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Obituary: Copy of C. C. Richelieu obituary published in the Wisconsin State Journal October 12, 2003. |
Object Name |
Obituary |
Catalog Number |
2003.037-0023 |
Collection |
C. C. Richelieu |
Credit line |
Friend of the American Banjo Museum |
Date |
October 12, 2003 |
Scope & Content |
Obituary: Copy of C. C. Richelieu obituary published in the Wisconsin State Journal October 12, 2003. "The Banjo Man" Mount Horeb - Clyde Card Richelieu, age 94, died peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003, at Ingleside Nursing Home. He was born Aug. 9, 1909, in Owen, Wis. Richelieu's life and professional careers spanned seven decades, and all were dedicated to some form of communication. As a young man he began his life-long loves of ham radio and music. During the winter of 1928-29 Admiral Byrd expedition a the South Pole by relaying messages for supplies to New York. His love of music and the banjo helped him form many bands after graduation from Owen-Withee High School in 1927. In 1929, Richelieu married Lucy Estelle Baker of Greenwood. He received his radio engineer degree from Dodge Radio College in Valparaiso, Ins. During the 1930s and 1940s, Richelieu was active in radio, and set up Marshfield's WDLB radio station. In World War II he worked as senior radio engineer for the Civil Aeronautics Authority in Washington, D.C. managing 200 men who set up radio communications and navigational services around the world for the war effort. During the 1950s and 1960s, Richelieu dedicated his life to sales management in the time clock profession. In 1964, when most are retiring, Richelieu created the company which has garnered world-wide attention and praise, and still bears his name in Oregon, Wis., Richelieu Banjos. His love of the banjo was honored in May 2003 by naming him to the National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame. In 2001 he was honored as Humanitarian of the Year by Gonstead Chiropractic Foundation. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Phyllis Markham Richelieu (married in 1990); daughters, Judith Richelieu of Washington, D.C., Rochelle Richelieu Winter and husband Jim, Pamela Markham Oberheide and husband Jeff, and Koleen Markham Spiece and husband Thom; grandchildren, Christine Winter, Lauren and Christian Oberheide, several nieces and nephews; and a worldwide circle of friends. Funeral services will be held at 7pm, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2003, at Ellestad Funeral Home, 500 N. Eighth St., Mount Horeb, Wis. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Greenwood, Wis. Friends and family may call from 5pm to 7pm on Monday at the Ellestad Funeral Home. |
Creator |
Wisconsin State Journal |
Year Range from |
2003 |
Year Range to |
2003 |
People |
Richelieu, C. C. |
Search Terms |
C. C. Richelieu Collection |