Lafayette Farmer Commits Suicide
Fred Venette Ends Live by Hanging on Porch of Denver House
Fred Venette, who for some years has resided on his farm two miles south of Lafayette, ended his life by hanging on the porch of a residence at 2933 East Fourteenth avenue, Denver, some time last Wednesday night.
Venette suffered a severe attack of influenza last fall from the affects of which he never recovered and which shattered his nervous system. On advice of physicians he was taken to Denver Wednesday and placed in the Mt. Airy sanitarium for treatment. Early in the evening he asked permission to go for a walk, which was granted. When the sanitarium authorities went to look for him he could not be found.
Searching parties were organized but it was not until 7 o'clock Thursday morning that his lifeless body was discovered. He had gone onto the porch and tying an awning rope about his neck and fastening it to the railing had jumped from the porch.
Mr. Vennette was aged 33 years and had resided in this vicinity from boyhood. He is survived by his wife and five children, a brother, Robert, who made his home with him; his mother, Mrs. Bolen, two sisters, Mrs. Olive Atkins and Mrs. Lena Duncan and a brother, Emory, all residing near Louisville.
Funeral services will be held at St. Ida's church in Lafayette Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and burial will be made in Green Mountain cemetery in Boulder.
The Lafayette Leader
Lafayette, Colorado
September 26, 1919
Fred Venette Ends Live by Hanging on Porch of Denver House
Fred Venette, who for some years has resided on his farm two miles south of Lafayette, ended his life by hanging on the porch of a residence at 2933 East Fourteenth avenue, Denver, some time last Wednesday night.
Venette suffered a severe attack of influenza last fall from the affects of which he never recovered and which shattered his nervous system. On advice of physicians he was taken to Denver Wednesday and placed in the Mt. Airy sanitarium for treatment. Early in the evening he asked permission to go for a walk, which was granted. When the sanitarium authorities went to look for him he could not be found.
Searching parties were organized but it was not until 7 o'clock Thursday morning that his lifeless body was discovered. He had gone onto the porch and tying an awning rope about his neck and fastening it to the railing had jumped from the porch.
Mr. Vennette was aged 33 years and had resided in this vicinity from boyhood. He is survived by his wife and five children, a brother, Robert, who made his home with him; his mother, Mrs. Bolen, two sisters, Mrs. Olive Atkins and Mrs. Lena Duncan and a brother, Emory, all residing near Louisville.
Funeral services will be held at St. Ida's church in Lafayette Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and burial will be made in Green Mountain cemetery in Boulder.
The Lafayette Leader
Lafayette, Colorado
September 26, 1919
Lafayette Farmer Commits Suicide
Fred Venette Ends Live by Hanging on Porch of Denver House
Fred Venette, who for some years has resided on his farm two miles south of Lafayette, ended his life by hanging on the porch of a residence at 2933 East Fourteenth avenue, Denver, some time last Wednesday night.
Venette suffered a severe attack of influenza last fall from the affects of which he never recovered and which shattered his nervous system. On advice of physicians he was taken to Denver Wednesday and placed in the Mt. Airy sanitarium for treatment. Early in the evening he asked permission to go for a walk, which was granted. When the sanitarium authorities went to look for him he could not be found.
Searching parties were organized but it was not until 7 o'clock Thursday morning that his lifeless body was discovered. He had gone onto the porch and tying an awning rope about his neck and fastening it to the railing had jumped from the porch.
Mr. Vennette was aged 33 years and had resided in this vicinity from boyhood. He is survived by his wife and five children, a brother, Robert, who made his home with him; his mother, Mrs. Bolen, two sisters, Mrs. Olive Atkins and Mrs. Lena Duncan and a brother, Emory, all residing near Louisville.
Funeral services will be held at St. Ida's church in Lafayette Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and burial will be made in Green Mountain cemetery in Boulder.
The Lafayette Leader
Lafayette, Colorado
September 26, 1919
Fred Venette Ends Live by Hanging on Porch of Denver House
Fred Venette, who for some years has resided on his farm two miles south of Lafayette, ended his life by hanging on the porch of a residence at 2933 East Fourteenth avenue, Denver, some time last Wednesday night.
Venette suffered a severe attack of influenza last fall from the affects of which he never recovered and which shattered his nervous system. On advice of physicians he was taken to Denver Wednesday and placed in the Mt. Airy sanitarium for treatment. Early in the evening he asked permission to go for a walk, which was granted. When the sanitarium authorities went to look for him he could not be found.
Searching parties were organized but it was not until 7 o'clock Thursday morning that his lifeless body was discovered. He had gone onto the porch and tying an awning rope about his neck and fastening it to the railing had jumped from the porch.
Mr. Vennette was aged 33 years and had resided in this vicinity from boyhood. He is survived by his wife and five children, a brother, Robert, who made his home with him; his mother, Mrs. Bolen, two sisters, Mrs. Olive Atkins and Mrs. Lena Duncan and a brother, Emory, all residing near Louisville.
Funeral services will be held at St. Ida's church in Lafayette Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and burial will be made in Green Mountain cemetery in Boulder.
The Lafayette Leader
Lafayette, Colorado
September 26, 1919
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