Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE - January 1, 1999

Raymond W. Bostedt

June 16, 1924 - Dec. 30, 1998

Raymond William Bostedt, 74, of Greenleaf Lane, South Bend, Ind., passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 30, in Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bostedt retired in June of 1986 from Electro Voice as a production manager for advertising and printed material.

Mr. Bostedt was born on June 16, 1924, in Blue Island, Ill., and had lived in South Bend since January of 1950.

On April 17, 1948, he married W. Laureen Davis, who survives.

He is also survived by two sons, Terry A. Bostedt of Mishawaka, Ind., and William J. Bostedt of South Bend; and by two grandchildren, Jamie L. Bostedt and Erik W. Bostedt.

Mr. Bostedt was a member of Epworth Memorial United Methodist Church, and had served in the United States Army, training in anti-tank infantry and truck driving. He was a member of the security force at the Oak Ridge, Tenn., atomic energy plant and at the Los Alamos, New Mexico Project. He was also a member of the South Bend area Genealogical Society and a volunteer at the South Bend Public Library. Before joining Electro Voice in 1970, he was employed by the Oliver Corporation in the printing department from 1942-1970.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday in Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend, with Rev. Claude Joyner officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. (EST) in Beverly Ridge Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday in the Kaniewski Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Epworth Memorial United Methodist Church or to Hospice of St. Joseph County.