Joseph A. Olinger

On a quiet day in July of 1980, the community of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, marked the passing of one of its own, a 71-year-old White male named Joseph A. Olinger. His life, which began in 1909, drew to a close on the 21st of that month, leaving behind the quiet stillness of a life lived.

The available records offer a respectful but brief final chapter to his story. Mr. Olinger was laid to rest in the Coraopolis Cemetery, a place of peaceful repose. While the granite and earth of the cemet ...