This incident would have occurred in Granite City, IL, as that is where St. Elizabeth's Hospital is located. Alice In a message dated 12/15/2008 5:47:14 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks for the obit. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy & Jerry Thompson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 5:07 PM Subject: [MOMILLER] Struemph/Humphrey - death notice > Unknown Publication, April 1935 > > Adolph Struemph > > Returning from work in a St. Louis factory, Mrs. Grace Struemph > found her husband, Adolph, shot and fatally wounded on the bedroom floor > of > their home 20-_6a Cleveland Boulevard at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. > > She summoned neighbors and rushed him to ST. Elizabeth's > Hospital in an ambulance where he died a few minutes later in the > emergency > room without regaining consciousness. The bullet had entered his head > just > above the right ear, lodging in the brain. > > Mrs. Struemph said she discovered her husband a moment after > arriving home. It was not known how long he had lain wounded and alone on > the floor, but Mrs. Edward Ennis, who occupies the downstairs apartment, > said she heard a report and the sound of a falling object sometime around > 4:30 pm., but paid no attention to it. > > Less than a foot from Struemph's right hand was a new .22 > calibre snub nosed revolver. The nine chambers were loaded with .22 long > cartridges and one had been discharged. Nearly a full box of bullets was > found in a bureau drawer in the bedroom. > > Mrs. Struemph said her husband had never owned a revolver and > she was not aware that he had one until she saw it on the floor beside his > body. She did not know when or where he had acquired it. > > Both the police and the widow believe Struemph committed > suicide. While he had never threatened to take his own life, she said he > had been under a St. Louis physician's care for some time due to a stomach > disorder. He was also greatly worried about his elderly father, John > Struemph, who is in a critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital in > Jefferson > City, Mo., following an operation. Mrs. Struemph said. They had gone > there > last weekend to visit him. > > Struemph, who was 32 years old, had steady employment at the > Granite City Steel Co. and worked until 3 p.m. on the day of his death. > He > had evidently gone home, loaded the revolver from the new box of > cartridges, > and killed himself. > > Two sisters of Mrs. Struemph, Misses Ethel and Crethen > Humphrey, > who live at the Cleveland Boulevard address, were away and did not arrive > home until after the body was found. > > The remains were taken Saturday from Mercer's Funeral Home to > St. Elizabeth, Mo., where interment was made. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

Thanks for that info. I didn't know where it occurred. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Struemph/Humphrey - death notice > This incident would have occurred in Granite City, IL, as that is where > St. > Elizabeth's Hospital is located. > > Alice > > > In a message dated 12/15/2008 5:47:14 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Thanks for the obit. > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy & Jerry Thompson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 5:07 PM > Subject: [MOMILLER] Struemph/Humphrey - death notice > > >> Unknown Publication, April 1935 >> >> Adolph Struemph >> >> Returning from work in a St. Louis factory, Mrs. Grace >> Struemph >> found her husband, Adolph, shot and fatally wounded on the bedroom floor >> of >> their home 20-_6a Cleveland Boulevard at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. >> >> She summoned neighbors and rushed him to ST. Elizabeth's >> Hospital in an ambulance where he died a few minutes later in the >> emergency >> room without regaining consciousness. The bullet had entered his head >> just >> above the right ear, lodging in the brain. >> >> Mrs. Struemph said she discovered her husband a moment after >> arriving home. It was not known how long he had lain wounded and alone >> on >> the floor, but Mrs. Edward Ennis, who occupies the downstairs apartment, >> said she heard a report and the sound of a falling object sometime >> around >> 4:30 pm., but paid no attention to it. >> >> Less than a foot from Struemph's right hand was a new .22 >> calibre snub nosed revolver. The nine chambers were loaded with .22 >> long >> cartridges and one had been discharged. Nearly a full box of bullets >> was >> found in a bureau drawer in the bedroom. >> >> Mrs. Struemph said her husband had never owned a revolver and >> she was not aware that he had one until she saw it on the floor beside >> his >> body. She did not know when or where he had acquired it. >> >> Both the police and the widow believe Struemph committed >> suicide. While he had never threatened to take his own life, she said >> he >> had been under a St. Louis physician's care for some time due to a >> stomach >> disorder. He was also greatly worried about his elderly father, John >> Struemph, who is in a critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital in >> Jefferson >> City, Mo., following an operation. Mrs. Struemph said. They had gone >> there >> last weekend to visit him. >> >> Struemph, who was 32 years old, had steady employment at the >> Granite City Steel Co. and worked until 3 p.m. on the day of his death. >> He >> had evidently gone home, loaded the revolver from the new box of >> cartridges, >> and killed himself. >> >> Two sisters of Mrs. Struemph, Misses Ethel and Crethen >> Humphrey, >> who live at the Cleveland Boulevard address, were away and did not >> arrive >> home until after the body was found. >> >> The remains were taken Saturday from Mercer's Funeral Home to >> St. Elizabeth, Mo., where interment was made. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > > **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message