Lenawee County MI Archives Obituaries.....Schadewald, Kenneth L August 8, 1970
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Adrian Telegram Aug. 1970
YOUTH KILLED AS 2 CYCLES HIT HEADON - AUGUST 29, 1970

A 16-year Deerfield youth was killed. and two persons were injured when two 
motorcycle's collided head-on last nlght August 8, 1970, about a mile south of 
Deerfield on S. County Line Rd. just south of Aten Rd. in Lenawee County.  
Killed was Kenneth L. Schadewald, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Schadewald 
Jr. of 4535 S. County Line Rd., Deerfield.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by Don Dunmore, Lenawee County medical 
examiner.  His motorcycle collided head-on with a motorcycle driven by Michael 
H. Strahan, 18, of 3500 Alcott Rd., Riga.  Young Strahan is listed in fair 
condition today in Toledo Hospital,Toledo.  A passenger on the Strahan 
motorcycle, Mary Alcott, 17, of 515 Keegan Rd., Deerfield, was treated in 
Toledo Hospital.  State Police of the Blisse1d post investigated and reported 
the Schadewald cycle was northbound and the Strehan cycle was southbound on S. 
County Line Rd.  Troopers said the motorcycles collided head-on in the middle 
of the road.  They said the road is straight where the accident happened.

Funeral services for Mr. Schadewald will be held at 1:50 p.m. Monday in St. 
Peter’s Lutheran Church, Blissfield, with the Rev. C. A. Bormann officiating.

Burial will be in Deerfield Cemetery.  Friends may call after 7 tonight and 
until noon Monday at the McNeil and Spencer Funeral Home, Deerfield.

The son of William and Rhea Schadewald Jr., he was born Nov. 7, 1953 in 
Deerfield.  He lived in Deerfield all his life and would have been a senior at 
Deerfield High School.  He was a member of the Varsity Club at the school, and 
named most valuable player of the school’s 1969 basketball team.  He was a 
member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.  Surviving are his parents; 
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Schadewald Sr. of Blissfield and Mr. and 
Mrs. Ival Shirley of Phoenix, Arizona.; brothers, Larry of Petersburg and 
Frederick at home; two sisters, Mrs. Gary (Barbara) Murdock of Petersburg and 
Mrs. Roy (Jauet) Welbusch of Saline, a niece, and four nephews.


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