Amelia Nygard, 1879-1923

NYGARD

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Date: 1/3/2017 at 10:14:05

The Fayette County Union
West Union, Fayette Co., Iowa
November 15, 1923
Page 1

CO. HOME INMATE COMMITS SUICIDE.
Wandered from Home and Is Found in Creek in Frog Hollow.

Mrs. Amelia Nygard, an inmate of the County Home, wandered away from the institution last Friday and her body was found in a creek in Frog Hollow vicinity Monday afternoon.

Mrs. Nygard, formerly from near Clermont, was about forty-four years of age. She has been a patient at the county home for a number of years. She often wandered away and had been found two or three days later. Friday night she was numbered among the missing but no alarm was felt. Monday afternoon, while out hunting Art Earle and Philip Craft, two young men of this city, came upon her body. Earle, while walking along, noticed something white on the bank of the creek, and closer inspection found it to be the woman's apron. Looking down into the creek he saw the body of the woman, lying face downward, her outer apparel removed but her underclothing on. They reported their find to Sheriff Wright who got in touch with C.J. Wells at the county farm where her body was taken and prepared for burial.

The coroners jury impaneled Tuesday by acting coroner. Harvey Smith returned a verdict of suicide.

Mr. Wells reports that Mrs. Nygard was a model patient at the county home, but in her condition her pet theory was that of running away. Mrs. Nygard has many friends near her old home who sympathize with this left to mourn her passing.