Submitted by: Dan Rich

Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

 

William Frederick Bickel

July 22, 1949 – Oct. 6, 1970

 

South Bend Tribune 10/6/1970

William F. Bickel, Jr.

William F. Bickel, Jr., 21, formerly of South Bend, died unexpectedly Sunday in Norwalk, Conn.  Born in South Bend on July 26, 1949, he is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. William F. Bickel, Sr., of Dickinson, Tex.; two brothers, Michael of Indiana University, Bloomington and Thomas of San Antonio Trinity University, Tex.; a sister, Sharon of Dickinson and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Maples of South Bend.  Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Hickey Funeral Home.  Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.  Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park.  A wake service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

 

South Bend Tribune 10/7/1970

William F. Bickel, Jr.

Services for William F. Bickel, Jr., 21, formerly of South Bend, who died Sunday in Norwalk, Conn., will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.  Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park.  Death was due to a pulmonary edema, according to the death certificate filed in Connecticut.  Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at the Hickory Funeral Home, where a wake service will be held at 7 p.m.