyer a short time before his term expire. Long active in Democratic politics, he served as County magistrate from 1913 to 1917 and as County commissioner from 1936 to 1940. In 1940 he was defeated for re-election as commissioner by Robert A. Fihe, Shively. A printer for the old Evening Post and Herald-Post for forty-five years, he was superintendent of the latter's composing room. Two of his sons, Bertrand A. and Arthur, are printers for the Courier-Jornal and Times. Former president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, he was also a member of the Holy Name Society. Also surviving, wife; sons, Raymond J., Sgt. Richard F., New Guinea, and Leo G.; daughters, Miss Dorothy Muenninghoff, and Mrs. George Kilijian; brother, Louis; ten grandchildren. Services, 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Hardy's Chapel; 9 a.m. St. Helen's Catholic Church.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)