Mrs. Fred "Louise" (Denenkamp) Brunscheen 1860-1936

KEITELL, WENDT, BRUNSCHEEN

Posted By: CHERYL MOONEN (email)
Date: 7/19/2018 at 21:02:32

SOURCE: THE ANAMOSA JOURNAL, ANAMOSA, IOWA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936, PAGE 1
DOUBLE FUNERAL IS HELD AT WYOMING
Wyoming—

Funeral, services in charge of the Rev. G.J. Zeilinger were held Sunday afternoon in the Lutheran church for Fred Brunscheen and his wife Louise, 77, who joined each other in death within a day. Mrs. Brunscheen died, at 6 o'clock Christmas Eve, the result of a, stroke suffered last June. Her husband took his own life early Christmas morning by firing a shot into his body. It was reported that before Mrs. Brunscheen died, that her husband had told her "I'll soon be with you." The husband was said to have been grief stricken when his wife died. His, suicide was believed the result of a possible mental derangement. The Brunscheeh's came to Wyoming four months ago after, having spent many years in the Clarence vicinity. They had lived here with their son, Henry Brunscheen.

Both were born in Germany. They had been married 54 years. The milkman found the husband's body shortly after 7:45, Friday morning beside a tree a few rods from the home on the southeast: edge of town. An old revolver which he was said to have told relatives he no longer had, was found lying nearby. They are survived by four children: Herman and Henry Bruncheen, both of Wyoming; and Mrs. August Keitell and Mrs. Gearhardt Wendt, both of Clarence.