Kater, Albert

Albert Kater
July 22, 1891-May 8, 1942


Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 9, 1942, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

ALBERT KATER, 50, COMMITS SUICIDE

 

Lifeless body of Albert Kater, 50, with a clothes-line around the neck and suspended from a rafter in the barn at the home of his brother, Fred Kater, Route 4, was found at 5:15 Friday afternoon.  Kater had been in ill health.

Coroner William N. Pifer issued a suicide verdict. He said Kater was dead several hours before the body was discovered by two children of Fred Kater when they returned from school.  Their parents were at work.

Here 13 Years

Kater was born July 22, 1891 at Chicago, Ill., and came to Niles 13 years ago. He had been employed as a chef.

He leaves his widow, Iva, Clinton, Ind.; two children by a former marriage, Lorraine and Joseph, both of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. William Jarm, Cleveland; and two brothers, Emil, Chicago, and Fred, Route 4.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 4 Monday afternoon by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.


Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 11, 1942, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

KATER FUNERAL


Services for Albert Kater, 50, who hanged himself Friday in the home of his brother, Fred, Route 4, will be conducted at 4 this afternoon in the Pifer funeral home by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Pallbearers will be six Niles policemen, Fred Solloway, Thomas Whiteside, Harry Petersen, Arthur Pears, Arthur Hall and Frank Forrest.