CRAWFORD COUNTY COURT HOUSE, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN , WI
DEATHS VOLUME: 11 PAGE: 459

DECEASED: Bertha Copas
DATE OF DEATH: June 24, 1921
PLACE OF DEATH: Gays Mills, Crawford County, WI
AGE: 29 years, 0 months, 21 Days
BIRTH DATE:June 3, 1892
BIRTHPLACE: Wisconsin
RESIDENCE AT DEATH:
RACE: White
GENDER: Female
OCCUPATION: Housewife

MARITAL STATUS: Married
SPOUSE: Melvin Copas
FATHER: James Coggin
BIRTH DATE:
BIRTHPLACE: Wisconsin
MOTHER: Eliza Wilson
BIRTH DATE:
BIRTHPLACE:

PHYSICIAN: C.B. Lumsford, M.D. Ohio
OF: Gays Mills, Crawford County, WI
INFORMANT: Melvin Copas
OF: Gays Mills, Crawford County, WI
CAUSE OF DEATH: : Poison taken with suicidal intent - Roach Paste - taken June 19 at home.
ADDITIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES: Phosphorus
AUTOPSY?:
PLACE OF BURIAL: Gays Mills Cemetery
UNDERTAKER: J.K. Lorenson, Soldiers Grove, WI