|
-
-
Notes |
- Date: Sept 24, 1954
City/state: New York City
Item Info: Obituary of José Henrique Scholtz
Memo: J. Henrique Scholtz, Coffee Importer, 81
J. Henrique Scholtz, a founder and former member of Scholtz & Co., coffee importers, died yesterday in his home, 1 Fifth Avenue, after a short illness. His age was 81. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where he still maintained a residence, and came to the United States in 1902.
Formerly a coffee planter and exporter in Venezuela, Mr. Scholtz founded his concern here in 1906. He retired in 1948.
He was a Venezuelan representative at the Pan American Coffee Board here and at the Inter-American Coffee Board in Washington.
Mr. Scholtz was a former member of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange and New York Cocoa Exchange.
Surviving are his widow, Berta, two sons, J. Henry Jr. and Arthur; three daughters, Miss Gertrude Scholtz, Mrs. Norman Smith and Mrs. Frederick Cooper; two sisters in Venezuela, six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
|
|