Adolph Vittengle 1889-1957

VITTENGLE, ACHEY

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 5/10/2019 at 07:53:32

21 February 1957 - The Tipton Conservative

Funeral services for Adolph Vittengle, 67, were held Saturday at the Sheets & Dahn funeral home with the Rev. Arthur Stratemeyer in charge. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery, west of Tipton.

Vittengle died of a heart attack Feb. 13 while sitting in the lobby of Hotel Tipton. He had come to Tipton to visit his sister, Mrs. Christena Achey, shortly after 7 p.m. and had registered at the hotel. The fatal heart attack occurred about 9 p.m.

The youngest son of James and Rosie Vittengle, he was born July 27, 1889, near Cedar Bluff. He attended the country schools in the Cedar Bluff area.

A veteran of World War I, he served overseas. He worked on farms in Cedar county, including those of Leo Brennen and Amos Suchomel. About five years ago his health began to fail and since that time he had lived at the Soldier's home at Marshalltown, Domiciliary at Clinton, and was a patient at Veteran's hospital, Madison, Wis.

He had left Madison on two weeks' leave to visit his sister, Mrs. Achey. He was preceded in death by three sisters and five brothers.