Witt, Christine Louisa H 1891-1948

WITT, SWINDAL

Posted By: Linda Mohning (email)
Date: 6/20/2011 at 20:42:53

Christine Louisa H. Witt, 57, of Remsen, was buried Saturday afternoon in the Remsen cemetery. She took her life by hanging Friday noon. Sheriff Frank Scholer and Coroner S. H. Luken made an investigation and stated that she was found in the basement of her home by her brother, Adolph Witt, with whom she lived.
Officers state that she had hung herself with a length of clothesline rope and a silk stocking. She made her home with her brothers, Adolph and John. She had been married to Julius Swindal, but was divorced. – Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, June 1, 1948, page 1.