Mrs. William Wykle (-1930)

WYKLE, LUTZ, SKIE

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 8/26/2008 at 11:42:39

AMES DAILY TRIBUNE-TIMES, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Monday, March 10, 1930.

Zearing Woman Hangs Herself

Found Dead in Garage; Despondency Is Blamed for Act

ZEARING — Mrs. Will Wykle, 40, hung herself in the garage in the rear of her home about 8 o'clock Monday morning. Despondency was blamed for the act.

Mrs. Wykle formerly Miss Carrie Lutz, was married Thanksgiving day last year to Will Wykie of Radcliffe, a retired farmer. The couple returned only recently from a honeymoon in California.

The body was discovered by a sister, Miss Nettie Lutz, about 15 minutes after Mrs. Wykle left the house. Nettie called a neighbor Mrs. A. D. Hix and they called a doctor but Mrs. Wykle was pronounced dead. Mr. and Mrs. Wykle lived with Mrs. Wykie's mother, Mrs. J. W. Lutz, in the south part of Zearing.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Evangelical church here.

Mrs. Wykle was of a nervous temperament and relatives believe that acute melancholia caused the suicide. She left no note. No inquest was held.

AMES DAILY TRIBUNE-TIMES, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, March 13, 1930.

Mrs. Wykle Rites Held at Zearing

ZEARING - Funeral services for Mrs. William Wykle were held at the Evangelical church here Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. I. L. Baumgartner officiating. Burial was in the Zearing cemetery.

Mrs. Wykle is survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Emma Lutz and two brothers and sisters, George and Lewis and Nettie of Zearing, and Mrs. Lydia Skie of Radcliffe.

Mrs. Wykle committed suicide Monday.