GEORGE C. DRAEGERT DROPS DEAD IN STORE: Byrne and Asimov Genealogy and Family Histories

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Title	GEORGE C. DRAEGERT DROPS DEAD IN STORE
Date	16 Sep 1922
Date Viewed	2 Feb 2025
Locality	Newspapers.com
Page	2
Periodical	Brooklyn Eagle
Place	Brooklyn, NY USA
Source Type	Newspaper
URL	https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-george-c-draegert-drops-d/164531321/
Source ID	S1484
Text	GEORGE C. DRAEGERT DROPS DEAD IN STORE George C. Draegert, 53, of 171 Rogers ave., dropped dead Thursday in a store at Rogers ave. and St. John's pl. Mr. Draegert had been seriously i11 a fortnight ago with ptomaine poisoning. but was slowly recovering. His death was due to heart failure caused by weakness due to the poison. Mr. Draegert was born at Dunkirk. N. Y. but had lived in Brooklyn for years For the past 12 years he had been an employee of the Long Island Railroad. He was a member of DeWitt Lodge, F. and A. M., De Witt, Iowa. He is survived by his wife, Mra. Minnie S. A. Draegert, a wellknown Brooklyn artist, and two nieces, Mrs. E. C. Barnes of Braydentown, Fla., and Miss Emma Gunther of Manhattan. Funeral services will be held on Sunday at the home of his brotherin-law. J. H. Coles, Little Neck. L. I., with interment at Friends Cemetery, Locust Valley, L. I Note: A similar account in the Brooklyn Daily News noted it was a Sheffield Farms grocery store
Linked to Individuals: 2	COLES, Sarah Amelia DRAEGERT, George