Off. Richard A. Vieweg

     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. 

 
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      Officer Gordon Mason Thurber passed away at the age of 42 on December 27, 1921, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Providence after contracting pneumonia following an operation.  He’d served with the Cranston Police Department for several years prior to his death.  He was a life-long resident of Cranston, the son of George E. and Annie E. Thurber.  He was survived by his mother, a brother William E., and a sister, Mrs. Frannie Colwell.  He’s buried in Pocasset Cemetery in Cranston.    

     Rest in peace. 

Officer Andrew J. Baynes

     Officer Andrew J. Baynes was appointed to the CPD on March 20, 1926, and for many years he patrolled the Edgewood section of the city.  On the night of August 12, 1930 he took part in the apprehension of a man who shot down fellow Patrolman Henry Johnson.  On December 8, 1949, he saved a small child from being struck and possibly killed by a car in front of the Horton School.     

     In 1943, while in the performance of his duty he suffered a leg injury which never completely healed.  He retired on November 27, 1950, after serving the citizens of Cranston for nearly 25 years.   

     He passed away on December 24, 1962, and is buried in St. Francis Cemetery in Pawtucket, R. I.

     Rest in peace.  

      Captain George H. Dibble was appointed to the police department sometime in the 1920s, and was assigned to the Edgewood area.  He learned to take shorthand, which made him a valuable asset, and was transferred to clerk and desk duties at police headquarters.  (No other Cranston police officers were fluent in shorthand.)  He was later promoted to sergeant sometime about 1938-39, and in April of 1941 he was elevated to lieutenant.  By 1945 he held the rank of captain. 

     Rest in peace.    

Cranston News
January 1, 1930