CAPT. JOSEPH MUNGER

DROPS DEAD ON STREET
Capt. Joseph Munger Stricken Down Late This Afternoon by Heart Disease
BEEN AILING LONG TIME
Not Thought There Was Any Danger—Had Been Home But Two Days—
Wife And Two Children Mourn Sad Affliction
Captain Joseph Munger, for years in the service of the Goodrich
Transportation Company, died suddenly at 8:15 this afternoon. While
walking on Commercial street, he was stricken with heart failure and
died before medical assistance could be rendered him. The body was
removed ot the home on North Fifth street. Capt. Munger had been in
failing health for some time, although no immediate danger was
anticipated. He arrived in the city Wednesday in command of the steamer
Atlanta, and was to have taken the boat out tonight.
During the season of navigation he had been on the east shore route and
this was his first trip home in several months. Deceased was about 50
years of age and had been a resident of this city for a number of years.
A wife and two daughters survive him.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Friday, December 14, 1900, Page 1
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BROUGHT DEEP SORROW
Did Announcement of the Sudden Death of Captain Joseph Munger Friday
ON THE LAKES MANY YEARS
Had Been in Service of Goodrich Transportation Co. Since 1894—
Home on Visit of Two Days When He Was Called
A sadness such as falls upon the heart only when the sighs of death
whisper an earthly farewell as some spirits frail bark puts off into
the unknown dark, came to the friends of the late Capt. Joseph Munger
when the announcement of his sudden demise went abroad Friday. The
circumstances surrounding the death are sad and a widespread and
heartfelt sympathy is awakened for the bereaved family so unexpectedly
called upon to mourn. Separated from his wife and children many months
by the duties of his employment he was but Wednesday privileged to
visit them and after a visit of scarcely two days, is called away for
all time. Anticipated felicity in the possibility of frequent home
visits from him, is now turned to sorrow in his death. Truly it is an
unpitying decree of fate and a vivid illustration of the uncertainty
of human life.
For more than two years, Mr. Munger had been in failing health, but
immediate danger was unthought of by his friends. About a month ago he
contracted a cold and when he came home and was quite ill although not
sufficiently so to take to his bed. On the day of his death he was about
town and complained of pain in his chest. At 8 o’clock he was at the
Goodrich docks and while on his way up town from there, was stricken
with the attack which resulted in his death. On Commercial street at
the corner of Seventh, he grew faint and rested on the stoop of Svacina’s
hotel. Passerby noticed that something was amiss and assisted him into
the house, summoning a physician with all haste. The patient revived
somewhat after entering the hotel, but soon lapsed into unconsciousness
and when medical aid arrived was beyond the power of earthly assistance
although every means was used to instill life.
Joseph Munger, the subject of this sketch was born in Louis county, N.Y.
forty eight years ago and came with his parents to Wisconsin in early
youth. At the age of eighteen he launched into life for himself and
followed the lakes from that time until his death. On December 17, 1876
he was married to the wife who survives him and in 1888 the family took
up their residence here, where they have since resided. For a number of
years Capt. Munger was on the barge Francis Hinton, owned here, and in
1894 entered the employ of the Goodrich Transportation Company and has
since been in command of the steamers Sheboygan, Chicago and Atlanta of
that line. Decedent was a man widely known and highly respected not alone
in his resident city, but by the many with whom he came in contact in his
work. He was a conscientious employee and an efficient officer, commanding
the esteem of the company in whose service his death occurred. In his
private relations as husband, father, brother and friend he was loyal,
affectionate and kind and to many who knew him intimately his death will
bring a keen sorrow in a sense of personal loss. In his home, the deceased,
found his chief enjoyment and he sought to make it everything the word
implied. The welfare of his family was his chief ambition and in the hour
of death, when the shadows shrouded his vision his last thought was to the
loved ones left behind. Besides a wife, two daughters, Eva and Georgia, one
sister, Mrs. M. Gano of DePere and one brother, Chas. Munger of Waushara,
survive him. An aged mother, 68 years of age, residing at DePere is also
alive, but the shock of her son’s death has laid her low and it is feared
will prove her death. The funeral will be held from the late home on North
Fifth street, Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Manitowoc Daily Herald | Saturday, December 15, 1900 | Page 1
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SOLEMN CEREMONY OF THE DEAD - MUNGER
On the day that was to have marked the commemoration of the twenty fourth
anniversary of his marriage, Joseph Munger, lately deceased, was laid in
his grave to await the resurrection morn. The last solemn ceremonies were
performed this afternoon, the funeral held from the home on North Fifth
street being largely attended. Rev. Houton? of the M.E. church made brief
remaks paying eloquent tribute to the life of the departed and Rev.
Johnston offered prayer. The casket was almost hidden from view by the
floral offerings the last tribute of sorrowing friends. The local lodge
of Masons attended and at the cemetery had charge of the services which
were conducted in accordance with the ritual of the order. Interment took
place at Evergreen.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, December 17, 1900, Page 1
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Geo. W. Hill and wife and Dr. E. Rockwood of Antigo are in the city to
attend the funeral of the late Joseph Munger. Chas. Munger of Waushara
and Mrs. M. Gano of DePere are here to attend the funeral of their
brother, Joseph Munger.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, December 17, 1900, Page 3
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Mrs. Josephine Dunbar, who was here to attend the funeral of the late
Joseph Munger, returned to her home at Chicago today.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wednesday, December 19, 1900, Page 1
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J.L. Munger
birth: 1852 St.Catherine, Ont.
death: 14 December 1900 Manitowoc, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
residence: 1900 Manitowoc, Wis.
father: Munger
spouse: Mary
Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
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[Capt. Joseph/bur. 12-15-1900/cause: heart disease]