Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Theodore TOMAMICHEL
Birth1 Oct 1884, Nevada4232,4337
Memo1900 census
Death20 Dec 1926, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada66,4337
Memosuicide; NSJ 21 Dec 1926 p. 8
Burial3 Jan 1938, Masonic Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada4337
Memomoved from Hillside Cemetery
OccupationHotel Keeper
Alias/AKAJ. T.
FatherThomas TOMAMICHEL (1852-1929)
MotherLouise Wilhelmina BECKER (1859-1935)
Spouses
Marriage29 Jun 1907, Reno Baptist Church, Reno, Nevada
Marr MemoREG 29 Jun 1907, p. 5
Divorce1925
ChildrenWilla (~1908-)
 Jack J. (1910-1957)
Obituary notes for Joseph Theodore TOMAMICHEL
Nevada State Journal, 21 December 1926, p. 8
Reno Resident Hangs Himself
Belt Used As Noose With Which Man Ends Life

Fastening a belt to the head of his bedstead and looping the other end about his neck, Theodore Tomamichel, 42, took his life sometime yesterday afternoon at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tomamichel, 439 Washington street.

The body, stretched out in bed, was found at 5:50 o’clock by Mrs. E. Givan, a sister, who went to call him for dinner. The coroner and police who investigated said death evidently had been caused by strangulation.

Relatives attributed the motive to a combination of despondency over lack of work, brooding over marital difficulties of some time past, and ill health.

Tomamichel was widely known in Reno having been employed at Becker’s cafe for several years, and prior to its recent sale managed the William Tell House on Sierra street, formerly owned by his father.

The dead man is survived by his parents, several sisters and brothers, and four children, Willa Jack, Ted and Bobbie. He was divorced by Mrs. Tomamichel a year ago.
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