Musical Monday - Well Sort of....

Eugene E. Krugman, 90, of Elyria, died Saturday at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a long illness.  Born in Elyria, he made his home in the Elyria and Lorain area most of his life.  He served on the Great Lakes as a Merchant Marine during World War II.  He was employed as a salesman for Fox Furniture for several years and as an appraiser for the Lorain County Auditor's office for 10 years.

     A lifelong musician, prior to World War II he was a member of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Charlie Barnet Orchestra where the band's signature song was "Cherokee," and the Sammy Kaye Orchestra, where he was both a bass player and a singer. He also played with the Jimmy Dulio Orchestra and during the 50s, 60s and 70s he had his own band called Gene Krugman and the Dukes. Mr. Krugman was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church, the church's Holy Name Society and American Legion Senior Fellowship.

    Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Molly C. (nee Cicco); sons Timothy and Terrence, both of Elyria; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Margaret Gorski of Elyria.

     He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Catherine (nee Finnegan); and sisters Pauline Krugman and Maxine Krugman.

     Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Reichlin-Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland St., Elyria. Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, followed by 10 a.m. Mass at St. Jude Catholic Church, 590 Poplar St., Elyria. The Rev. Frank P. Kosem will be the celebrant. Burial will be in Resthaven Memory Garden, Avon.

    Memorials may be made to New Life Hospice of St. Joseph, 5255 N. Abbe Road, Elyria 44035, or the American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, Va. 22311.

 [Compiler's note:An obituary simular to the one shown above appeared in The Morning Journal, Monday, Nov. 26, 2001, Pg. A-5]
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From The Morning Journal: Eugene E. Krugman, 90, musician 11/26/2001 ELYRIA -- Eugene E. Krugman, 90, of Elyria, died Saturday, Nov. 24, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a long illness. He was born April 22, 1911, in Elyria, and lived in Elyria-Lorain area most of his life. He served in the Merchant Marine on the Great Lakes during World War II. Krugman was a musician, and before World War II had played with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Charlie Barnet Orchestra and Sammy Kaye Orchestra, as a singer and bass player. He also played with the Jimmy Dulio Orchestra, and from the 1950s to 1970s had his own band, Gene Krugman and the Dukes. He was employed as a salesman for Fox Furniture for several years and was appraiser for the Lorain County Auditor's Office. He was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church, Elyria, and its Holy Name Society and the American Legion Senior Fellowship. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Molly C. (nee Cicco); sons Timothy and Terrence Krugman, both of Elyria; sister, Margaret Gorski of Elyria; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Pauline and Maxine Krugman; and parents, George and Catherine (nee Finnegan) Krugman. Friends may call Tuesday 5 to 8 p.m. at Reichlin-Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland St., Elyria. Services at the funeral home Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. will be followed at 10 a.m. by Mass in St. Jude Church, 590 Poplar St., Elyria. The Rev. Frank P. Kosem, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon.

Tombstone Tuesday - John G. Krugman

                                                  JOHN G. KRUGMAN

  John G. Krugman, 73,  315 Eleventh Street, died at 5:15 this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Herbert Facker[sic], R.D. No. 3, New London, Ohio.  His wife, the late Anna D. Krugman died in 1933.

  Mr. Krugman was born in Germany October 21, 1865, but had lived in Elyria nearly all his life.

  He is survived by three sons, Elmer J., Henry F. of Elyria and Paul L., of Pontiac, Michigan; three daughters, Mrs. Walter Schmidkons, Mrs. Everett Moulder both of Elyria and Mrs. Wacker of New London; twenty three grandchildren; two brothers, Gust and Louis Krugman of Elyria and a sister Mrs. William Ward of Lorain.

  Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00  from the Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home.  Burial will be made in Ridgelawn Cemetery.

**Source: Chronicle Telegram (Elyria, Ohio), Thursday, 29 JUN 1939, Pg. 2
**Headstone photo taken by Mark & Karen Krugman 1995

Tragic Thursday - So The Newspapers Said...

From the Elyria Evening Telegram, Friday 8 May 1914, Front Page -

ONE DYING AS RESULT OF AN AUTO ACCIDENT

Gertrude Krughman Has Not Recoved Consciousness Since Mishap

As a result of their Ford machine in which a party of four, were journeying to this city from Lorain early Thursday evening, turning turtle, at stop 7 on the green line.

Gertrude Krughman, of Fourteenth street Lorain is suffering from a fractured skull and it is not expected that she will recover. Charles Gawn, better known as "Curley." an employee of the Superior Metal Products Co., of this city, sustained a compound fracture to the right elbow and his face and hands were horribly lacerated by broken glass with which he came in contact when he struck the pavement. Two Uninjured Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brown, of Fifth street, this city, were stunned by being thrown to the pavement, but escaped serious injury when the light machine struck the green line car tracks and rolled over and over until it landed in the ditch. Brown who was driving the car, says the machine skidded into the tracks and that he lost control of it, Miss Krughman and Gawn being thrown several feet from the machine.

 Bodies Missing

When Brown and his wife recovered from being stunned, they looked about for the other occupants of the car, but not finding them, supposed they were under the wrecked machine, the motor of which was still running. Passengers alighted from a green line car and the machine was righted, but the bodies were not under the car and they were soon found a considerable distance away from where the machine struck the rails.

Still Unconscious

Miss Krughman has not regained consciousness since the accident occured and it was announced at the hospital that she is suffering from a concussion of the brain from which she has little chance of recovery. Nurses who attended the unfortunate young lady, feared that her hair pins had punctured her brain, but such was not the case. Her hands were also badly cut by the flying glass, although she was not nearly as badly disfigured as was Gawn.

Different Opinions

Brown claims that he was not driving the car at a very rapid rate, but those who visited the scene of the accident do not agree with him on the particular point.

[Note: Gertrude does survive this accident although it is never updated in the newspapers. She marries Roland Dunfee, has 6 children and dies at the ripe old age of 80 in 1978.]

They Lived Where?

John & Anna Dora Dute Krugman, Mark's great grandparents lived at 349 - 10th Street, Elyria, Ohio, it seems for most of their married life.  Below are two views of that address.  The first from a family photograph, the second from a Sanborn Fire Map.  The persons in the photo are unidentified as of this writing.   Remember that the images may be enlarged by clicking on them, and then using your browsers back button return to Frame of Mind.

Pretty neat eh?  I've attempted to validate the home photo, but to our dismay the home appears to be no longer standing.  The address was on the back of the photo, but it is unknown to the compiler as to who wrote it there.  

Happy Researching!

Karen

Treasure Chest Thursday - 349 -10th St., Elyria, Ohio

Remember that you can click on the image to enlarge it and then use your browsers back button to return to Genealogy Frame Of Mind.

Another treasure, a new one, just given to us this week. Photo is of the home of

John & Anna Dute Krugman. The house was located at 349 - 10th St., Elyria, Ohio.

John & Anna Dute Krugman were the great grandparents of my husband, Mark.

The photo is in its original "cardboard" frame and is in excellant condition.

Happy Researching!

Karen