[2][3][4] His abductor's father, Pearl Abernathy, returned Orthwein to his family on New Year's Day.
[1] During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy, tracking German submarines in the Caribbean Sea.
[3] He served in the United States Naval Reserve in St. Louis and retired as Lieutenant Commander.
[2] The company, headquartered in Olivette, Missouri, sells lighting for large industrial spaces.
[1] His funeral was held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ladue, Missouri.
[7] Orthwein was married to his second wife, tennis player Nancy Morrison, for fifty-one years.
[3] They resided in Huntleigh, Missouri and summered at their family estate in Cooperstown, New York.