HATTIE ASSMAN
Woman Hangs Self in Barn
MISHICOT-Afflicted with a nervous condition for more than two years, Mrs. Ben
Assman, 39, was found dead by hanging herself in the barn on the farm home in
the Town of Mishicot late Friday afternoon.
The body was dicovered by her husband hanging from a rope in the barn after he
had returned to the farm and found his wife missing from the residence. She
died from strangulation, according to Dr. Theodore Teitgen, coroner, who with
Sheriff Lester Nichols, had been called to the scene.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Specht Funeral Home
and at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church. The Rev. George Beth officiating.
Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mrs. Assman, nee Hattie Patek, was born in the Town of West Kewaunee on Sept.
26, 1915, a daughter of the late Peter and Mrs. Ann Paszkiewicz Patek. On May 1,
1947 she was married at St. Hedwig Catholic Church at East Krok, Kewaunee County,
to Ben Assman. After their marriage they settled on a farm in the Town of
Mishicot, where she resided since. They had no children.
Besides her husband and mother she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Staral of
Rt. 5, Manitowoc, Mrs. George Crissey of Ladysmith, Wis., and Miss Victoria Patek
of Chippewa Falls; and two brothers, Edward Patek of Rt. 2, Kewaunee, and Van
Patek of Rt. 2, Two Rivers.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday where the Rosary will
be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, January 15, 1955 p.2
HATTIE ASSMAN
Woman Hangs Self in Barn
MISHICOT-Afflicted with a nervous condition for more than two years, Mrs. Ben
Assman, 39, was found dead by hanging herself in the barn on the farm home in
the Town of Mishicot late Friday afternoon.
The body was dicovered by her husband hanging from a rope in the barn after he
had returned to the farm and found his wife missing from the residence. She
died from strangulation, according to Dr. Theodore Teitgen, coroner, who with
Sheriff Lester Nichols, had been called to the scene.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Specht Funeral Home
and at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church. The Rev. George Beth officiating.
Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mrs. Assman, nee Hattie Patek, was born in the Town of West Kewaunee on Sept.
26, 1915, a daughter of the late Peter and Mrs. Ann Paszkiewicz Patek. On May 1,
1947 she was married at St. Hedwig Catholic Church at East Krok, Kewaunee County,
to Ben Assman. After their marriage they settled on a farm in the Town of
Mishicot, where she resided since. They had no children.
Besides her husband and mother she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Staral of
Rt. 5, Manitowoc, Mrs. George Crissey of Ladysmith, Wis., and Miss Victoria Patek
of Chippewa Falls; and two brothers, Edward Patek of Rt. 2, Kewaunee, and Van
Patek of Rt. 2, Two Rivers.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday where the Rosary will
be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, January 15, 1955 p.2
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