Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 6 Jun 1900, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA
• Residence: 18 Apr 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

He appears in the city directory for Tacoma, Washington, in 1897-1898, and the city directory for Helena, Montana, in 1899. In both cities he was an operator with the Western Union Telegraph Company. Earlier, he was listed in the city directories for Mineapolis as a telephone operator.

In 1900 he was living with his wife Jeanette and daughter Calla in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, in a boarding house. Harley Jones was also living in this same boarding house at that time.

In 1910 He was divorced, age 43, living with his single sister, age 49, in Minneapolis.

Newpaper article, Duluth New-Tribune, 27 Nov 1912, p. 13:
Overdose of Medicine Kills A.P. Operator
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 26. ---- Michael F. Stehle, Associated Press operator for a number of years in this city, died here yesterday. Mr. Stehle had been a sufferer from a nervous complaint, and he had obtained a doctor's prescription. While his sister, who had been in attendance, was out of the room, Mr. Stehle is said to have taken an overdose of the medicine from which he died. Funeral will be held from St. Stephen's Catholic church, Minneapolis. The pall-bearers will be made up from Associated Press employes [sic] in the Twin Cities.

Newspaper article, Minneapolis Morning-Tribune, 25 Nov 1912, p. 6:
Veteran Operator Passes Away.
M.F. Stehle, veteran telegraph operator, died suddenly at his home, 1601 Chgicago avenue. Mr. Stehle was one of the best known operators in the Northwest and at the time of his death was in the employ of the Minneapolis office of the Associated Press. Heart disease was the cause of death.

(Medical):Newspaper articles regarding his death does not suggest suicide. One article gives his cause of death as heart disease.

Birth:
Date of birth based on age given as 46 at the time of his death.

Residence:
Ward 3

Buried:
Buried in Section L2SEB120 with his sister Barbara and his mother Barbara Stehle. He was 46 years old at time of death.