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- Niagara Gazette - 11/3/1968
WILSON - Funeral services
will be held Monday at 2:30
p.m. at St. Peter's Lutheran
Church, North Ridge for Air
Force 1st Lt. Michael E. Witkop,
25, of 629 Lake St., who
died on Oct. 25 at Cam Ranh
Bay Air Field,"Vietnam.
The Defense Department notified
his mother, Mrs. Erwin
Witkop, of her son's death. He
died of a fractured skull when
the ejection scat of his F-4
Phantom Jet malfunctioned
during takeoff .
Born May 18, 1943, LL Witkop
was the son of Myrtha
and Ernest Witkop. His father
died in 1966.
In 1966, the lieutenant graduated
from Wilson Central
School. He attended Concordia
Junior College in Bronxville,
and received his bachelor of
arts degree in liberal arts from
Valpariso University in 1965.
He entered the Air Force in
January, 1966, and attended
Officers' Training School at
Lackland Air Force Base.
Texas. He was commissioned
in May of 1967 and was recently
awarded a medal for
flying more than 20 missions
over North Vietnam where he
was stationed since May.
He is survived by two sisters,
Miss Judith Witkop of
West Seneca and Mrs. Brcnda
Fouts of Frecville, N.Y., and
two brothers, William A. Witkop
of Mountainlop, Pa., and
Bruce Witkop, living at home.
Also surviving are his grandmother,
Mrs. Hedwig Schmidt
of Sheboygan, Wis. and a
grandfather, William Schmidt
of Madera, Pa. Three nephews
and nieces also survive.
Friends may call at the
Hamilton and Clark Funeral
Chapel beginning today.
Private services will be held
at 2 p.m. at the chapel. Burial
will be in St. Matthew Cemetery,
North Tonawanda.
The family requests that
memorials be sent to Care or
the Lutheran World Relief
Agency
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1943 - 1968 (25 years)