Virginia Marie Weichel died 1930

WEICHEL, FETSCHELE

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 10/20/2015 at 22:05:08

Believed to have been poisoned by food which she possibly picked up near her home while playing Wednesday evening, Virginia Marie Weichel, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman G. Weichel, Jr., 653 East Seventeenth street, died at her home at 12:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The child was taken ill about midnight Wednesday night.

County Coroner Al Didesch, who was called when the child died, stated Thursday afternoon that he would have an autopsy made on the child's body to determine the cause of death. If necessary, the child's stomach will be sent to the state hospital at Iowa City for an examination of its contents. The child's parents expressed the belief that she had probably eaten some food of some sort which she probably found near her home.

The remains are at the Didesch funeral home where services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made in Linwood cemetery.

The child was born in Dubuque four and one-half years ago and is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman G. Weichel, a sister, Hilda, two brothers, William and Earl Weichel, all of this city, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fetschele, Dubuque, Mrs. Herman D. Weichel, Eau Claire, Wis., several aunts and uncles.

~Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal
Thurs. evening, Jan 2, 1930