PETER P. DRYLL
(1894 - 1975)

Peter P. Dryll, 80, of Shady Lane Home, Manitowoc, died Friday at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.

Funeral services will be at 9:30 am Tuesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home and 10 am at St. Mary Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. Thaddeus Koszarek will officiate with burial in St. Mary Cemetery.

Mr. Dryll was born July 21, 1894 at Manitowoc, son of the late George and Nettie Burry Dryll. He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the U.S. Army as a bugler in Company D, 56th Infantry. He had been employed at Mirro Aluminum Co., until his retirement in 1960.

Survivors include a son, Eugene Schwantz of Manitowoc, two daughters, Mrs. Howard (Beatrice) Erickson and Mrs. Violet Toombs, of Denver, Colo.; three brothers, Theodore and Henry of Manitowoc and Stanley of Milwaukee; four sisters, Mrs. John (Polly) Osesek, Mrs. Herbert (Frances) Matte and Mrs. Edwin (Elsie) Podrabsky, of Manitowoc and Mrs. Frank (Helen) Labinski of Cudahy and six grandchildren.

Friends may call at Pfeffer Funeral Home from 4 to 9 pm Monday, where a wake memorial prayer service will be at 7 pm.

Manitowoc Herald Times - Sat., Mar. 29, 1975 - page 3

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ILL HEALTH IS CAUSE OF TRY AT SUICIDE
Gassed War Veteran Cuts Self Three Times and Turns on Gas; Will Recover

Despondency over ill health and his inability to perform regular work because of the effects of being gassed during the World War are believed to have prompted the unsuccessful suicide attempt of Peter Dryll, 34, at his home at 1205 South Eleventh street at 11 o'clock last night. He is at present in the Holy Family hospital suffering from self-inflicted cuts on both wrists and at the throat but is expected to recover as he severed no major artery.

Brother Arrives in Time
Prompt arrival of members of his family and medical assistance is believed to have been in a large measure responsible for life existing today. He was talking to members of his family over the telephone and is reported to have said he would be dead in the morning. A sudden break in the conversation caused members of the family to notify a brother and the latter immediately rushed to the home where he found Peter bleeding profusely and suffering from the effects of gas which he turned on to make certain the success of his attempt.

Police authorities were called at 11:10 and at 11:20 o'clock had Dryll in the operating room at the hospital and his wounds were being closed.

Because of the effects of the gas which he took into his system during the world war, Dryll has been unable to work regularly it is said, and it is also reported that members of his family were planning to leave him.

Manitowoc Herald News, April 13, 1929 p. 4

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