- Watchman Is Found Dead In Toy Plant
Firemen Find Body of August Mauthe, 67, Kimber1y
BLAZE IN FACTORY Autopsy Will be Held to Determine Cause Of Death
August Mauthe, 67, Kimberly, was found dead by firemen answering an alarm from the Appleton Toy and Furniture factory, 828 S. Lawe street, about 4:25 this morning. Mauthe, watchman at the factory, was found in the shavings bin of the boiler room where the fire started. The fire burned from the fire box to the bin and a hole was burned through the bin door, according to firemen. The man's right hand was slightly burned and there was a small bruise on his head. His time clock showed he had made his round of the plant at 3:30 in the morning. The fire was discovered by a passerby, Anton Schmidt. 317 S. Walter avenue, who notified the fire department. The plant's sprinkling system was set off by the blaze and the fire was almost extinguished when fire arrived. Damage of about $75 was caused. Autopsy A pathologist from Milwaukee was expected here this afternoon to perform a post mortem examination to determine cause of death. Mauthe was born June 17. 1871. at Appleton and was a resident of Kimberly for 55 years. He was a charter member of the Holy Name
society of the Holy Name church. Kimberly. and a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, Little Chute, and Equitable Reserve association, Neenah. He was employed at the toy company for 14 years. Survivors are four sons. Otto and Raymond, Kimberly: Chester, Appleton; William, Chicago; one daughter, Mrs. Jerry Kokke, Detroit, Mich.; three brothers, William, Fond du Lac; Joseph, Apple- Ion; Otto, Otsege. Mich.; two sisters. Mrs. Marie Bechaud, Fond du Lac; Mrs. Ed Wiley, Ontario, Canada; and twenty-one grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 8:30 Saturday morning from the home with services at 9 o'clock at the Holy Name church. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. The body will be at the home from Thursday until time of the funeral and the rosary will be recited at 7:30 each evening.
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August Mauthe Rites At Holy Name Church At Kimberly Saturday
Kimberly - Funeral services for August Mauthe. 67. who died at Appleton last Wednesday morning, | were conducted at Holy Name church at 9 o'clock Saturday morning by the Rev. C. B Vanden Borne. Burial was made in the parish cemetery. Mr. Mauthe, who was employed at the Appleton Toy and Furniture company as night watchman, was found dead in the shavings bin by firemen answering an alarm. He was a resident of Kimberly for 55 years. Out-of-town people attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. William Mauthe. Mr. and Mrs. Armen Mauthe, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Mauthe, and Mrs. Marie Bechaud, of Fond du Lac, Mrs. Ruth Moore, Milwaukee: Mr. and Mrs. C. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Scholl, Mrs. Fred Frazier, Mrs. Ida Zacherl. Fond du Lac. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Mauthe, Ostego. Michigan: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wiley. Ontario. Canada: Mr. and Mrs. Gustavo Helmrath. Sheboygan; Joseph Mauthe, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Helmrath. Mr. and Mrs. An- thony Natrop, Joe Helmrath, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mauthe, Miss Margaret Mauthe, Jacob Mauthe, Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Mauthe, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mauthe, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mauthe, Mrs. Mary Boyle, and Herbert J. Kahn., Appleton: Anthony Helmrath, Milwaukee: Mr. and Mrs.. John Helmrath, Denmark: Mr. and Mrs. William Helmrath. Pestigo. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jansen, Fred Gerritts, and a delegation of Foresters from Little Chute: Mr. and Mrs. John Weinfuter and Miss Theodora Rogers, Neenah. and Joseph W. Verstegen, Little Chute: Mrs. Jerry Kokke, Detroit. Mich. Bearers were Peter Van Loon. Anton Derks. William Stuyvenberg. Henry Williams, John De Bruin and Andrew De-Leeuw.
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