Paul Lorenzen Tilp (1938)

LORENZEN, LORIMOR, SCHOENENBERGER, TILP

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 5/29/2007 at 18:16:23

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 18, 1938
Page 1, Column 8

PAUL TILP OF PERU VICTIM OF SUICIDE

Well-known Young Grocer Takes Own Life by Hanging

Paul Tilp prominent young businessman of Peru, took his own life by hanging at hishome in that community Sunday evening.

No reason could be ascribed by family or friends for his act. He had been in good health and was in comfortable financial circumstances.

The body was found by his young son, Paul, Jr., when the lad and his mother returned from a Sunday evening visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schoenenberger, who lived nearby. The body was found in a stairway off the kitchen. Tilp had fised a dog-chain around his neck and hanged himself from a nail in the wall. He had stayed at home while his wife and son went to visit her parents in order to do some work connected with his grocery business.

Paul Tilp had been the proprietor of the Tilp grocery since the death of his father, Charles Tilp, about three years ago. He was reared and educated in Peru, and that community had always been his home.

He was about 34 years of age. He is survived by his wife, the former Blanche Schoenenberger, his son, about 8 years old, and his mother.

Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Peru Methodist church, in charge of the pastor there. Burial was made in the Peru Cemetery.

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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 27, 1938
Page 4, Column 4

Paul Lorenzen Tilp was born in Peru, Iowa, February 29, 1904, and passed away at his home January 16, 1938 at the age of thirty-three years, eleven months, and seventeen days. He was the only child of Charles C. and Della Tilp and his entire life with the exception of his high school days, which were spent in Des Moines where he graduated from East High school, were spent in the village of his birth.

While in Des Moines he was affiliated with the De Mo Loy organization and with his Sunday school class joined the Peru Methodist Episcopal church during the pastorate of Rev. H.D. Brewer. In 1923 the mercantile business of Charles Tilp and son was organized and was continued by Paul after the death of his father January 5, 1935.

On April 4, 1926 he was united in marriage to Blanche M. Schoenenberger. To this union one son was born, Paul, jr. Other relatives are his widowed mother, Mrs. Della Tilp of Des Moines, two uncles Joseph Tilp of Dubuque and John Lorenzen of Peru; an aunt, Mrs. Howard Lorimor of Des Moines.

Until the death of his father, Paul, was assistant postmaster and for many years officiated in the capacity of town clerk, always performing his duties with efficiency and courtesy. He was also a member of the Modern Woodman lodge.

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