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RICHARD SCHEMICHEN, 78 He joined the U.S. Marines after high school and served for eight years, rising to the rank of sergeant and drill instructor. He served between 1948 and 1957 and was stationed at Parris Island, S.C.; Barstow, Calif.; Guam, and Washington, D.C. Mr. Schemichen then moved to Eltingville and worked for Consolidated Edison for 13 years. He then became a construction inspector for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and retired in 1989. Mr. Schemichen moved to Little Egg Harbor in 1997. He was recalled as a friendly and outgoing man who had many friends, and enjoyed taking gambling trips to Atlantic City. His first wife of 18 years, the former Angela Sicignano, died in 1974. His daughter, Elaine, died shortly after her birth in 1956. Surviving are his second wife of 19 years, the former Barbara Buchanan; two sons, Richard and Paul Schemichen; a daughter, Kristie Schemichen; two sisters, Clara Manne and Eleanor Romano, and two grandchildren. The funeral service will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals, Eltingville. Arrangements include cremation. Published in the Staten Island Advance from 10/28/2008 Copyright © 2008 Staten Island Advance |
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Richard F. Schemichen, 78,
of Little Egg Harbor, N.J., a former Eltingville
resident and Marine veteran, died Sunday at home.
Mr. Schemichen was born in New Haven, Conn., and was
brought to Brooklyn as a child.