Albert Burnham COLE
Obituary

ALBERT COLE
A.B. Cole, 84, Dead; Was Well Known in Area

Albert B. Cole of 1812 Clark St., manager of the subcontracting department at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., during World War II, died Tuesday night at Holy Family Hospital. He was 84.

Mr. Cole was a ninth generation decendant (sic) of James Cole who left England with his family in 1633 and joined the Plymouth Colony in America.

For many years Mr. Cole had been associated in the marine industry. He also had been active in athletic and civic affairs in this city.

Mr. Cole was born Feb. 17, 1875, at Indianapolis, Ind. He was graduated from the elementary school and the high school of that city and attended Butler College.

He served in the 131st Indiana Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War and in World War I was a marine in the Third Brigade.

As a young man he took a position with the Philip Carey Mfg. Co. at Cincinnati, Ohio, and while in that city married in 1900. Later he moved to Chicago as manager of the Carey company branch. In 1907, he entered the service of the H.W. Johns-Mansville Co. and was connected with the company for many years, becoming super-visor of construction and later a branch manager at Des Moines, Iowa.

Came to Manitowoc.
In 1923, he became division manager of the Henry Gehring Co. with territory covering five southern states and with headquarters at Jacksonville, Fla.

He returned to Chicago in 1930 and served as passenger agent for the Chicago-Roosevelt Steamship Co. and was also associated with the Marin Transit Co., both subsidiaries of Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc.

In 1940, he was transferred to Manitowoc, when Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., began to build submarines for the United States Navy. He became manager of the sub-contracting department and also directed recreational activities for employes. He retired in 1947.

Mr. Cole served two terms as president of Manitowoc Bowling Assn., was a member of Lakeside Country Club, Manitowoc Historical Society and the Manitowoc Philatelic Society, serving the latter organization as secretary. Headed Centennial Group When Manitowoc began to plan for its marine and malting centennial in 1947, Mr. Cole was named chairman of the group working for the observance. In addition, Mr. Cole was an officer in the Hobby shows presented for a number of years, helped in organizing the Manitowoc Industrial Corp., and served on Community Fund (now United Fund) committees and on fund raising activities of the Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Cole was the oldest active member of the Barbershop Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America and participated in the recent Parade of Quartets show at Lincoln High School. He was a baritone.

As a member of the local barbershop singing group, Mr. Cole attended all meetings and gave freely of his time and effort as chairman of the advertising committee and assisted the program committee.

His main hobbies were stamp collecting and water color painting.

Mr. Cole was the father of five children, four daughters and a son. Only three daughters are living. Mrs. Cole died in 1918.

Funeral services tentatively have been set for 1:30 p.m. Friday at Pfeffer Funeral Home here.

Manitowoc Herald Times, July 1, 1959 P. 2



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