St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery

Lot Number: Lot 2, Block 2, Section E

Monument Installed on East End of Lot

 

Son Of Walter & Ida

Husband Of Maureen M. O'CONNELL - Married 10/31/1959

Father Of William John, Darla Jean, Susan Marie

Jean Marie, & Victoria

U.S. Military Veteran - Post Korea

 

Walter C. Dehne, 28, of Newton, took his life at home Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Salem Ebenezer Church, Newton, and burial will be in St. Casimir Cemetery, Northeim. Mr. Dehne was born Feb. 8, 1939, at Newton, son of the late Walter W. and Mrs. Ida Paul Dehne. He married Miss Maureen O’Connell at Northeim Oct. 31, 1959, and he was a farmer and a construction worker with the Hansen firm of Manitowoc. He entered the U.S. Navy March 14, 1956, and was discharged April 4, 1958, and was on the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. Survivors are the wife, two daughters, at home (names omitted for privacy); mother of Newton; and eight sisters (names omitted for privacy). A son and two daughters preceded him in death. Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, after 3 p.m. Thursday until Friday noon and at the church until time of service. The casket will remain closed. Manitowoc Herald Times, May 24, 1967 P. 19 ******** Fire Deaths Of Tots in ’64 Blamed For Dad’s Suicide NEWTON (Special)—Despondency over the deaths of three small children in a tragic fire over three years ago was blamed today for the suicide of a 28- year-old Newton man. Walter C. Dehne, whose three tots burned to death in a house trailer fire at the edge of the village on March 7, 1964, shot himself with a rifle Tuesday evening only a few feet from the site of the fire. Dr. Theodore Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner, said the body was found about 10 p.m. by Mrs. Dehne. It was found lying on the ground just outside the kitchen door, the 30.06 rifle still clutched in the victim’s hands. County authorities said Mr. Dehne apparently had fired a shot out of the house earlier while talking to his wife on the telephone. It was on a cold March morning, while Mr. and Mrs. Dehne were in the barn doing the chores, that fire broke out in a house trailer quickly snuffing out the lives of their three children — William John, 3; Darla Jean, 2, and Susan Marie, 1. Mrs. Dehne, then 21, was expecting another child and was taken to a Manitowoc hospital in shock. Mr. Dehne suffered cuts about his arms and face in a desperate attempt to enter the burning structure. Two daughters, (private), were born to the couple since the fire. Mrs. Dehne is the former Maureen O’Connell. Her parents, now of Green Bay, formerly lived at Haven. Mr. Dehne was born Feb. 8, 1939, at Newton, the son of the late Walter Dehne and Mrs. Ida Paul Dehne. He was married at Northeim Oct. 31, 1959. A veteran of two years service in the Navy, Mr. Dehne operated a farm and also worked for a construction company. Surviving, in addition to his wife and two daughters, are his mother, who lives in Manitowoc; eight sisters (names omitted for privacy). Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Salem Ebenezer Church here with burial in the family plot at St. Casimir Cemetery, Northeim. Friends may call at the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 3 p.m. Thursday to Friday noon and then at the church. Sheboygan Press, May 24, 1967 P. 2