Kuempel, Henry died 1902
KUEMPEL, KUMPAL, RUEGNITZ
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 3/3/2021 at 14:17:20
Source: Decorah Republican Mar. 6, 1902 Page 4 Col 1
The same date{23rd} at Mederville, the bodv of a man named Henry Kumpal, the village blacksmith, was found hanging in his attic with life departed although the body was still warm when found. In this case, drink and a tendency to brood over other troubles, was the cause of his rash act. He was a man of generally jovial humor, a good companion and accommodating workman. Why a man of family chooses to lay such a burden upon those who survive is not easily comprehensible.
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Added by S. Ferrall 1/7/2020:
Cemetery records give his name as Henry Kuempel____________________
Added by Reid R. Johnson 3/3/2021:
Elkader Register, Thur., 27 Mar. 1902.
[A full accounting of his death by suicide is given in this edition of the
newspaper, along with the following:]No reason for his suicide could be ascertained.
He was born July 13, 1859, at Clayton, Iowa, and leaves to mourn his loss a wife and grown up daughter; three brothers, George, of Charles City, Iowa; John and Edward, of Guttenberg, (Iowa). One sister, Mrs. Max Ruegnitz of
McGregor Iowa. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday by Osborne Camp M.W. of A. of which he was a member and an address by Rev. Braun, of Farmersburg. His remains being laid to rest in the Mederville cemetery.
Clayton Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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