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Obituary [no date, no paper name]
'I Desire No Gloom, No Tears,' Writes Man, Ends His Life -
Henry W. Gildehaus, 72, Kills Self With Monoxide Gas From Auto -
"I never sought publicity in my life, and I do not desire it in my death," wrote Henry W. Gildehaus, 72-year-old retired wholesale grocer, before he ended his life with carbon-monoxide gas early yesterday.
In conformance with that request, no mourning clothes will be worn at the funeral and only members of the immediate family will be present. The time of the funeral is being kept secret in order to make it as private as possible.
"I have no desire for ostentation," wrote Gildehaus. "I desire no funeral gloom, my dears, when I am gone; no corpse-gazing, no tears, no black raiment, no graveyard grimness."
"The severity and duration of this depression has upset my nerves, keyed them too high. What is it all about? It is better that I go now. I've outlived my usefulness."
In the note, Gildehaus incorporated this quotation from Shakespeare's "Macbeth:"
Out, out brief candle, Life's but a walking shadow, A poor player that struts And frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. And this from Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat: And that inverted bowl they call sky, Whereunder crawling coo'p, we live and die, Lift not your hands to it for help - for it As impotently moves as you or I Gildehaus was found dead in his automobile in a garage in the rear of his home at 3424 Hawthorne boulevard. A rubber hose had been attached to the exhaust and run through a window into the car. The motor was running.
Gildehaus is survived by his widow and three sons. [no date, no paper name]
Inquest In Death of Gildehaus Today -
Body of Wholesale Grocer Found in Garage with Motor Running
A Coroner's inquest will be held this morning in the death of Henry W. Gildehaus, 72, retired wholesale grocer, who was found dead in his automobile in a garage in the rear of his home, 3424 Hawthorne boulevard, at 12:08 a. m. yesterday morning with a hose attached to the exhaust pipe and running into the automobile through one of the windows.
According to the police Gildehaus left a note which said that the depression had upset his nerves. The note also left instructions for his funeral and said that arrangements for the funeral had been made over a year ago with Lupton's funeral chapel, 4449 Olive street. Quotations from Shakespeare and Omar Khayyam were also contained in the note.
Mr. Gildehaus was a junior member of the wholesale grocery firm of Fink, Nasse & Gildehaus, which was succeeded by H. W. Gildehaus & Co. in 1901. Mr. Gildehaus retired when the later firm merged with Gildehaus, Wulfing & Co. in 1929.
Mr. Gildehaus was a former president of the Missouri Wholesale Grocers' Association, a charter member of the Automobile Club of Missouri, which was organized in 1902, and a charter member and secretary of the old Union Club.
Besides his widow, Nettie Hodge Gildehaus, Mr. Gildehaus is survived by three sons - Ralph, Harry and Paul Gildehaus, all of St. Louis.
Note: 1920 census - resided 3424 Hawthorne Blvd.; 1930 census ED 96-501 Sheet 2
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