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Illuminations, Epiphanies, & Reflections
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The
Sanftlebens George Peter Sanftleben: 1888-1943
After graduating from high school, George
initially worked for the Adolphus Busch family as an upholsterer and
wallpaperer at the
Busch mansion, now Grant's Farm, on Gravois Road in St. Louis
County. He then became a salesman for the San-Del Printing
Company in St. Louis, eventually rising to become its vice-president.
George died of tuberculosis in 1943, less
than one year before the discovery and production of streptomycin and
para-aminosalicylic acid, the first drugs that could
effectively combat the disease. ![]() George's son, George Peter Jr., who is my father, still lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife, my mother, Betty Jane Zimmer Sanftleben. Betty's father, Edgar Herbert Zimmer, was a life-long resident of St. Louis and a long-time auto dealer in East St. Louis, Illinois. Her grandfather, Gustave Peter Wuest, was an architect who helped design St. Louis's Union Station and City Hall.
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