Individual Details

Harold M. Trenary

(1908 - 3 Nov 1941)

Madison Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, November 2, 1941, Page 1, Col. 6: Missing Arthur Youth Is Dead. Platteville, Wis.---The body of Harold Trenary, 34, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Trenary of nearby Arthur, Grant county, was found hanging Saturday afternoon in a woods near Rewey, Iowa county authorities were notified. Two Platteville hunters, Harry Harms and Richard Loveland, discovered the body. Trenary had been missing since Monday, when his car was found on the banks of the Pecatonica river near Rewey. It was at the first believed that he had drowned and the river was dragged for awhile.

Madison Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, Tuesday, November 4, 1941, Page 2, Col. 8: Trenary Rites. Platteville---Funeral services for Harold Trenary, 33, Arthur, who had been missing from his home since Oct. 27 and was found hanging from a tree in a thickly settled woods near Rewey Saturday, were held Monday afternoon at the Riter-Haudenshield funeral home. The Rev. I. C. Crecelius, pastor of the Methodist church at Arthur, officiated with burial at Arthur cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Trenary, Arthur; three brothers, Sheldon, Alvin, and Clifford, Arthur, and one sister Mrs. Amos Woods, Arthur.

There will be no inquest held concerning the death. C. J. Holman, Iowa county sheriff, and George Kepke, deputy coroner, Dodgeville, have pronounced the verdict suicide.

Events

Birth1908Wisconsin
Death3 Nov 1941Rewey, Iowa Co., Wisconsin
BurialArthur United Methodist Church Cemetery, Arthur, Grant Co., Wisconsin

Families

FatherMartin T. Trenary (1876 - 1950)
MotherLottie K. Kirkpatrick (1883 - 1965)
SiblingSheldon L "Tony" Trenary (1912 - 1945)
SiblingOpal Trenary (1914 - 1945)
SiblingAlvin Joseph Trenary (1918 - 1989)
SiblingClifford Trenary (1923 - 1977)

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