KIRCHGATTER, Leo 1896-1947

KIRCHGATTER

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 9/28/2025 at 22:01:14

OBITUARY: Dr. Leo Albert August Kirchgatter, 1896-1947, Worth County, Iowa

Dr. Leo Kirchgatter

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon [Nov 14, 1947] at
2:00 o'clock at the Bride Funeral Home in Manly, for Dr. Leo Albert
August Kirchgatter, who died under mysterious circumstances on or
about November 1, 1947, in a cornfield southwest of Grafton, Iowa.

The funeral will be conducted by the Rev S. M. Becker of Grafton.
Burial will be in the Grafton Cemetery and the American Legion
post of Grafton will conduct military rites.

Leo was the son of August Fred Albert Kirchgatter and Ida Berthe
Lisse Kirchgatter. He was born December 13, 1896 in rural Corwith,
Hancock county, Iowa.

He is survived by his father, August Kirchgatter, of Nora Springs and
three brothers, Ole and Frank of Carpenter, and William of Clear Lake.

Leo was preceded in death by his mother, who died in 1944.

Dr. Kirchgatter had been practicing veterinarian at Grafton of a number
of years. He married Wilma Irma Macken on October 17, 1923, but he
and his wife had separated. There are no children. An inquest had
found his death to be a suicide.