Biography

06/17/1894 - 11/22/1969

RECTENWALD, Joseph A., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, June 17, 1894 in Wheeling, Ohio County, WV; attended parochial schools; clerk, cffice of the board for the assessment and revision of taxes, Allegheny County; elected, tax collector, St. Clair Borough; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1932; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House in the 1934 General election; founder and owner, Rex Paint and Glass Company; died, November 22, 1969 in Mt. Oliver, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, St. John Vianney Cemetery, Carrick, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.