The Ladysmith News, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconin, Friday, September 18, 1953, p.1 &6. "Local Man, 79 Found Dead. Death of Albert Raasch Was Due to Natural Causes. The body of Albert O. Raasch, 79-year-old Ladysmith resident, was found lying beside Parker's pond in the south part of the city at 11 a.m. Wednesday, following a search most of the morning by relatives and officers.
Slight bruises on the face and red paint on a hoe handle lying nearby led members of the family to suspect at first glance that Mr. Raasch might have been a victim of foul play. Investigation by officers revealed beyond doubt, however, that death ws due to natural causes, presumably a heart attack.
Mr. Raasch had eaten supper Tuesday with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Rorschach and had planned to return the next morning for breakfast. He lived alone in a cottage near the Parker's pond municipal playground area. When he failed to arrive for breakfast Wednesday morning, Mrs. Rorschach became alarmed and a search was started. Concern deepened when lights were found burning in the elderly resident's house.
Police Chief Gus Marburger and Sheriff Peter Sybers joined the search and could find nothing out of order at the home. Several hours later at around 11 o'clock, Archie Raasch found his father lying at the edge of the pond. Coroner Charles McElravy was called to the scene. He said superficial bruises on Mr. Raasch's face were caused by the fall at the time of his deth. The body had rolled a short distance down an incline to the water's edge. Red paint on a hoe handle Mr. Raasch carried with him matched paint the he had been using around the house. Tracks found at the scene matched heel plates of the dead man's shoes.
Nevertheless, an autopsy was ordered by the coroner and this substantiated the fact that death was due entirely to natural causes.
Mr. Raasch's billfold and other personal belongings were intact. He had not been in the best of health, and may have wandered down to the pond area where he sometimes went to dispose of garbage, after dusk. The west side of the pond where the body was found, is an out-of-the-way place, which accounted for the difficulty in finding him.
Albert O. Raasch was born in Germany July 28, 1874. He came to the United States at the age of eight years, settling first at Bloomfield. He moved to Manawa after a few years and lived there until his marriage at Waupaca Dec. 18, 1895, to Julia Velie. They resided in Waupaca until 1918, when they came to Rusk county.
Mr. Raasch resided on a farm at Port Arthur until 1945, when he moved to Ladysmith. His wife died in 1948. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Schmadeke, St. Paul, and Mrs. Rose Rorschach, Ladysmith; three sons, Ernest and Archie, Ladysmith, and William, St. Paul; four sister, Laura and Erma, of Marion; Emma, of Edgar, and Margaret, of Clintonville; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., from the McElravy funeral home to St. Paul's Lutheran church. Rev. George Durkop will officiate and burial will be made in Riverside cemetery."
Slight bruises on the face and red paint on a hoe handle lying nearby led members of the family to suspect at first glance that Mr. Raasch might have been a victim of foul play. Investigation by officers revealed beyond doubt, however, that death ws due to natural causes, presumably a heart attack.
Mr. Raasch had eaten supper Tuesday with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Rorschach and had planned to return the next morning for breakfast. He lived alone in a cottage near the Parker's pond municipal playground area. When he failed to arrive for breakfast Wednesday morning, Mrs. Rorschach became alarmed and a search was started. Concern deepened when lights were found burning in the elderly resident's house.
Police Chief Gus Marburger and Sheriff Peter Sybers joined the search and could find nothing out of order at the home. Several hours later at around 11 o'clock, Archie Raasch found his father lying at the edge of the pond. Coroner Charles McElravy was called to the scene. He said superficial bruises on Mr. Raasch's face were caused by the fall at the time of his deth. The body had rolled a short distance down an incline to the water's edge. Red paint on a hoe handle Mr. Raasch carried with him matched paint the he had been using around the house. Tracks found at the scene matched heel plates of the dead man's shoes.
Nevertheless, an autopsy was ordered by the coroner and this substantiated the fact that death was due entirely to natural causes.
Mr. Raasch's billfold and other personal belongings were intact. He had not been in the best of health, and may have wandered down to the pond area where he sometimes went to dispose of garbage, after dusk. The west side of the pond where the body was found, is an out-of-the-way place, which accounted for the difficulty in finding him.
Albert O. Raasch was born in Germany July 28, 1874. He came to the United States at the age of eight years, settling first at Bloomfield. He moved to Manawa after a few years and lived there until his marriage at Waupaca Dec. 18, 1895, to Julia Velie. They resided in Waupaca until 1918, when they came to Rusk county.
Mr. Raasch resided on a farm at Port Arthur until 1945, when he moved to Ladysmith. His wife died in 1948. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Schmadeke, St. Paul, and Mrs. Rose Rorschach, Ladysmith; three sons, Ernest and Archie, Ladysmith, and William, St. Paul; four sister, Laura and Erma, of Marion; Emma, of Edgar, and Margaret, of Clintonville; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., from the McElravy funeral home to St. Paul's Lutheran church. Rev. George Durkop will officiate and burial will be made in Riverside cemetery."
The Ladysmith News, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconin, Friday, September 18, 1953, p.1 &6. "Local Man, 79 Found Dead. Death of Albert Raasch Was Due to Natural Causes. The body of Albert O. Raasch, 79-year-old Ladysmith resident, was found lying beside Parker's pond in the south part of the city at 11 a.m. Wednesday, following a search most of the morning by relatives and officers.
Slight bruises on the face and red paint on a hoe handle lying nearby led members of the family to suspect at first glance that Mr. Raasch might have been a victim of foul play. Investigation by officers revealed beyond doubt, however, that death ws due to natural causes, presumably a heart attack.
Mr. Raasch had eaten supper Tuesday with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Rorschach and had planned to return the next morning for breakfast. He lived alone in a cottage near the Parker's pond municipal playground area. When he failed to arrive for breakfast Wednesday morning, Mrs. Rorschach became alarmed and a search was started. Concern deepened when lights were found burning in the elderly resident's house.
Police Chief Gus Marburger and Sheriff Peter Sybers joined the search and could find nothing out of order at the home. Several hours later at around 11 o'clock, Archie Raasch found his father lying at the edge of the pond. Coroner Charles McElravy was called to the scene. He said superficial bruises on Mr. Raasch's face were caused by the fall at the time of his deth. The body had rolled a short distance down an incline to the water's edge. Red paint on a hoe handle Mr. Raasch carried with him matched paint the he had been using around the house. Tracks found at the scene matched heel plates of the dead man's shoes.
Nevertheless, an autopsy was ordered by the coroner and this substantiated the fact that death was due entirely to natural causes.
Mr. Raasch's billfold and other personal belongings were intact. He had not been in the best of health, and may have wandered down to the pond area where he sometimes went to dispose of garbage, after dusk. The west side of the pond where the body was found, is an out-of-the-way place, which accounted for the difficulty in finding him.
Albert O. Raasch was born in Germany July 28, 1874. He came to the United States at the age of eight years, settling first at Bloomfield. He moved to Manawa after a few years and lived there until his marriage at Waupaca Dec. 18, 1895, to Julia Velie. They resided in Waupaca until 1918, when they came to Rusk county.
Mr. Raasch resided on a farm at Port Arthur until 1945, when he moved to Ladysmith. His wife died in 1948. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Schmadeke, St. Paul, and Mrs. Rose Rorschach, Ladysmith; three sons, Ernest and Archie, Ladysmith, and William, St. Paul; four sister, Laura and Erma, of Marion; Emma, of Edgar, and Margaret, of Clintonville; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., from the McElravy funeral home to St. Paul's Lutheran church. Rev. George Durkop will officiate and burial will be made in Riverside cemetery."
Slight bruises on the face and red paint on a hoe handle lying nearby led members of the family to suspect at first glance that Mr. Raasch might have been a victim of foul play. Investigation by officers revealed beyond doubt, however, that death ws due to natural causes, presumably a heart attack.
Mr. Raasch had eaten supper Tuesday with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Rorschach and had planned to return the next morning for breakfast. He lived alone in a cottage near the Parker's pond municipal playground area. When he failed to arrive for breakfast Wednesday morning, Mrs. Rorschach became alarmed and a search was started. Concern deepened when lights were found burning in the elderly resident's house.
Police Chief Gus Marburger and Sheriff Peter Sybers joined the search and could find nothing out of order at the home. Several hours later at around 11 o'clock, Archie Raasch found his father lying at the edge of the pond. Coroner Charles McElravy was called to the scene. He said superficial bruises on Mr. Raasch's face were caused by the fall at the time of his deth. The body had rolled a short distance down an incline to the water's edge. Red paint on a hoe handle Mr. Raasch carried with him matched paint the he had been using around the house. Tracks found at the scene matched heel plates of the dead man's shoes.
Nevertheless, an autopsy was ordered by the coroner and this substantiated the fact that death was due entirely to natural causes.
Mr. Raasch's billfold and other personal belongings were intact. He had not been in the best of health, and may have wandered down to the pond area where he sometimes went to dispose of garbage, after dusk. The west side of the pond where the body was found, is an out-of-the-way place, which accounted for the difficulty in finding him.
Albert O. Raasch was born in Germany July 28, 1874. He came to the United States at the age of eight years, settling first at Bloomfield. He moved to Manawa after a few years and lived there until his marriage at Waupaca Dec. 18, 1895, to Julia Velie. They resided in Waupaca until 1918, when they came to Rusk county.
Mr. Raasch resided on a farm at Port Arthur until 1945, when he moved to Ladysmith. His wife died in 1948. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Schmadeke, St. Paul, and Mrs. Rose Rorschach, Ladysmith; three sons, Ernest and Archie, Ladysmith, and William, St. Paul; four sister, Laura and Erma, of Marion; Emma, of Edgar, and Margaret, of Clintonville; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., from the McElravy funeral home to St. Paul's Lutheran church. Rev. George Durkop will officiate and burial will be made in Riverside cemetery."
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