Marie Katherine GEBHART

July 19, 1956 Sheboygan Press. Chilton;

A 60 year old Chilton housewife bled to death here Wednesday when a long kitchen knife she was carrying to

the basement severed the main artery of her neck as she accidently fell down the stairway. According to the

report of Dr. Everett Humke, deputy coroner for Calumet County, Mrs. Joseph Mayer, of 220 Oak St. was

believed to have been on her way to the basement of her home to clean fish, caught only the day before by her

husband. Carryig the long blade in her hand, she either tripped on one ofthe lower steps or fainted.

When Mayer arrived home about noon he found his wife lifeless on the basement floor with one foot on the

bottom step. Dr. Humke said the knife had entered the side of her neck causing a hemmorhage as it severed a

main artery. Mrs. Mayer was said to have been alone in the house at the time. The doctor, who said the woman

had been dead about two hours when found, attributed death to the loss ofblood.

Born in the Town of Brothertown, Calumet County, January 4, 1896, Mrs. Mayer was the former Mary

Gebhart, a daughter of the late Martin and Catherine Kern Gebhart. She was married to Mr. Mayer, November

28, 1918 at St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg. Before moving to Chilton, the couple had farmed in

Charlestown.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. John Yule (Rosemary) Atlanta, Ga., and

Mrs. George Whit Dodson (Armella) Memphis Tenn.; two sons, Joseph Jr. Madison, and Paul John U.S. Army,

stationed in the State of Washington; and four grandchildren.

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