Glad to help -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary E. Stigler Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Struemph/Humphrey - death notice 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