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| Obtained from the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Pichel's career was legendary among newsmen. His memory was outstanding and each Fourth of July he would entertain friends by reciting the Declaration of Independence. He could also recite Poe's "The Raven" and was called on frequently to supply dates and pleaces of historic events. A GRADUATE of the University of Cincinnati where he was a track star and weight-lifter in the 1890's, his physical strength also was a source of pride to him even in advanced years. He was assistant city editor of the Enquirer during 26 years with that newspaper, and was president and managing editor of the old Cincinnati Tribune during two years with that newspaper. He joined the TIMES-STAR as a space writer but he soon was making more money than the then city editor was getting. He was an officer of the Pen and Pencil Club in the 1900's when it was merged with the Cuvier Club to become the present Cuvier Press Club. Pichel was made a Kentucky colonol by Govorner Ruby Laffoon. He was THE TIMES-STAR city hall reporter when he retired. Pichel, whose wife, Lily, died last June, leaves another daughter, Miss Martha Louise Pichel, New York City social worker; three other sons, Col. James F. Pichel, U.S.A., retired, Burlingame, Calif.; Charles H. Pichel, 3023 Bathgate St., milk examiner for the Health Department; and Edmund W. Pichel, 686 Gholson Avenue, real estate dealer, and five grandchildren. FUNERAL SERVICES will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Weil Funeral Home, 3901 Reading Road. Burial will be in Walnut Hills Jewish Cemetery. |
| Isaac Pichel, 87, TIMES-STAR reporter for 27 of 55 years he spent as a Cincinnati newspaper-man; died Saturday at his New York city home. He retired from THE TIMES-STAR in 1944 and had been living in Florida and New York "IKE" as he was known to generations of public figures in the Cincinnati scene, succumbed to a heart attack at the home of his daughter, Dr. Marie Pichel Warner, according to word received by a son, Bert Pichel, 515 Melish Avenue, a representative of the American Guild of Variety Artists. |
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