Frederick "Ted" Imm

OBITUARY:"BLAST VICTIM DIES OF BURNS"One of two men critically burned in an explosion July 12 at the Aluminum Co of America powder plant in Logan's Ferry died yesterday morning. Fred (Ted) Imm, 47, of 132 Voskamp Ave, Logans Ferry Heights, Plum, the father of six children, passed away at 3:40 in Citizens General Hospital.Mr Imm, along with James Keesey, 56, of Gilpin Township, was burned when an explosion ripped one of the plant buildings housing three ball-mills.Improvement has been noted in the condition of Keesey. He is in satisfactory condition in the New Kensington hospital.Imm suffered second and third degree burns over 90% of his body and Keesey over 50%.The men were operating a mixing machine used for grinding aluminum products into powder for use in paint and jet propulsion fuel.ALCOA officials have not determined the cause of the blast.Mr Imm was born Oct 18,1917, in New Kensington to Mrs Aida Davis Imm of New Kensington and the late Edwin O Imm. He lived in the New Kensington area all his life.A member of the Manchester Reformed Presbyterian Church, Upper Burrell Township, he also belonged to the Logan's Ferry Sportsmen's Club, Local 302 United Steel Workers of America of which he was chairman, and was an Army veteran of WWII.Graduated by New Kensington High School where he was active in sports, Mr Imm attended West Liberty College in West Virginia and Mercer College in Macon , GA. In later years he played on the Creighton Tigers football team.He was a ball-mill operator at the Logans Ferry plant. Mr Imm would have observed 25 years of service with ALCOA next January. Before being transferred to the Logans Ferry facility, he was employed at the New Kensington and Arnold plants.Surviving are his widow, Mrs Regina Thiel Imm; six sons: Thomas F, 16;Dennis M, 14; Ronald L, 11; twins Daniel J and Donald F, 7; and Fred, 2, all at home.four brothers: Harry and Calvin, both of Logans Ferry; George of Upper Burrell; and Robert of New Kensington.Five sisters: Mrs Jacob (Viola) Shank, Mrs Elizabeth Malone, and Mrs Wilbert (Ruth) Schantz, all of New Kensington; Mrs Camiel (Dorothy) Stocker of Chicago; and Mrs Donald (Mary Jane) Yockman of Lower Burrell.Friends are being received in Richard G Chruchfield (successor to Ronald T Hankey) Funeral Home, 501 5th Avenue,New Kensington, where a service will be conducted at 2pm Wednesday. The Rev Robert Fullerton, pastor of Manchester Reformed Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell."**** NOTE: was not a member of the Manchester RPC