Robert Fleming Lantz was a well-known local poet in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and a long-time resident of Juniata. He worked for the PRR Altoona Works, where he retired in 1949, just weeks short of a half-century of service. Much of his poetry was published in the Altoona Mirror and Altoona Tribune and in 1916, a small volume was published. Mr. Lantz died on February 15, 1964.