"Body of Man Found on Beach Identified as Edward Seidel
Wife, Daughters Name Brillion Man
The wife and two daughters of Edward Seidel, 68-year-old Brillion
man, this morning identified the clothing taken from the body found
on the beach north of Two Rivers Thursday morning as belonging to
their husband and father.
Although she did not view the body which was buried in a Two Rivers
cemetery at 9 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Seidel told Coroner Theodore
Teitgen and Sheriff Arthur Truttschel that she was positive that the
sweater, shirt, trousers, shoes and other articles of clothing shown
her were worn by her husband when he left his Brillion home without
a word at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, August 28.
Mrs. Seidl told the coroner that it was not unusual for her husband,
who had been in good health although afflicted with poor eyesight, to
visit away from home for several days at a time and that she had not
become anxious as to his whereabouts until reading a description of
the unidentified man and the clothing he was wearing in Friday's
issue of The Herald-Times.
Identified Clothing
About 10 o'clock this morning Mrs. Seidel, accompanied by two daughters
and her son-in-law, Edward Remiker of Grimms, reported to Sheriff
Truttschel that they believed the man was Mr. Seidel. The sheriff took
the party to the funeral home of Klein and Stangel in Two Rivers where
they made positive identification of the clothing.
Dr. Teitgen said that a postmortem had been performed on the body Friday
night and that death was due to drowning. Because of the badly decomposed
condition of the body, burial was originally planned for Friday afternoon.
However it was held over until this morning. Mrs. Seidel said she is
satisfied the dead man is her husband and that the body will remain buried
in the Two Rivers cemetery.
In a meeting with Coroner Teitgen later this morning in the sheriff's
office the family could shed no light on what happened to the man after
leaving home a week ago Thursday. There had been no argument of any sort,
the widow stated, and she knew of no enemies of her husband. She stated
further that he had no relatives or friends in either Manitowoc or Two
Rivers.
Money is Missing
According to Mrs. Seidel her husband, whose last job was at the Calumet
Dutch Packing company several weeks ago, had between $40 and $50 in cash
on his person when he left home. The coroner said that no money was found
on the body.
Because of the discovery of two tickets in the man's sweater pocket, one
admitting him to the grand stand at the county fair on Aug. 28 and another
for the Green Bay Stages, members of the family surmised that Seidel had
attended the fair here
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BODY OF MAN FOUND ON BEACH
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and then intended to visit a daughter in De Pere where he has numberous
friends and relatives.
They told the coroner they had no way of knowing however where the man
entered the water. Mrs. Seidel said she was certain her husband had no
reason to take his own life.
Dr. Teitgen said no inquest into the death is planned unless further
developments bring about a necessity for such action.
Leaves Seven Children
Born on a farm in Brown county in 1879, Edward Seidel married the former
Agnes O'Leary in 1906, coming to Brillion about 15 years ago. He had worked
at numerous jobs there, including the Brillion foundry and the packing
company.
Surviving are the widow and seven daughters, Mrs. Earl Klipstine of De Pere,
Mrs. William Phillips of Green Bay, Mrs. William Moudry of Amherst, Mrs.
Elmer Remiker of Grimms, Mrs. Leo Rank of Brillion, Mrs. Reuben Dix of
Wrightstown and Miss Frances at home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, September 6, 1947 P.2"