Also active in banking and insurance businesses, and civic, fraternal, and service organizations, Clinton's
career spanned seven decades until his death in 1971 at age 93.
Carl F. Schmoyer, Sr. joined his father, Clinton, as a licensed funeral director in 1931. A graduate of
Muhlenberg College and the Renouard School in New York, he taught school and was principal of the Fogelsville
Consolidated School during the Depression. He also was active in area organizations until his sudden death
in 1968.
Carl F. Schmoyer, Jr. graduated from Gettysburg College in 1967 and thereafter the American Academy-McAllister
Institute of Funeral Service in New York City in 1968.
He served his resident internship with Theodore and Arline Rabenold Trexler of Trexler Funeral Home, Allentown
through 1970 and received his license in 1971. He subsequently purchased the Trexler firm when the Trexler's
retired in 1978.
Carl F. Schmoyer III joined his father in the operation of both funeral businesses in 1990. A graduate of the
funeral service program at Northampton County College, he is active in community and church organizations in
western Lehigh County and is also an amateur radio operator.
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