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Virginia Wehle

Virginia Wehle

A copy of the following newspaper article, hand-identified as being from the Dec. 27, 1956, Tribune, was found in a scrapbook owned by Town Historian Richard Schmal:

    Former Lowell Resident Dies At Houston, Texas

    Lowell friends were sorry to learn of the death of Virginia Wehle, aged 40. She passed away December 19 at Houston, Texas. She had been an invalid since birth. When Virginia resided here with her parents, the late Karl and Agnes Wehle, on East Commercial Avenue, she attended St. Edward's school.

    Her brothers, Carl of Hammond, and Peter and wife Betty Wehle of Lombard, Ill., left at midnight last Thursday for Houston, where funeral services were held and interment was made.

    Others surviving with Karl and Peter include three sisters, Florence Doran, Lillian Reedy and June Wehle, and another brother, Earl. A sister, Marge Griffin, is deceased.


Last updated on July 20, 2006.

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