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K. McLeary,47,CARNEGIE TECH PROFESSOR DIES
Kindred McLeary,47-year-old painter and professor of architecture at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh,Pa.,was laid to rest yesterday at 4 p.m. in the Weimar cemetery near where he grew up.
Simple graveside services,conducted by Rev.Leo Ross of Columbus,were held for the muralist whose works decorate many churches,post offices and other public buildings in the East.
The only son of Mrs.Sam B. McLeary of Columbus died Sunday about 4 p.m. a few minutes after he fell from the roof of his mountain cabin near Confluence,Pa.,on which he and a friend were working.
Mr.McLeary,who spent his summers in Columbus with his mother and sister,Mrs.Truman McMahan,had taught architecture in Carnegie Tech since 1928.Previously he had taught at the University of Texas from where he graduated.
During the early 1940's Mr.McLeary was commissioned by the war department to do a huge mural for one of the newest war department buildings in Washington,D.C. It is probably one of his greatest murals.
Mr.McLeary had studied in the Weimar schools,Allen academy,the University of Texas and in Europe.
He was a son of the late Dr.Sam B. McLeary.He is survived by his mother,sister,2 nieces,a nephew,3 aunts and an uncle.
Colorado County Citizen,June 2,1949
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K. McLeary,47,CARNEGIE TECH PROFESSOR DIES
Kindred McLeary,47-year-old painter and professor of architecture at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh,Pa.,was laid to rest yesterday at 4 p.m. in the Weimar cemetery near where he grew up.
Simple graveside services,conducted by Rev.Leo Ross of Columbus,were held for the muralist whose works decorate many churches,post offices and other public buildings in the East.
The only son of Mrs.Sam B. McLeary of Columbus died Sunday about 4 p.m. a few minutes after he fell from the roof of his mountain cabin near Confluence,Pa.,on which he and a friend were working.
Mr.McLeary,who spent his summers in Columbus with his mother and sister,Mrs.Truman McMahan,had taught architecture in Carnegie Tech since 1928.Previously he had taught at the University of Texas from where he graduated.
During the early 1940's Mr.McLeary was commissioned by the war department to do a huge mural for one of the newest war department buildings in Washington,D.C. It is probably one of his greatest murals.
Mr.McLeary had studied in the Weimar schools,Allen academy,the University of Texas and in Europe.
He was a son of the late Dr.Sam B. McLeary.He is survived by his mother,sister,2 nieces,a nephew,3 aunts and an uncle.
Colorado County Citizen,June 2,1949
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