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- . 1898 Apr 1 - Mrs. Teetzel & daughter Mabel are visiting in Canada.
Ref: Yale Expositor, Yale, St. Clair Co., Michigan.
. 1900 Sep 28 - Yale. Mrs. Henry Zimmerman & Mrs. D. Teetzel, of Port Huron, visited friends & relatives here this week.
. 1900 Jul 6 - Belle Tunis is spending a part of her vacation with her grandmother, Mrs. John Teetzel, in Port Huron.
. 1901 Apr 26 - Chas. Reeves has purchased the Teetzel house on Kennitick street occupied by Chas. Tunis & family & Mr. Tunis will move into rooms in the McArthur block on Main street.
. 1901 Aug 1 - John Hallock has purchased the Teetzel property on Kennefick street of Charles Reeves & will move in as soon aa Mr. Reeves' family moves to Brown City.
. 1902 Sep 19 - Mrs. Chas. Tunis & her cousin Anna Teetzel spent Sunday in Sarnia & Port Huron.
Mrs. John Teetzel has returned to her home in Sarnia after spending a month visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Tunis.
. 1904 Aug 26 - Mrs. John Teetzel returned to her home in Detroit after spending 6 weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Tunis.
. 1910 Apr 29 Obituary, Mrs. Euphemia Teetzel, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Tunis, in Wayne; Mich., on Friday April 22, 1910, alter only 10 days sickness from cancer of the stomach. Had she lived until August 25, she would have arrived at the age of 79 years.
Deceased was the widow of John Teetzel who died in Yale about 12 years ago. The children, all grown up, who are left to mourn the loss of a loving mother are Mrs. Eli Wait, Henry Teetzel, of Battle Creek & Mrs. Chas. Tunis, of Wayne.
The funeral services were held at Wayne & the body brought to Yale Monday night & on Tuesday laid to rest in the family lot at Elmwood be side her husband.
Ref: The Yale Expositor, Yale, St. Clair Co., MI.
. 1906 Mar 16 - Daughter Mabel Teetzel Zimmerman Obituary:
TOOK CARBOLIC ACID.
Mrs. Henry J. Zimmerman, better known in Yale as Mabel Teetzel, having lived her girlhood days here, was brought a corpse from her home in Detroit op Wednesday night to be buried in Elmwood cemetery, Circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Zimmerman are sad indeed, facts showing that her married life had been so unhappy that the wish to end it all had become paramount & her wretchedness caused her to take carbolic acid on Monday of this week which in a few hours freed her from all her earthly troubles.
Mabel was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Teetzel, the former dying some years ago, the latter yet living. Mrs. Charles Tunis, of Yale, was a sister. Mabel was a bright, pretty girl, industrious & highly thought of while living in Yale & her untimely death, at tho age of 32 years is much deplored. She has been married to Henry Zimmerman for about 7 years & their home has been in Port Huron & Detroit. She leaves one child, a 5 year old boy. The funeral services were held at the home of Chas. Tunis at 2:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Ref: The Yale Expositor, St. Clair Co., Michigan.
. 1906 Mar 16 - BROKEN-HEARTED, DRANK FATAL ACID
Mrs. Mabel Simmerman grieved over loss of husband's love,
Filing of Divorce Papers Explains Tragic Suicide of Contractor's Wife,
After making 2 unsuccessful attempts at suicide within the last two months, Mrs. Mabel Simmerman, wife of Henry J. Simmerman, contractor & well known in local bowling circles, made every preparation to die Monday noon, first sending her 5-year old son Russell over to a neighbor's house with a note, then laying out the articles of clothing in which she wished to be buried; after which she lay down on the bed & drained the contents of a bottle of carbolic acid, from the effects of which she died shortly after 6 o'clock last night.
An unsigned, bill for divorce filed in the office of Savery & Hunt, attorneys, explains the woman's desperate action. Neighbors say Mrs. Simmerman was obliged to keep the home going by her own efforts as a dressmaker, her husband contributing little to her support. Simmerman says his wife had long been in ill-health & had brooded over it to such an extent that she wanted to die.
Saturday night she took a long walk with her niece, Miss Belle Tunis, of Yale, Mich., who is in the city on a visit. To Miss Tunis she said at that time: "I'm tired of living this sort of a life. I'm going to end it all. My husband cares more for other women than he does for me & I can't stand it."
Monday morning Mrs. Simmerman carefully dressed her little son, kissed him & sent him to the home of Mrs. Monteney, a friend with this note: "Will you please keep Russell until I call for him? "Mabel"
Mr. Simmerman arrived home at 10:30 in the morning. Finding the door of his wife's room locked, he kicked it in & was almost overwhelmed by the gas which filled the room. His wife lay on the bed, her street clothing removed & an empty bottle which had contained carbolic acid beside her. There was also a small glass tube through which she had drained the bottle that her lips might not be burned by the acid.
Her wedding ring lay on the neatly arranged pile of clothing which she had laid out for her funeral.
Dr. F. J. Sober, 272 Joseph Campeau avenue, did all in his power to save the woman, but his work was in vain.
Coroner Morgan Parker will investigate.
The Simmermans were married 6 years ago, lived for a time at Port Huron & 3 years ago came to Detroit. A short time ago the name of a young woman employed by Parke, Davis & Co. was mentioned in the home circle & Mrs. Simmerman seemed broken-hearted. Two months ago her husband entered her room just in time to knock a vial of carbolic acid from her hand, after a struggle & left the house soon after, thinking that she would not repeat the attempt. Soon after, however, he returned to find her lying in a stupor on the bed with the gas jet in her room turned on.
Ref: Detroit Free Press, published 1906 Mar 13, Tuesday. - - -
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