DIETZ, Nancy Jay 1941-1953

DIETZ, DELAPP, KNEPPER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 4/15/2013 at 22:24:34

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Thursday, February 12, 1953, Waterloo, Iowa]

COUGH SYRUP OVERDOSE KILLS CHILD

A self-administered overdose of cough syrup proved fatal Wednesday for an 18-month-old Waterloo girl

Nancy Dietz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Dietz, of 2500 Hammond Ave;, died at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday at Allen Memorial Hospital. She entered the hospital at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday after she drank the medicine.

The attending physician said the child's respiratory tract was affected by sedatives present in the abnormal dose of the preparation.

The girl's grandmother, Mrs. Roy Dietz, of 912 Newton St. said Nancy had been given some of the cherry-flavored medicine for her cough lately and helped herself to the remainder in the bottle on a bedroom stand while her mother was downstairs.

She was born July 29, 1951 in Waterloo, the daughter of Jay and Marlene DeLapp Dietz.

Surviving besides the parents are the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dietz, 912 Newton Street; the paternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dietz, and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Knepper of Waverly; the paternal great-great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl DeLapp, of 2320 Lafayette Street, and the maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Burt DeLapp, of 1203 Sycamore.

Funeral Services are pending at Parrott & Wood Funeral Home.

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[Waterloo Daily Courier, Friday, February 13, 1953, Waterloo, Iowa]

Funeral services for Nancy Jay Dietz, 18-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Dietz, 2500 Hammond Ave., will be Saturday at 2 p.; m. at the Linden Methodist church.

Nancy died Wednesday as a result of an overdose of cough medicine.

The Rev. John Kirby; pastor of the church, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Milton Nothdurft of Maquoketa, former pastor here. Burial will be at Midwest Garden of Memories.

The body will be taken from Kearns-Dykeman chapel to the church at noon Saturday.