Mission Burial Park
San Antonio, Texas cemetery. Full name: Mission Burial Park South. The interment site of at least six H&H Coffee Company principals — effectively the Menger family plot for the H&H generation. Relevant as a genealogical research location: cemetery burial records and the findagrave.com entries cited in the KB may supply dates of birth not captured in press obituaries.
H&H principals interred here
| Name | Died | Section | KB source |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. E. Hayman | Aug 9, 1924 | Mission Burial Park (section unspecified) | HH-CLIP-1924-0019 |
| Minnie Menger Schlosser | Apr 23, 1956 | Section 4, Restland | HH-CLIP-1956-0002 |
| Dr. William J. Schlosser | Feb 21, 1963 | Mission Burial Park South | findagrave 55409282 |
| Louis B. Menger | Oct 29, 1971 | Mission Burial Park (section unspecified) | HH-CLIP-1971-0002 |
| Gustav P. Menger | Aug 5, 1974 | Section 4, Restland | findagrave-32326684 |
| Rudolph W. Menger | 1985 | Mission Burial Park South | HH-CLIP-1985-0001 |
| Theodore J. Menger | Mar 30, 1987 | Mission Burial Park South | HH-CLIP-1987-0001 |
G. P. Menger and Minnie Menger Schlosser share Section 4, Restland — consistent with a family plot. Louis B. Menger and Rudolph W. Menger are almost certainly in the same section or adjacent. The log notes “the family plot at Mission Burial Park” as a research angle for resolving the precise Menger sibling birth order (a question only partially answered by obituary dates).
Also interred: Mrs. S. P. Stevens’s maternal grandfather Paul Poppe (d. Aug 1955, Anton Wenzel Lodge 174) — tangentially connecting the Stevens Outdoor Advertising family to the same cemetery, though not in an H&H section.
Research value
- Burial records at the cemetery office may contain birth dates, next-of-kin, and plot purchase history not published in the obituaries
- Find-a-Grave entries already sourced for G. P. Menger (memorial 32326684) and R. W. Menger (memorial 32329829) — complete plot search for other principals (Louis B., T. J., August, Edward W., Margaret Menger) would close multiple open biographical questions
- The Section 4 / Restland designation for G. P. and Minnie suggests a single family plot purchase; purchasing records would establish when the plot was acquired and by whom (possibly Dr. Rudolph Menger)
Open questions
- Precise section and lot numbers for Louis B., Rudolph W., Theodore J., and W. E. Hayman
- Whether Dr. Rudolph Menger (the patriarch, d. ~1920s) is also interred at Mission Burial Park South
- Whether other Menger siblings (August, Edward W., Margaret) share the family plot
See also
- Menger Family
- Gustav P. Menger — Section 4, Restland
- Minnie Menger Schlosser — Section 4, Restland
- Louis B. Menger
- W. E. Hayman
- Dr. Rudolph Menger