- Joseph Lemberger Ends Life With A Revolver
CONCERN OVER LOSS OF WORK TOLD BY WIFE
Second Shipyards Worker In Month To End Life Due To Unemployment
Finding a revolver which his wife had hidden from him in fear that he would end his life, Joseph Lemberger, 49, shipyard worker, committed suicide Tuesday afternoon in the basement of his home, 905 Chicago street. His flat is in the rear of the Badger Hotel. He shot himself through the right temple with a .38 calibre revolver and died while he was being placed on the operating table at the Holy Family hospital.
He was without steady employment the last few weeks, but previous to that had worked continuously. He had expressed concern over his ability to support himself and wife, but when his wife left for a short auto ride with Mrs. Edward Schreihart yesterday, he smilingly kissed her goodbye.
Lemberger was found by his wife on her return. He was breathing heavily, his head propped up against a box. Discovery was made when Mrs. Lemberger went to the basement to secure food for the evening meal. Frank Poklinkoske, a son-in-law, slept through the shooting upstairs of the home. He is employed at the Crocker Brother garage on a night shift.
Was Laid Off
In earlier life Lemberger operated saloons at Grimms, and Antigo. For six years he was employed as a bartender for the late Adolph Schulze on Western Ave. For the past five years he was employed as a staging erector at the shipyards. When
work became scarce Lemberger was laid off, and since then he worried considerably.
His wife hid a revolver, which Lemberger had taken to a hardware store for repairs.
Dr. George Hoffmann was called and had Lemberger removed to the hospital in the ambulance. He breathed his last just as he was being carried into the operating room. Coroner Gerald Rau of Two Rivers, who also was called, decided that there
would be no inquest.
The death of Lemberger marks the second suicide of a shipyards worker within a short period. Just a month ago yesterday William Ploeckelmann ended his life by hanging in the woodshed of his home here.
Born In Whitelaw
Lemberger was born in Whitelaw and spent his early life there. He was twice married. Two sons were born of his first marriage, Joseph and Edward, who reside in Chicago. In 1927 he was married at Antigo to Mrs. Amelia Winkleman of this city, who survives him with four brothers, Edward of Cato, Louis of Clarks Mills, Frank of Boyd, Wis., and George of Appleton, and six sisters, Miss Barbara Lemberger of Evanston, Ill., Sister Festina of Illinois, Mrs. George Schuh of Whitelaw, Mrs. Frances Heinrichs of Manitowoc Rapids, Mrs. Mary Neuser, city, and Mrs. Katie Heran of Hollandtown.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 9 a.m. from St. Boniface church. The remains may be viewed on Thursday at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Wednesday, January 25, 1933 P. 2
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Jindra and Chaloupka Families
1883 - 1933 (50 years)
d. 31 Jan 1921, Cato, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States 
