The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-30
Well Known Tailor ard Hotel Owner
Expired Suddenly at EicheIman
Hotel Friday Evening.
DEATH CAUSED BY HEART DISEASE
Mr.. Eichelman Had Been Ill For Many
Months But Sudden End Had Not
Been Expected-Funeral Sunday

Bernhard Eiche1man, aged seventy
one years, pioneer tailor of the city
and the owner of the Eiche1man
Hotel, died suddenly at his room at
the hotel on Friday evening. Death
resulted from heart disease.
Mr.. Eiche1man had been i'll for
several years, but during the last few
months he had been so improved in
health that his friends believed he
would be spared for many months.
Friday afternoon he was able to be
about the hotel, but he was taken i'll
later in the afternoon and was forced
to go to his room. He became sud-
denly worse during the early hours of
the evening and DR.. William Pugh
was summoned to his bed side. At
that time Mr.. Eiche1man was breath
| ing heavily and the physician an
nounced to the members of the family
that the end was fast approaching
| The doctor returned to the hotel Just
| before 8 O'Clock and his patient
seemed to be resting easy, and while
he was still examining the pulse the
final summons came, and the we'll
known man dropped to sleep in the
slumber that knows no awakening.
At the time of his demise all the
children save his son William were
about the bed.
| The death of Bernhard Frederick
John Eiche1man marks the passing
of man who had done much for Ke-
nosha and who had been closely as
ISOLATED with the development of the
affairs of the city. He was a native
| of Germany, having been born at
Wittenberg in the province of Neck
1enburg, on August "a, 1883, He
came to this country in 1853, and after
short sojourn at New York City and
| Rochester, he came west and settled
at Detroit, Mich. A short time later
he came west to Chicago and went
into business, but this was wiped out
in the great Chicago fire of 1871, and
instead of rebuilding in Chicago he
came to Kenosha. For years his tai
| 1or shop in Kenosha was the best
known in Southern Wisconsin. In
this business he amassed a compe-
tency, and eight years ago he turned
| his business over to his sons.
Mr.. Eiche1man was the owner of
the Hotel Eiche1man building and the
property directly east of it. His
homestead on Exchange street was
recently sold to the Kenosha Hospital
Asso ciation. He also owned por-
ton of the property now known as
Eiche1man Park, but he gave this to
the city several years ago with the
understanding that it should be used
as city park and bear his name.
Personally, Mr.. Eichelnan was a
genial, who1e-souled fellow and he
had a large number of friends to
whom the announcement Of his death
will come as a personal sorrow. Mr.
Eiche1man was Republican in poll
tics and a staunch worker for the
success of the party whose principles
he had championed. He was an Odd
Fellow of high standing, member of
the Royal Arcanum and the Kenosha
Chapter of the Knights of Pythias.
He is survived by six children, as
| follows: Henry Louis Eiche1man,
| Louis M. Eiche1man, Julia Mary
Hale, Bertha Johanna Eiche1man, all
of Kenosha; William Frederick K.
Eli che1man, of Chicago, and Bern
hard William Eiche1man, the oldest
son, who resides in New York but who
has been in Kenosha for the past few
months.