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Obituary Notices
| 题名： | Obituary Notices |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | Capt. William "Bill" Streckfus, born and raised in New Orleans, the son of Capt. and Mrs. Roy Michael Streck-fus and grandson of "The Commodore," Capt. John Streck-fus, who found-ed the Streckfus Steamboat line in 1884, died July 14. He was 88. Young Bill be-gan working on the family's excur-sion boats at the age of 5, after the death of his moth-er, and continued serving the fam- ily business in a variety of positions as he worked through his elementary and sec-ondary education. He was a veteran of the Korean War and a graduate of Southeastern Louisi-ana University with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration. Upon gradu-ating from college, he began working as full-time master aboard the steamer Pres-ident, operating daytime and evening ex-cursions through the New Orleans harbor In 1960, Capt. Streckfus was trans-ferred to St. Louis, where he served as master of the steamer Admiral, the world's largest excursion vessel and the company's flagship. Like the steamer President in New Orleans, the Admiral was one of St. Louis' major attractions, offering both day trips and moonlight ex-cursions with headline entertainers. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 17 |
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