Gerald Earl Reichanadter

Dec 8, 1914 - Jun 21, 1968

Gerald Reichanadter, 53, of 23210 Ardmore Tr., was found dead at 7 a.m. today by his wife, Grace, in a sewing room of their home.

Dr. Harry Ludwick, St. Joseph County Coroner, said the death was a suicide caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Dr. Ludwick said Reichanadter's wife was awakened during the night by a loud noise but thought it was a car backfiring. She said she found the body this morning. The St. Joseph County SherIff's Department and the Indiana State Police are investigating the death. 

The body was taken to the Welsheimer Funeral Home.

Reichanadter was an employee of Builder's Store in South Bend.

He was born Dec. 8, 1914, in South Bend and married Grace Kaufman on march 19, 1935, in Auburn, Ind. She survives. Other survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Reichanadter of South Bend; a brother, Roland of Highland, Ind., and a sister, Mrs. Hugh Bush of Detroit.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Welsheimer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. tonight until the time of services.

The South Bend Tribune South Bend, IN, 21 Jun 1968

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09/29/2026 EJS

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