Introduction
WILLIAM D. RICHARDSON served with Engine Company 2 of the Camden Fire Department.
Refresher Course for Firemen
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin —
August Haverkamp (left), assistant instructor at the school conducted by the Camden Bureau of Fire at 9th Street and Morgan Boulevard, shows William Richardson (center), of Engine Co. No. 2, and Louis Martelli, of Engine Co. No. 8, the proper way to handle a fog nozzle.
Fire Department Record Card
William D. Richardson — Camden Fire Department Record Card
William D. Richardson, City Fireman, Dies
Camden Courier-Post —
William D. Richardson, 41, of 258 Ablett Village, a Camden City fireman, died Monday in Veterans Hospital, Philadelphia.
A native of Philadelphia, he had lived in Camden for 10 years and was a member of the Camden City fire department for eight years. He had been a hoseman connected with Engine Co. 11, at 27th st. and Hayes ave., and later was an operator on the police and fire switchboard in city hall. He served in the Army in War II.
Surviving are his widow, Clara; three sons, William P., George and Michael; a daughter, Patricia Ann, all at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Richardson, of Philadelphia; three brothers, Eugene A., of Philadelphia; Joseph E., of Louisville, Ky., and Army Sgt. James W., of Hatboro, Pa., and a sister, Miss Marie E. Richardson, of Philadelphia.
Requiem high Mass will be celebrated Friday at 10 a. m. in St. Anthony of Padua R. C. Church. Relatives and friends will meet at 9 a. m. in the Harry and Edward Leonard Funeral Home, 2850 Federal st., where friends may call Thursday night. Burial, with military rites, will be in the U. S. National Cemetery, Beverly.