BRUNSTEIN, William H. c1910-1946

BRUNSTEIN, KURTT

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 3/29/2014 at 01:20:03

[Discrepancy between gravestone and obituary on date of birth]

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Friday, June 28, 1946]

Funeral for
Brunsteins
Private

Double-funeral services being planned for William Brunstein, 35, and his wife. Elnora, 32, of 320 Saxon Street who were found dead Thursday morning in a car parked near Gates Park. [Waterloo]

Bullet holes were found in the heads of both, and police believed it to be a case of murder and sucide.

Dr. C. D. Winder, deputy coroner, said Friday there would be no inquest. He said he agreed with the murder-suicide theory of the police, and termed the case closed.

At police headquarters it was said that questioning of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Brunstein substantiated belief that marital difficulties led to the shooting.

A private service will be held at 2 p.m Monday at Denver, Iowa with Rev. H. C. Schiffler of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in charge. The bodies will be buried side-by-side in the same lot in Fairway Cemetery.

Both will be at the Matthias Funeral Home in Denver until the time of services, but the public will not be admitted Monday.

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[Waterloo Daily Courier, Thursday, June 27, 1946]

William Brunstein was born in Rockwell City, Ia., May 17, 1910, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Brunstein.

His mother died during his infancy, and he was committed to the orphanage at Waverly, la. Although his father later remarried, he was raised in the orphanage, and had worked in Denver after release.

Surviving are his father and stepmother, Norfolk, Va, and two brothers, John, Mason City, la., and Emil, Philadelphia, Pa. [And daughter Barbara Ann, 14]

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He married Elnora Kurtt on June 27, 1931. They lived in Denver until 1942 when they moved to Waterloo where William worked for Chamberlain Corp.

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Gravestone inscribed William H. Brunstein 1908-1946