Tipp City Herald

STEINMETZ, RAYMOND D. - Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday at the Deeter-Baird Funeral Home in Troy for Raymond D. Steinmetz, 79, editor of the Troy Daily News from 1934 and its general manager until 1959 when he retired to run for mayor of Troy. Dale Francis, another former editor of the paper, will officiate at the funeral with burial in Riverside. His tenure of office as Troy's mayor was a most successful one, including establishment of the city's Human Relations Commission, Civil Defense Commission and the Senior Citizens' Center, along with the late William H. Maier, park commission president. Other public works during his regime included expansion of the water works and electric plant, the new Market and Broadford bridges, the modern firehouse, and the Memorial walkway on the levee, as well as adding 75 acres of parkland to the city. Another outstanding event was the Sequencentenial celebration of the city. Steinmetz was active in the Troy Rotary Club and edited its weekly newsletter. He held a 50 year award for membership in Franklin Lodge of the Masons and was a lifelong member of the First United Church of Christ. A native of Troy, he was married to Ruby Edmunds Steinmetz who preceded him in death in 1953, as did a brother and a daughter. Survivors include a son, William Douglas Steinmetz of Los Angeles, California, and a daughter Mrs. Carl (Mary Caroline) Scholz of Vandalia. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday. Donations to the Troy Miami County Library Building Fund may be made in lieu of flowers.