Arizona Republican, Phoenix (Maricopa), Arizona (AZ)

MRS. CATRINA ZIEHL
June 17, 1896

Mrs. Catrina ZIEHL, aged 64, died yesterday shortly afternoon at the Blacksmith Shop of Lem Wilderson, a brush shanty in the Irvine Addition, a quarter of a mile beyond the Santa Fe Frieght Depot.

She had been staying at the Mark's House in the city and had walked after 11 o'clock to near Seventh Avenue and Jackson where she was found prostrated by a storekeeper of the vicinity. She was placed in a wagon and at her request taken to the Blacksmith Shop, where she shortly after expired. Dr. Woodruff was called but nothing could be done. The body has been held awaiting instructions from relatives in Denver.

The woman was a German and had according to Wilkerson been known to him for twenty years. She had been in Arizona many years, living in Prescott and in Chapparel before coming to Phoenix. Here she cooked for a short time at the Santa Fe Section House and later acted as housekeeper in the miserable shack and tent called by Wilkerson his home.

Justice Morris empanelled a jury of inquest as the circumstances of death were unusual. The jury will report this morning and will probalby certify that death was from brain trouble aggravated by the long walk in the heat.

In the woman's turnk were found letters that showed she had a son, Emil ZIEHL, resident in Denver and to him a telegram was sent. Her effects included $6 in silver in her purse, a bank book showing a deposit of $650, $50 in drafts on Prescott, a mortgage on Denver property due to her of $500 and a life insurance policy paid up in the amount of $350.00. Also discovered were papers of divorce from her former husband, issued in Leavenworth, Kansas.

This obituary was transcribed from the USGENWEB Arizona website. I am not related to this person and have posted this obituary/remembrance on behalf of family members and genealogical researchers who may be interested.

Glen F. Pritchett
USGENWEB volunteer

Surnames: ZIEHL, Wilderson, WOODRUFF, Wilkerson, MORRIS