John Howard Lindauer, I

John Howard Lindauer I (1904-1954) worked as a radio engineer in 1930 and later a television engineer for RCA (b. August 12, 1904, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. May 29, 1954, 1:00 p.m., Maricopa County Hospital, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA) Social Security Number 137018243.

Parents:

Oscar Arthur Lindauer (1872-1948) and Jennie Louise Courter (1879-1963) aka Jean Louise Courter. Oscar was raised by John Jacob Lindauer (1840-1888), a cigar maker; and Nellie X (1853-1887). John's death certificate states that his father was born in Philadelphia, but that is incorrect. The death certificate also lists his mother's name as "Corder" which is a phonetic spelling of the correct "Courter".

Birth:

John was born on August 12, 1904 in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.

Siblings:

Florence Elizabeth Lindauer (1907-1967) who worked as a keypunch operator in a fire insurance company in 1930, and married Charles James Cull II (1903-1976); Natalie Jean Lindauer (1910-1996) who married Alfred Richardson (1901-1953) and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and died in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin; and Charles Frederick Lindauer II (1919-2006) who married Gloria X (1925- ) and later moved to Florida.

Radio Engineer:

John appears in the 1930 US Census working as a radio engineer. He later was an early engineer for television.

Marriage:

He married Louise M. Platt (1910-2004) around 1935. She was the daughter of Howard Carleton Platt and Irene Grace Horton. Together they had three children.

New Jersey to Arizona:

Around 1945-1946 he was diagnosed with emphysema. He moved to Arizona because of his emphysema around 1949. They lived at 1429 East Desert Park in Phoenix.

Death:

He died on May 29, 1954 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona of "emphysema and congestive heart failure". He had had his emphysema for 8 years, and his congestive heart failure for 6 months.

Cremation:

He was cremated at Greenwood Crematorium in Phoenix on June 1, 1954. His ashes were buried in Phoenix, Arizona. When his widow died his ashes were disinterred, and her ashes were mixed with his and they were scattered in northern Arizona.

Widow:

She married Walter Likosar (1911-1999). Walter died in 1999 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona.

Relationship:

John Howard Lindauer I (1904-1954) is the second cousin, twice removed of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ).

Source:

Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave and loaded here at Geni.com on October 3, 2009.