Longtime Dundalk resident and World War II veteran Raymond E. Michaels died May 28 at his son’s home in Westminster. He celebrated his 90th birthday in April with family and friends.
{reg} Born and raised in Vintondale, Pa., he was the last survivor of 13 siblings. He served in the U.S. Army during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in the Battle of the Bulge.
He moved to Baltimore in 1952 with his wife and family and worked as a bricklayer at Bethlehem Steel, where he retired in 1986. He enjoyed working on old gas engines and restoring antique vehicles.
Survivors include six children, 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Wife Pearl Marie Rager Michaels died in 1996.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at St. Rita Roman Catholic Church, with interment at Holly Hill Memorial Gardens.{/reg}
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