Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Aug. 4, 1902
MORTUARY RECORD
Susannah ECK STEPHANY, wife of Frank STEPHANY, died suddenly yesterday morning at her home, No. 40 Lowell street,
aged 60 years. She is survived by her husband, one son, Frank J.; three daughters, Frances, Susie and May, and
two sisters, Mrs. Louis MENGES and Mrs. John FLORACK of this city.
Bridget KEELER, widow of the late John KEELER, died yesterday afternoon at her home, No. 74 Averill avenue. She
is survived by three sisters, Julia McNAMARA and Madge McHUGH, of this city, and Marie HANLON, of Chicago.
Margaret, wife of Ralph JUDD, died yesterday morning at her home, No. 14 Elmira street, aged 58 years. She is survived
by her husband, three sons and six daughters.
Mary HENAN died last evening at her residence, No. 244 Jay street, aged 24 years. She is survived by her father,
mother, six brothers and three sisters.
Louisa N., wife of Charles KATLIN, died yesterday afternoon at the family residence, No. 4 Schauman street, aged
27 years.
Elizabeth, wife of Isidor SCHLITZER, died yesterday at the family residence, No. 228 North street, aged 41 years.
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SYRACUSE GIRLS CONFESSED
Mary Leona SEYMOUR and Olive KENNEDY, the girls who were arrested here Friday on warrants from Syracuse, charging
them with petit larceny, were arraigned in police court in that city. They pleaded not guilty, but later confessed
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MINISTER'S SON DROWNED
Archie Troyer, 6 Years Old, Loses His Life in Conesus Lake
Archie TROYER, 6 years old, son of Rev. Leroy E. TROYER, pastor of the Alexander Street Baptist Church, of this
city, was drowned in Conesus lake Saturday afternoon. Mr. TROYER and family have been camping on the west side
of the lake, about two miles from Lakeville.
The boy was missed soon after supper Sunday night and a search was begun for him. At the end of a short pier his
body was found in water just deep enough to be over his head. Coroner TRIMMER, of Livonia, was made acquainted
with the facts and decided that the circumstances did not demand an inquest. The body will be brought to this city
to-day for burial.
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PERSONAL MENTION
Dr. H. W. STREETER has returned from his vacation at Block island.
Miss Ella McDONALD, of No. 14 Leopold street, is visiting Miss FOME, of Auburn.
Miss May MADDOCKS and Miss Nellie CHAPMAN are visiting friends at Glenora and Elmira.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. HENDERSON have returned to their home, in New York, after spending two weeks with friends on
Gibbs street.
Val J. SCHNEIDER, of No. 61 Orchard street, will leave for a month's vacation Wednesday, visiting Cleveland, Cincinnati
and St. Louis and returning by way of New York, where he will attend the annual convention of the Grand Lodge of
the I. O. O. F., to be held August 23rd.
Aug. 6, 1902
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN VILLAGE OF PIKE
Husband and Wife Both Commit Suicide 24 Hours Apart
F. L. IKELER Proprietor of Eagle Hotel Sent Bullet Into His Brain Yesterday Morning Because of Grief Over Suicide
of His Wife by Laudanum on Sunday - Evidently a Family Quarrel Cause of Sad Tragedy
A sequel to the sad tragedy which occurred Sunday last at Pike, when Mrs. F. L. IKELER, wife of the proprietor
of the Eagle hotel committed suicide by laudanum, was the suicide of her husband, F. L. IKELER, yesterday morning.
Mr. IKELER killed himself because he declared he loved his wife, and could not live without her. The details of
the double tragedy which has aroused the small hamlet of Pike to the highest pitch of Excitement are particularly
sad, and two lives were sacrificed evidently as the result of a family quarrel.
On Sunday morning last, as Mrs. ILELER did not come down to breakfast, her husband went to her room to see what
detained her, and found her in a sullen mood, and not, inclined to answer his questions. He asked her if he had
done anything that displeased her, and she answered him by saying:
"One of us will have to leave."
Her husband could not prevail upon her to recall the declaration, and went down stairs and got his bag of money
and took it up to his wife's room and left it on a dresser. He then told her:
"If one of us must go, I shall be the one, as I can go out into the world better than you," whereupon
he kissed her and continued: "You will never see me again."
He walked out of the hotel and started on foot for Portage, where he took the train for Hornellsville.
Soon after his departure Mrs. ILELER took laudanum and died a few hours later, though she repented of her deed
and desire to live.
Mr. IKELER was found at Hornellsville and brought back the next day, declaring that he would soon follow his wife.
On arriving at the hotel he went to a drawer and took possession of his revolver, which he would not part with
to anyone, saying he had good use for it. He was prostrated with grief, and said he could not live without his
wife.
He was put to bed about 10 o'clock last night, but the revolver could not be found in his clothes. Friends stayed
up with him until 7 o'clock next morning, when the watchers left him alone for a few minutes. He then took the
revolver from where he had hidden it in the bed, and sent a bullet through his brain, dying a few minutes afterwards.
The double funeral will occur this afternoon. Mr. IKELER was a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges of
Pike. He was also one of the trustees of the village.
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MORTUARY RECORD
James S. B. CALDWELL, youngest son of the late John S. CALDWELL and brother of W. H. CALDWELL, Mrs. Emil KUICHLING
and Lucy C. CALDWELL, of this city, died suddenly in San Francisco Monday, July 28th. The remains have been brought
to Rochester for interment to-day.
Mrs. Louise PAPWORTH SIMPKINS died, Monday at her home in Denver, Col., aged 30 years. She leaves two sisters,
Mrs. George VIALL, of Rochester, and Mrs. James H. HAYHOE, of Syracuse, also three brothers, David, Charles and
William PAPWORTH, all of Syracuse.
Bryan McARDLE, aged 80 years, died at his residence, No. 92 Saratoga avenue, last evening. Deceased leaves three
sisters and one brother; Mrs. Mary SMITH, Ogden, N. Y.; Mrs. Julia GRONNEY, Bergen, N. Y.; Mrs. B. T. CARROLL,
this city, and Philip J. McARDLE, this city.
Margaret SCHULTES died yesterday morning at the family home, No. 5 Whitney street, aged 47 years. She is survived
by her husband, Joseph SCHULTES; four daughters, Margaret and Anna STROBEL and Mary and Julia SCHULTES, and one
son, Michael STROBEL.
Margaret, daughter of Mrs. Isabella DONNER, died yesterday morning at No. 259 Adams street, aged 2 years and 3
months.