George Doctor, 19 years old, third son of Matt Doctor of this city, was fatally injured at the 77th street station of the Illinois Central Railway in Chicago about 1 o'clock Sunday morning when he was crushed between the edge of the platform and one of the cars of an electric suburban train. In company with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Fred Doctor, and another couple, he was waiting for a suburban train. The platform upon which they were standing was very narrow and when the train came in George was brushed from the platform and in between it and one of the coaches and badly crushed. He was immediately rushed to the South Shore hospital in Chicago where it was ascertained that he had suffered a fractured skull, broken pelvis and numerous other injuries. His condition was regarded as exceedingly critical and he passed away at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning at the hospital without regaining consciousness. Not apprised of the accident until late Sunday night, his father left Hawarden Monday afternoon for Chicago but did not reach there until he had passed away.
George Doctor was born in Hawarden Feb. 22, 1913, and his entire life was spent in this city. His mother died only ten days after his birth, on March 4, 1913. He had attended the Hawarden school and played on both the high school football and basketball teams. He was a rugged youth and had worked all the past summer on a farm, leaving for Chicago on Wednesday of last week to visit his brothers there. Word of his injury and subsequent death came as a great shock to the members of his family and to his many friends, young and old, in this city. He was a great favorite among his young associates and there is widespread grief at his tragic and untimely death. Besides his sorrowing father and step-mother, who has watched over him as tenderly as one of her own ever since he was about 2 years old, he is survived by two brothers, Fred and Paul Doctor of Chicago, and two half-sisters, Helen and Mary Jane Doctor of Hawarden, besides numerous other relatives.
Mr. Doctor accompanied the remains of his son home to Hawarden, arriving over the Milwaukee line this morning. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic church in this city at 9 o'clock Friday morning with Rev. Fr. C.P. Conway in charge. Burial will be in the cemetery here.
The Independent (Hawarden, Iowa) 9/15/1932
George Doctor was born in Hawarden Feb. 22, 1913, and his entire life was spent in this city. His mother died only ten days after his birth, on March 4, 1913. He had attended the Hawarden school and played on both the high school football and basketball teams. He was a rugged youth and had worked all the past summer on a farm, leaving for Chicago on Wednesday of last week to visit his brothers there. Word of his injury and subsequent death came as a great shock to the members of his family and to his many friends, young and old, in this city. He was a great favorite among his young associates and there is widespread grief at his tragic and untimely death. Besides his sorrowing father and step-mother, who has watched over him as tenderly as one of her own ever since he was about 2 years old, he is survived by two brothers, Fred and Paul Doctor of Chicago, and two half-sisters, Helen and Mary Jane Doctor of Hawarden, besides numerous other relatives.
Mr. Doctor accompanied the remains of his son home to Hawarden, arriving over the Milwaukee line this morning. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic church in this city at 9 o'clock Friday morning with Rev. Fr. C.P. Conway in charge. Burial will be in the cemetery here.
The Independent (Hawarden, Iowa) 9/15/1932
George Doctor, 19 years old, third son of Matt Doctor of this city, was fatally injured at the 77th street station of the Illinois Central Railway in Chicago about 1 o'clock Sunday morning when he was crushed between the edge of the platform and one of the cars of an electric suburban train. In company with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Fred Doctor, and another couple, he was waiting for a suburban train. The platform upon which they were standing was very narrow and when the train came in George was brushed from the platform and in between it and one of the coaches and badly crushed. He was immediately rushed to the South Shore hospital in Chicago where it was ascertained that he had suffered a fractured skull, broken pelvis and numerous other injuries. His condition was regarded as exceedingly critical and he passed away at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning at the hospital without regaining consciousness. Not apprised of the accident until late Sunday night, his father left Hawarden Monday afternoon for Chicago but did not reach there until he had passed away.
George Doctor was born in Hawarden Feb. 22, 1913, and his entire life was spent in this city. His mother died only ten days after his birth, on March 4, 1913. He had attended the Hawarden school and played on both the high school football and basketball teams. He was a rugged youth and had worked all the past summer on a farm, leaving for Chicago on Wednesday of last week to visit his brothers there. Word of his injury and subsequent death came as a great shock to the members of his family and to his many friends, young and old, in this city. He was a great favorite among his young associates and there is widespread grief at his tragic and untimely death. Besides his sorrowing father and step-mother, who has watched over him as tenderly as one of her own ever since he was about 2 years old, he is survived by two brothers, Fred and Paul Doctor of Chicago, and two half-sisters, Helen and Mary Jane Doctor of Hawarden, besides numerous other relatives.
Mr. Doctor accompanied the remains of his son home to Hawarden, arriving over the Milwaukee line this morning. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic church in this city at 9 o'clock Friday morning with Rev. Fr. C.P. Conway in charge. Burial will be in the cemetery here.
The Independent (Hawarden, Iowa) 9/15/1932
George Doctor was born in Hawarden Feb. 22, 1913, and his entire life was spent in this city. His mother died only ten days after his birth, on March 4, 1913. He had attended the Hawarden school and played on both the high school football and basketball teams. He was a rugged youth and had worked all the past summer on a farm, leaving for Chicago on Wednesday of last week to visit his brothers there. Word of his injury and subsequent death came as a great shock to the members of his family and to his many friends, young and old, in this city. He was a great favorite among his young associates and there is widespread grief at his tragic and untimely death. Besides his sorrowing father and step-mother, who has watched over him as tenderly as one of her own ever since he was about 2 years old, he is survived by two brothers, Fred and Paul Doctor of Chicago, and two half-sisters, Helen and Mary Jane Doctor of Hawarden, besides numerous other relatives.
Mr. Doctor accompanied the remains of his son home to Hawarden, arriving over the Milwaukee line this morning. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic church in this city at 9 o'clock Friday morning with Rev. Fr. C.P. Conway in charge. Burial will be in the cemetery here.
The Independent (Hawarden, Iowa) 9/15/1932
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