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Note: 1893 St. Louis City Directories shows: Schleinkofer, JosephMach. Bds.1313 Monroe ********************************************************************* 1900 Missouri Census - City of St. Louis Schleinkofer, Joseph Born 6/16/1874 in Germany (citizenship PA) 25 years old in 1900 Lived at 1430 Menard with wife: Lizzie, b 6/1877 in Germany Vol 84; Ed 109; Sheet 8; Line 4 ********************************************************************* Obit Published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 11/22/1919 SCHLEINKOFER, JOSEPH J.- Died suddenly on Saturday, November 22, 1919 at 12:30 a.m. of 3119 South Nebraska, husband of Lizzie Schleinkofer (nee Kraft), father of Viola and Carl, Son-in-Law of Anna Kraft at the age of 44 years. Funeral Tuesday, November 25 at 1:30 p.m. at Ziegenheim Brothers Chapel, 2628 Cherokee Street. Burial New St. Paul Cemetery. ************************************************************ Published in the November 22, 1919 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "IS THERE A GOD?" MAN ASKS, AND KILLS HIMSELF Proprietor of Tool Company Fires Bullet in His Breast at Grand Avenue and Arsenal Street. Persons standing at Grand avenue and Arsenal street at 12:15 a.m. today saw Joseph J. Schleinkofer, 40 years old turn his face upward and exclaim: "Is there a God?" Then he drew a revolver and fired a bullet into his left breast. He died immediately. Schleinkofer was 40 years old and the proprietor of the Ideal Tool & Machine Co., 22 South Broadway. He resided with his wife, Elizabeth, at 3119 Nebraska avenue. No reason for his act could be learned. Two women and two men were standing hear him when he ended his life. Members of his family said he attended church regularly. A son and a daughter survie, in addition to his wife. ************************************************************
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