Obit: Radke, Roy (1906 – 1974)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Radke, Carlson, Schuld, Greene, Trost, Schofield, Johnson

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Loyal, Wis.) 30 May 1974

Radke, Roy (13 JAN 1906 – 26 MAY 1974)

Mr. Roy Radke, 606 South Street West, Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.), died suddenly Sunday morning, May 26, 1974 at his home. Funeral services were held at Rinka Funeral Home, Loyal, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, with Rev. Eugene Carlson, minister of the United Methodist Church, officiating.

Mr. Radke was born January 13, 1906 at Greenwood. He received his education in the Greenwood school. On February 5, 1942, he married the former Elizabeth Schuld.

He worked as a carpenter and worked for Pathfinder Mobile Homes at Spencer for 17 years. He was in the army from October 1942 until October 1943.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; one son, Ronald, California; four sisters, Mrs. Dorothy (Orville) Greene, Loyal; Mrs. Elva (Albert) Trost, Willard; Mrs. Julia (Robert) Schofield, Greenwood; Mrs. Ruby (Emmet) Johnson, Oak Lawn, Illinois; three brothers, Ernest, Marshfield; Archie, California, and Ira, Minocqua.

Two sisters, one brother and his parents pre-deceased him.