Mrs. Rathborne Hangs Her Self
MILWAUKEE. Wis , June 14 — UP Mrs. Beatrice Trostel Rathborne, 42, socially — prominent widow of a Louisiana newspaper executive and businessman, hanged herself Tuesday in the recreation room of her brother's home here.
She was the widow of Joseph Cornelius Rathborne, Harvey, La., and the daughter of a prominent Milwaukee family.
Rathborne, who died last July at the age of 45, had been a director of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, board chairman of the Joseph Rathborne Land Co. of Harvey and a director of the National Bank of Commerce of New Orleans.
Mrs. Rathborne's family operates the Albert O. Trostel & Sons Co., one of the nation's largest tanners.
A family spokesman said she had been despondent since the death of Rathborne and of her divorced first husband, Fred Weicker Jr., this March.
Mrs. Rathborne made her home in Harvey, near New Orleans, and came here to visit her mother after undergoing treatment at a Louisiana clinic and at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Published in the Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) • 15 Jun 1955
Contributor: Christopher Gadsen (49576146)
MILWAUKEE. Wis , June 14 — UP Mrs. Beatrice Trostel Rathborne, 42, socially — prominent widow of a Louisiana newspaper executive and businessman, hanged herself Tuesday in the recreation room of her brother's home here.
She was the widow of Joseph Cornelius Rathborne, Harvey, La., and the daughter of a prominent Milwaukee family.
Rathborne, who died last July at the age of 45, had been a director of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, board chairman of the Joseph Rathborne Land Co. of Harvey and a director of the National Bank of Commerce of New Orleans.
Mrs. Rathborne's family operates the Albert O. Trostel & Sons Co., one of the nation's largest tanners.
A family spokesman said she had been despondent since the death of Rathborne and of her divorced first husband, Fred Weicker Jr., this March.
Mrs. Rathborne made her home in Harvey, near New Orleans, and came here to visit her mother after undergoing treatment at a Louisiana clinic and at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Published in the Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) • 15 Jun 1955
Contributor: Christopher Gadsen (49576146)
Mrs. Rathborne Hangs Her Self
MILWAUKEE. Wis , June 14 — UP Mrs. Beatrice Trostel Rathborne, 42, socially — prominent widow of a Louisiana newspaper executive and businessman, hanged herself Tuesday in the recreation room of her brother's home here.
She was the widow of Joseph Cornelius Rathborne, Harvey, La., and the daughter of a prominent Milwaukee family.
Rathborne, who died last July at the age of 45, had been a director of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, board chairman of the Joseph Rathborne Land Co. of Harvey and a director of the National Bank of Commerce of New Orleans.
Mrs. Rathborne's family operates the Albert O. Trostel & Sons Co., one of the nation's largest tanners.
A family spokesman said she had been despondent since the death of Rathborne and of her divorced first husband, Fred Weicker Jr., this March.
Mrs. Rathborne made her home in Harvey, near New Orleans, and came here to visit her mother after undergoing treatment at a Louisiana clinic and at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Published in the Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) • 15 Jun 1955
Contributor: Christopher Gadsen (49576146)
MILWAUKEE. Wis , June 14 — UP Mrs. Beatrice Trostel Rathborne, 42, socially — prominent widow of a Louisiana newspaper executive and businessman, hanged herself Tuesday in the recreation room of her brother's home here.
She was the widow of Joseph Cornelius Rathborne, Harvey, La., and the daughter of a prominent Milwaukee family.
Rathborne, who died last July at the age of 45, had been a director of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, board chairman of the Joseph Rathborne Land Co. of Harvey and a director of the National Bank of Commerce of New Orleans.
Mrs. Rathborne's family operates the Albert O. Trostel & Sons Co., one of the nation's largest tanners.
A family spokesman said she had been despondent since the death of Rathborne and of her divorced first husband, Fred Weicker Jr., this March.
Mrs. Rathborne made her home in Harvey, near New Orleans, and came here to visit her mother after undergoing treatment at a Louisiana clinic and at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Published in the Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) • 15 Jun 1955
Contributor: Christopher Gadsen (49576146)
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