JANSSEN, Louie 1925-1981

JANSSEN

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 1/7/2015 at 18:51:23

Louie Janssen's Body Found In Farm Pond

Funeral services for Louie G. Janssen, 56, a rural Lincoln auctioneer, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Salem Church in Lincoln with burial in the Washington township cemetery at Morrison.

Janssen's body was found floating in three feet of water in a pond on the Lee Judge farm southwest of Garwin. An autopsy was held to determine cause of death. Foul play was not suspected.

He is survived by his wife, Mabel; two daughters, Mrs. Maxine Strokes of Washburn and Sally Janssen of Traer; a son, Gerald of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Sam Boekhoff of Wellsburg and Mrs. Cletus Jamison of Cedar Falls; and a grandchild. A memorial fund has been established.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 15 October 1981, pg 1

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Death on farm near Garwin rules accidental drowning

Toledo--The death of Louie G. Janssen, 56, of Lincoln, whose body was found Monday night floating in a pond at the Lee Judge farm southwest of Garwin, has been ruled an accidental drowning.

Tama County Medical Examiner C. W. Maplethorpe set the time of death at 11 a.m. Janssen, who worked as an auctioneer, was last seen at about 10 a.m. His body was recovered from the pond about 12 hours later.

Maplethorpe said Janssen went to the pond to winterize his camper and beach his boat. The boat was found half on the beach and half in the water, and there was water in the bottom of the boat. Janssen's eyeglasses were found in the boat.

Janssen had a weak leg, the result of a bout with polio, and had a history of occasional falls.

Maplethorpe said he, Sheriff Milo Quigley and Deputy Sheriff M. L. Richardson theorized Janssen got into the boat to bail out the water, fell, and hit his head on the bottom of the shallow pond. His body was found in three feet of water.

--The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), 17 October 1981, pg 2

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Man found in pond died of heart attack

Toledo, Ia.--The cause of the death of Louie Janssen, 56, of Lincoln, who was found dead Oct. 12 in a pond southwest of Garwin, was a heart attack, a county official said Monday.

Dr. C. W. Maplethorpe, Tama County medical examiner, said the final pathologist's report says the body showed signs of a coronary. The cause of death originally was believed to be accidental drowning.

--The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa), 20 October 1981, pg 18