McCrory, Dr. Charles R. 1888-1921

MCCRORY, LARSEN

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke--Volunteer
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

Source: Hawarden Independent (1-27-1921)

Born: November 24, 1888
Died: January 21, 1921

DEATH OF DR. CHARLES R. MCCRORY

The people of Ireton were greatly shocked lst week to learn of the sudden death of Dr. C. R. McCrory which occurred last Friday in Chicago while he was undergoing a surgical operation. No word that he contemplated undergoing an operation had reached Ireton and the news of his sudden death thus came as all the more of a shock. The remains were brought to Ireton, Monday by his brother, Samuel H. McCrory of Washington, D. C.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the M. E. Church, conducted by Reverend J. A. Kettle, and interment was made in the Ireton Cemetery. The services at the grave were in charge of the Masonic Lodge, while members of the American Legion acted as an escort. All the members of the family except his sister in Japan were present at the funeral. Other out of town relatives who were here for the funeral were his uncles, T. J. Stevenson of Minneapolis, Minnesota and W. E. Stevenson of Sioux City, and his cousins, Miss Elizabeth Hunter and Will Hunter of Iowa City.

Dr. Charles Robert McCrory, son of Charles Robert and Ruth Ann McCrory, was born at Ireton, November 24, 1888, and died in Chicago, Illinois, January 21, 1921, at the age of 32 years, 1 month and 27 days. He attended the Ireton High School and was graduated with the class of 1911. He attended the State University of Iowa where he was graduated in 1917 with the Degree of Bachelor of Science. He then entered the medical college of the University of Illinois and was graduated in February, 1919, with Degree of Doctor of Medicine. He was appointed interne at Washington Park Hospital, Chicago, and while serving at the hospital he received the injury which ultimately caused his death. During the war he served with the Medical Corps in the Army. At the time of his death he was a member of the staff of the Cook County Sanitarium, Oak Forest, Illinois. In March, 1919, he injured his right hand and s severe case of blood poisoning resulted, leaving him without the free use of his hand. In order to regain the full use of his hand he determined to undergo an operation and it was while he was on the operating table under the influence of the anesthetic that he passed away last Friday afternoon.

The deceased was well known and highly regarded by the people of Ireton and vicinity where his boyhood days were spent and many outside the family circle will mourn his untimely death. He was a member of the Third Presbyterian Church of Chicago, the Phi Chi Fraternity, and Sioux Lodge, No. 277, A.F.& A.M. of Ireton.

The immediate relatives who are left to mourn are his step-mother, Mrs. Marie (Larsen) McCrory of Ireton, two brothers, Samuel H. McCrory of Washington, D.C. and John McCrory of Albuquerque, New Mexico, two sisters, Ruth of Albuquerque, and Carrie, who is in Japan serving as a missionary, one half-brother, Glenn and three half-sisters: Clara, Blanche and Jeanette of Ireton.