Musser, Richard (1949-1968)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1968 Apr 25 p. 7

Birth date: 1949

text of obituary:

Young VS Worker At Florida Hospital Drowns in Lake

Salunga, Pa. — Funeral services were held at the Millersville, Pa., on Good Friday for Richard Musser, young Voluntary Service worker who drowned accidentally at Lakeland, Fla. on April 8.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Musser of Leola, he was 19 years of age and he had been in Lakeland only four weeks.

After returning from work at Lakeland General Hospital, Richard and a fellow VSer, Larry Martin, had gone boating and swimming in the lake behind the VS unit house. As they dived from the boat, the wind carried the boat out of reach, and the youths were unable to get to either the boat or the shore. Larry was rescued by a nearby fisherman but Richard drowned.

He was a member of Carpenters' Mennonite Church where he was active in youth and Sunday school work. He was a 1967 graduate of Lancaster Mennonite School.

Surviving in addition to the parents are three sisters, Jane, Lois and Ruth.