Officer Richard A. Vieweg was appointed to the Cranston Police Department in December of 1927. He passed away at home on February 16, 1946, at the age of 47 after a brief illness. He was survived by his wife Mary M. (Gray) Vieweg; three sons: Lieutenant Richard A. Vieweg, Jr., serving in the Army Air Force, Seaman 1/c William H. Vieweg serving in the Navy, and Donald F. Vieweg, recently discharged from the army; and two daughters: Seaman 1/c Doris M. Vieweg serving in the Navy, and Phyllis P. Vieweg, of Cranston. Officer Vieweg is buried in Locust Grove Cemetery in Providence, R. I.
Rest in peace.