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The Milwaukee Journal
Friday, October 9, 1953

                 
                 Veteran Lakes
                   Sailor is Dead
                   
                GEORGE H. RICHARDSON
                
             GEORGE HALLARD (CAP) RICHARD-
          SON, 51, of 820 W. State st., a
          Great Lakes sailor for 35 years,
          died Thursday afternoon in a
          hospital at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
          He had suffered a cerebral hemor-
          rhage aboard the ore carrier Wil-
          liam H. Wolf while it was travel-
          iing through the Soo locks.
             Services will be held at 1:30 p.m.
          Saturday at the Goodwin funeral
          home, 731 N. 16th st.  Burial will
          be in Valhalla cemetery.  The body
          is at the funeral home.
             MR. RICHARDSON was second
          mate aboard the ore carrier, which
          was enroute from Duluth, Minn., 
          to Toledo, Ohio.
             He went to sea when he was 16
          years old.  He was born in Peter-
          borough, Ont., and settled here
          after his marriage to ORPHA ROETH-
          LISBERGER of Milwaukee in 1931.
             MR. RICHARSON was a survivor
          of the sinking of the passenger
          steamer Wisconsin off Kenosha on
          Oct. 29, 1929.  The ship sprang a
          leak while on its way from Chicago
          to Milwaukee.  As quartermaster,
          RICHARDSON was one of the last to
          leave the ship before it went down.
          Sixteen lives were lost in the dis-
          aster.
             The Great Lakes sailor was a
          member of the Eagles club, aerie
          No. 0137; the Woodmen of the
          World chapter at Peterborough,
          and the Lake Carriers' association.
             Surviving, in addition to his
          wife, is his mother, MRS. ELMINA
          RICHARDSON, Peterborough, and
          two brothers, LINDEN, Toronto,
          Ont., and CHARLES, Peterborough.
          
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