The Passing of Another Pressman

Yesterday an email arrived with information on retired pressroom supervisor Richard Meinhardt’s passing. The message arrived in a roundabout way; it went through Rob Barrett and Mark Banuelos from the Square before arriving in my in-box. I really appreciate the two men not just ignoring the message, but taking the steps to locate someone in the pressroom, thank you both.

Richard Meinhardt was a very easy going person, and was a pleasure to work for, never got too excited over the little things, and will be missed by all he touched. The following email from Richard's daughter is what I received.

From: M J Lull [mailto:mjlull@verizon.net]
Sent: Thu 5/17/2007 3:17 PM
To: rob.barrett@latimes.com
Subject: Retired Employee

Mr. Barrett
My name is Maureen Lull, my step dad, Richard Meinhardt, worked in the press room for the LA Times for 35+ years – retiring several years back. He recently passed away and we have been trying to find out if there is any type of notification appropriate to be made to the Times for the benefit of keeping in touch with retired employees….. The answering system and barely audible hoarse voice that answers at the 5000 number has been ineffective in answering our questions.

If there is such an association – could you please let us know how they can be contacted – it too late at this point to notify them of the services but it might be possible just to notify of the death.

Thank you
MJLull

Richard & Moreen Meinhardt
5515 Chia Ave.
Twentynine Palms,Ca.92277

UPDATE: FYI the 29 Palms address is no longer valid. Condolences may be sent to: 14 Westport , Manhattan Beach , CA 90266