Raymond S. Radewald
May 17, 1898-Jan. 20, 1961
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, January 20, 1961, page 1, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Snow Shoveller Dies Here
Raymond S. Radewald, 62, Is Victim
RAYMOND S. Radewald, 62, 537 Cass st., died early today while shoveling snow in the 300 block of North 3rd Street. Berrien County Medical Examiner Dr. Russell Vastine Jr., said he had suffered a heart attack about 5 a.m.
Body of the victim was found lying across the sidewalk, at 5:48 a.m. by Eileen Glassburn, 222 S. 4th St., who was on her way to work. Niles police were summoned and the body was removed from the scene and later identified by a nephew George Radewald, 122 Spruce St.
The death is the first this winter in Niles resulting from over-exertion in removing snow.
Mr. Radewald was born May 17, 1898, in Niles and had lived his entire life in the house on 527 Cass St. He was self-employed and at the time of his death was fulfilling a snow-removal contract.
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SURVIVING besides the one nephew are: a niece, Mrs. Floyd Shepard, Niles; an uncle, William Radewald, Niles, and several aunts, Mrs. Emma Kitterer, Niles, Mrs. Clara Hahn, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Mrs. James Cutting, South Bend.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard J. Fraser, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed), officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends will be received at the funeral home.