Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1919 — MRS. H. R. KURRIE IS ASPHYXIATED [ARTICLE]

MRS. H. R. KURRIE IS ASPHYXIATED

WIFE OF MONON PRESIDENT DIED SUDDENLY AT CHICAGO HOME THIS MORNING. The entire community was stunned today when a message was rereived here conveying the information that Mrs. Harry Kurrie, wife of the president of the Monon railroad, had been asphyxiated by gas at her home on Hyde Park avenue in Chicago and had passed away early this Thursday morning. The Republican has been unable to obtain but meagre details of her death. Mrs. Kurrie was the daughter of Judge Simon P. Thompson, deceased, and a sister of Firman and Simon Thompson, of this city. Her marriage occurred to Mr. Kurrie in December, 1909, and to this union two children were born, Harry, aged 8 years, and Thompson, aged 7 years. During the winter months the Kurrie family made their home in Chicago, returning to Rensselaer during the SUUMTICr. " --- —■ '“H At the time of her death Mrs. Kurrie was thirty-six years of age, having been born September 18, 1882. She was a graduate of the Rensselaer high school and later attended a girls’ school in Chicago, returning to thiscitjrf olio wing the completionof her school course in that city. Mt. Kurrie was in New York When his wife’s death occurred and left for Chicago immediately upon receiving the sad news. The remains will be brought to Rensselaer this evening and burial will be made in Weston cemetery probably Saturday or Sunday. Fuller particulars will be given in a later issue.