Glenis Denise Paepcke

1949 - 1953  (~ 3 years)

• Name	Glenis Denise Paepcke
  Born	Mar 1949
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261797746
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-232806
  Died	27 Jan 1953	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I232806	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Heinrich William "Henry" Paepcke,   b. 17 Mar 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1985, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Sheila Winnifred Campling,   d. 17 Jul 1981
  Married	1944	, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F63677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Paepcke-Glenis-001-KWPhoto.JPG Glenis Denise Paepcke - Kitchener Waterloo Record

  
  

• Notes

  Glenis Paepcke ELMIRA - A private funeral was held yesterday for Glenis Paepcke, 3, at the Dreisinger Funeral Chapel. Burial took place at St. James Lutheran Cemetery. Rev. H.W. Baetz officiated Kitchener-Waterloo Record 29 Jan 1953 _____________ Murder Warrant Issued After Death of Elmira Child KITCHENER. - Provincial police, early Wednesday issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Paepcke of Elmira on a murder charge. The warrant came as a result of an autopsy performed on 4-year-old Glenis Denis Paepcke. The child died at her home on Tuesday. Dr. LeRoy Wagner and Dr. Donald F. Young were called to the house and then provincial police of the Kitchener detachment were summoned. In accounting for numerous bruises said to have been found on the child's body, Mrs. Paepcke told police that the youngster had fallen off the toilet in the bathroom. Mr. Paepeke was born in Elmira and his wife is believed to be a war bride. Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 30 Jan 1953, p. 1 _______________ PREDICT FALL TRIAL FOR ELMIRA COUPLE The trial of Henry and Sheila Paepcke, Elmira, charged with assault following the death of their young daughter, will in all probability be held this fall. The case has been remanded several times in the past. Magistrate Locke committed the couple for higher court trial when they appeared before him this week. Both pleaded not guilty. The couple will now appear before a county court judge to elect trial by judge alone or by judge and jury, whichever they prefer. Crown Attorney Daufman speculated the trial would begin in September. The Paepckes were found not guilty of murdering the child and not guilty of manslaughter when they were tried by a judge and jury earlier this year. The charges were laid Jan. 28, the day after the bruised body of their daughter, Glenis, had been examined by doctors. Age of the child was given as three years, ten months. A post-mortem examination showed the baby died of a very extensive cerebral hemorrhage. Seventy-five bruises covered the baby from head to feet. The couple have been released on bail. Waterloo Chronicle, 3 Jul 1953, p. 1 ___________ Adjourn Dessertion Case Indefinety[sic] The charge under the Deserted Wives and Children's Maintenance Act, which had been laid against Henry W. Paepcke, Elmira, has been adjourned indefinitely after Mr. Paepcke and his wife were charged with murder in the death of their daughter, Glenis, on January 27. An autopsy of the three-year- old girl revealed a cerebral haemorrhage and bruises which allegedly led to her death. The couple had been taken into custody following the post mortem examinion. Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 13 Feb 1953, p. 10 __________ Acquit Paepckes In Murder Case Couple Freed on $1,000 Bail; Judge Agrees With Jury Verdict After deliberating only an hour, a Supreme Court jury yesterday brought in not guilty verdicts on murder and man-slaughter charges against Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Paepcke of Elmira. The 37-year-old Naugatuck Chemicals worker and his British-born wife faced murder charges laid as a result of the death Jan. 27 of their daughter Glenis, aged 3 years, 10 months. The jury returned at 4:40 p.m. to end a trial which had begun Tuesday morning. WIFE BREAKS DOWN Mrs. Paepcke seemed stunned for several seconds after the verdicts were announced her husband's first and then her own. Then she broke down and wept uncontrollably for several minutes. Paepcke, who throughout the trial had shown concern for his wife, comforted her before they were both led from the box. They have yet to face charges of assault occasioning bodily harm arising out of the child's death. These will be traversed to magistrate's court, where the couple will have an opportunity to elect in which court the charges will be heard. Mr. and Mrs. Paepcke appeared before Miss Margaret Dolmage. JP, and were released on a total of $1,000 property bond. While they are scheduled to appear in court Monday, it was indicated an adjournment will be made. SOUGHT MORE DATA The 12-man jury had returned once after retiring to ask that the evidence of the two doctors who had testified be read to them. Mr. Justice Wishart Spence, presiding justice, read the testimony to them from his own notes. There was no demonstration in the crowded courtroom when jury foreman Stanley Hodgins gave the two verdicts in answer to the traditional question put by Sheriff G. H. Gillies. "Had I been one of your number, I could not have come to any conclusion," observed Mr. Justice Spence after praising the jury for its work. In his charge to the jury, Mr. Justice Spence noted that Dr. R. F. Young of St Jacobs testified that Paepcke told him he had strapped the girl the day before her death, which occurred about 3 p.m. Jan. 27. CLAIMED CHILD FELL Mrs. Paepcke had told him the child had fallen off the toilet seat at noon the day of her death. She said the child had been in one of her "tantrums." He recalled Dr. E. L. Barton, Kitchener pathologist, had given the cause of death as a subdural haemorrhage with asphyxia possibly contributing. He said he counted 75 bruises on the child's body, 13 abrasions on her chest and 18 on her face and scalp. "You'll have to consider the marks at the nostrils, under the chin and inside the ear" which the crown contended had been caused by someone suffocating the child by shutting her nose and mouth, said His Lordship. At the start of his address he declared that "in you 12 men we have the common sense and the common knowledge of the community. "Don't hesitate to use your common sense," he said. KEEP MINDS CLEAR He cautioned them to clear from their minds as much as possible all impressions of the incident which they had formed at the time, including "all that you heard, all that you thought, all that you read all that you felt" about the death of the child. He outlined the conditions which the jury must find in order to return murder or manslaughter verdicts. The first was slaying with intent to kill while the second was slaying where the "element of intent is not proved beyond a reasonable doubt." During his detailed discussion of the question of intent to kill or to cause bodily injury which might lead to death, Mrs. Paepcke wept bitterly and slowly shook her head, "You can only presume intent if you believe the crown has proved one of the two knew their acts would likely lead to death," he said. Earlier, in his address to the jury, Crows Attorney Daufman charged that the child's death had occurred as a result of a beating by the father and subsequent ill treatment by the mother. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Thu, Mar 05, 1953 Page 2, 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S2587] England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription - FindMyPast. NameHenry W Paepcke Registration DateJul 1944 [Aug 1944] [Sep 1944] Registration QuarterJul-Aug-Sep Registration districtYork Inferred CountyYorkshire East Riding Spouse Sheila W Campling Volume Number9c Page number2241

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 27 Jan 1953 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth