Roy Hagerty Rinquist Update

 

On May 23, I posted about the Hagerty boys who were adopted by 3 different families. Roy Oscar Hagerty was adopted by William Rinquist and his wife Charlotte Linn Rinquist.

Below is some additional information I have found about Roy:

An obituary from an unknown newspaper source in Miami states that Roy O. Rinquist, 82, of 8981 Sunset Dr., Miami, passed away Thursday. Mr. Rinquist was a native of Kansas and had been a resident of Miami for the past 18 years. His Philanthropic services to the Veterans Hospital for which he was awarded a 3,000 hour volunteer pin and to Post No. 67 of the American Legion who honored him with the "Award of Merit" and a life membership bears tribute to his outstanding services. He is survived by his wife Hilda. Friends may call 7-9 pm Friday Lithgow 150 St. Chapel, 15011 W. Dixie Hwy.

 

Two items stand out for me in this obit:

 

1. Roy’s philanthropic services to the Veterans Hospital and the American Legion. The pins were given for various levels of volunteering, starting at 300 hours. Roy was clearly a very active volunteer for the Veterans Hospital in Miami.
2. He was survived by a second wife, Hilda whom he married two years after his first wife Olivia passed. Hilda must have loved men! She had 5 husbands altogether, counting Roy Rinquist.

 

 

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