Submitted by: Dan Rich

James Richard Bickel

May 8, 1924 – Dec. 22, 1974

South Bend Tribune 12/23/1974

James R. Bickel

James Richard Bickel, 50, of 705 S. Meade, died at 9:30 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a short illness.  Bickel was a Bendix Corp. employee, retiring this year after 32 years.  Born May 8, 1924, in Mishawaka, he had lived here is lifetime.  Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bickel of Niles and a brother, Michael William of South Bend.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Christ the King Catholic Church.  Rev. Stanley Rdzok, C.S.C, pastor, will officiate.  Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka.  Friends may call after 4 p.m. today in the Welsheimer North Chapel, 52803 U.S. 31 N., where a parish rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today.