Dr. August Lendle (1873 – 1927) Prospect 320

 Dr. August Lendle resided at 30 Greenway Terrace in Forest Hills, New York.

He was born in Sonneberg, Germany in 1873 and took up the study of chemistry there.

He received his degree and then entered into the dye stuff industry. He lived in England for a while and then came to the United States in 1906. Two years later he married Martha Stark.

 He was a leading Chemist of the texile industry, and was the Vice President of the General Dyestuff Corporation of America. He was also a member of the German-American Club, the Masons and other fraternal groups in Queens.

 He died at his home on March 29,1927. His wife Martha passed away April 28,1949 in San Francisco.

 On his tombstone is written:

WER SEGNEND WIRKT BIS IHM DIE KRAFT GEBRICHT UND LIEBEND STIRBT ACH, DEN VERGISST MAN NICHT which means:

"He who acts as a blessing until his strength breaks and dies loving, ah, he is not forgotten."