Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Friday, May 26, 2006 at 08:04:04 :
Independent Journal
Friday, January 13,1956
Page 8
Retired Sea Hero, Kin Of Marinites, Succumbs in S. F.
Richard Richter of Petaluma, retired seaman and hero of many a sea rescue during his half century career of commercial fishing, died in a San Francisco hospital Wednesday after a heart attack.
Richter, 73, was father of Mrs. Vincent Melovich and Mrs. Martin Raabe, both of Sausalito. He is also survived by his wife, Amelia, of Petaluma and four grandchildren in Sausalito.
A native of Germany, he had come to this country at the age of 15 and operated fishing ships out of Eureka area and up and down the West Coast before moving to Petaluma about a year ago.
Known as Captain Richter, he was the hero of about seven sea rescues according to Mrs. Melovich. About 1928 or 1929 he was widely publicized for saving a survivor of the lumber steamer Brooklyn, which went down off Eureka. The man had been clinging to a life raft for 72 hours when Richter and his fishing craft hauled him aboard. He also received a medal from Norway for rescues in that area.
Retired since 1950, Richter underwent three operations and succumbed to a heart attack.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Keaton’s, San Rafael. Burial will be at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery.
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A Death Notice in the same paper states that he was the grandfather of Lurline and Randy Raabe, Vincent Jr. and Richard Melovich.
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