Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Faitz, William July 29, 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 September 6, 2022, 6:13 pm Norfolk Virginian July 30, 1882 FAITZ - On Saturday evening, July 29, 1882, at 8 o'clock, at his residence, 234 Church Street, after a short illness, WILLIAM FAITZ, in the 56th year of his age. Funeral will take place from the First Presbyterian Church on MONDAY, July 31, at 10 1/2 o'clock a.m. Friends and acquaintances of the family invited to attend without further notice. ***************** Sudden Death Mr. William Faitz died suddenly at about eight o'clock last night, at his house, No. 234 Church Street. On Friday night Mr. Faitz had occasion to leave his saloon for a moment and stepped into the rear portion of his premises. While doing so in the dark he struck himself about the middle against the sharp corner of a table and it is supposed received internal injuries, which were the cause of his death, as far as ascertainable. At last accounts an inquest had not been held. An autopsy will probably be held today. The funeral will take place at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, from the First Presbyterian Church, and will be attended by Norfolk Lodge No. 1, A.F.& A.M.; Wyandotte Tribe No. 42, I.O. Red Men; Washington Lodge No. 2, I.O.O.F.; Norfolk Lodge No. 9, K. of P.; Virginia Conclave No. 1, S.W.M. and Jerusalem Encampment No. 4, I.O.O.F., all of which Mr. Faitz was a member. Additional Comments: Elmwood File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/f/faitz4655nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb