Stanley A. Meihaus Jr., 73, Hollidaysburg, died unexpectedly Thursday morning at his home.
He was born in Winchester, Ky., son of Stanley A. Sr. and Ellen (Kennedy) Meihaus. He married Karen W. Wohrley on Sept. 30, 1961, in Fort Mitchell, Ky.
Surviving are his wife, with whom he had shared nearly 51 years of marriage; three daughters: Christine Frost and husband, Christopher, and Laura Burke and husband, Tom, all of Lexington, Ky., and Barbara Nosek and husband, Ron, of Hollidaysburg; two sons: Stanley A. III and wife, Ellen, of Davidson, N.C., and Steven P. and wife, Sara, of Fairfax Station, Va.; 10 grandchildren; three sisters: Peggy Haskell, Jeanne Nagle and Carole Rasp, all of Fort Mitchell, Ky.; and three brothers: James of Union, Ky., Robert of Fort Mitchell, Ky., and Donald of Erlanger, Ky.
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Stanley was a 1957 graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a 1961 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in accounting. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He retired as an accountant and stockbroker.
Stanley was a member of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Hollidaysburg. He volunteered at the Hollidaysburg Catholic School lunch room, St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank and St. Leonard's Home. He enjoyed gardening.
Friends will be received from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at Sorge Funeral Home Inc., Hollidaysburg, where a vigil service will be held. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Hollidaysburg, by Father Clement G. Gardner. Committal will be at Greenlawn Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, with military honors provided by the Blair County Veterans Honor Guard.
Memorials may be given to the Hollidaysburg Catholic School, St. Leonard's Home or St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry.
