S. L. DEPEW DIES IN TRAIN IN NEW YORK
Paige-Detroit Controller is Victim of Heart Disease; Wife With Him
Sherman L. Depew, prominent Detroit automotive engineer and club man, died early last night in a compartment of the Michigan Central's "The Detroiter" train, of which both Mr and Mrs Depew were passengers, as the train awaited clearance in the railroad yards of Harmon, New York. Death was attributed to heart disease.
The train had stopped at Harmon to change engines when Mrs Depew noticed that her husband seemed ill. She sent an attendent for a physician, Dr. W. N. Miller of Croydon, NY, summoned from his home, (who) a few minutes later pronounced Mr Depew dead. Mrs Depew remained at Harmon and accompanied the body as it was taken aboard the 12:30 am train today for Detroit.
Mr Depew was 43 years old and the nephew of Chancey M. Depew, noted New York capitalist and former chairman of the board of directors of the New York Central Railroad Company. He was controller of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company of Detroit and one of the city's leading figures in riding and hunt activities. With Mrs Depew, he had attended the hunt contests at Myopia near Boston, and had entrained in New York at 6:16 o'clock last night for Detroit.
He was the son of the late Lawrence Depew, who was associated with the National Biscuit Company in Detroit more than 50 years ago. Born in this city, he attended a boarding school in the east, later entering the Sheffield School of Engineering at Yale with the class of 1904.
During his business career, he was interested in four manufacturing concerns in Detroit. For several years he was manager of Pingree Shoe Company, later organizing an automobile parts manurfacturing company and subsequently, selling the model and patents of a Franco-American motor designed by himself and a French engineer to a large Detroit motor car company.
It was because of his automotive engineering ability that the directors of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Companyy, a few years later, asked him to accept an executive position with the corporation. He became the chief consultant of Harry M. Jewett, its president. He had been a stockholder of the company for some time previously.
Mr Depew resided at 2 McKinley Road, Grosse Point Farms. His wife formerly was Miss Hazel Pingree, daughter of the late Governor Hazen S. Pingree, of Detroit. He became a member of the following clubs: Bloomfield Hills and Detroit County Club, the D. A. C., the Grosse Point Riding and Hunt Club, the University Club, and the Detroit Automobile Club.
Besides his wife, he leaves two children, Frances, age 11 and Valerie, age 13; his mother, Mrs Frederick F. Wormer, Aiden Manor, 6100? East Jefferson Avenue; and a sister, Mrs George D. Allison, 2509 Seminole Avenue.
Published in the Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, Tuesday, October 21, 1924
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Buried with his father-in-law, Gov Hazen Stuart Pingree.
Wife: Hazel Pingree
Parents: Lawrence Depew & Frances Copeland
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Suggested By: David, 20 Oct 2022
Father: Lawrence Depew (1839-1904)
Mother: Frances Depew Wormer (1852-1936)
Plot Location:
from Section 24 in the Couzens Mausoleum
to Section 24 in the Pingree Mausoleum
Paige-Detroit Controller is Victim of Heart Disease; Wife With Him
Sherman L. Depew, prominent Detroit automotive engineer and club man, died early last night in a compartment of the Michigan Central's "The Detroiter" train, of which both Mr and Mrs Depew were passengers, as the train awaited clearance in the railroad yards of Harmon, New York. Death was attributed to heart disease.
The train had stopped at Harmon to change engines when Mrs Depew noticed that her husband seemed ill. She sent an attendent for a physician, Dr. W. N. Miller of Croydon, NY, summoned from his home, (who) a few minutes later pronounced Mr Depew dead. Mrs Depew remained at Harmon and accompanied the body as it was taken aboard the 12:30 am train today for Detroit.
Mr Depew was 43 years old and the nephew of Chancey M. Depew, noted New York capitalist and former chairman of the board of directors of the New York Central Railroad Company. He was controller of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company of Detroit and one of the city's leading figures in riding and hunt activities. With Mrs Depew, he had attended the hunt contests at Myopia near Boston, and had entrained in New York at 6:16 o'clock last night for Detroit.
He was the son of the late Lawrence Depew, who was associated with the National Biscuit Company in Detroit more than 50 years ago. Born in this city, he attended a boarding school in the east, later entering the Sheffield School of Engineering at Yale with the class of 1904.
During his business career, he was interested in four manufacturing concerns in Detroit. For several years he was manager of Pingree Shoe Company, later organizing an automobile parts manurfacturing company and subsequently, selling the model and patents of a Franco-American motor designed by himself and a French engineer to a large Detroit motor car company.
It was because of his automotive engineering ability that the directors of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Companyy, a few years later, asked him to accept an executive position with the corporation. He became the chief consultant of Harry M. Jewett, its president. He had been a stockholder of the company for some time previously.
Mr Depew resided at 2 McKinley Road, Grosse Point Farms. His wife formerly was Miss Hazel Pingree, daughter of the late Governor Hazen S. Pingree, of Detroit. He became a member of the following clubs: Bloomfield Hills and Detroit County Club, the D. A. C., the Grosse Point Riding and Hunt Club, the University Club, and the Detroit Automobile Club.
Besides his wife, he leaves two children, Frances, age 11 and Valerie, age 13; his mother, Mrs Frederick F. Wormer, Aiden Manor, 6100? East Jefferson Avenue; and a sister, Mrs George D. Allison, 2509 Seminole Avenue.
Published in the Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, Tuesday, October 21, 1924
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Buried with his father-in-law, Gov Hazen Stuart Pingree.
Wife: Hazel Pingree
Parents: Lawrence Depew & Frances Copeland
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Suggested By: David, 20 Oct 2022
Father: Lawrence Depew (1839-1904)
Mother: Frances Depew Wormer (1852-1936)
Plot Location:
from Section 24 in the Couzens Mausoleum
to Section 24 in the Pingree Mausoleum
S. L. DEPEW DIES IN TRAIN IN NEW YORK
Paige-Detroit Controller is Victim of Heart Disease; Wife With Him
Sherman L. Depew, prominent Detroit automotive engineer and club man, died early last night in a compartment of the Michigan Central's "The Detroiter" train, of which both Mr and Mrs Depew were passengers, as the train awaited clearance in the railroad yards of Harmon, New York. Death was attributed to heart disease.
The train had stopped at Harmon to change engines when Mrs Depew noticed that her husband seemed ill. She sent an attendent for a physician, Dr. W. N. Miller of Croydon, NY, summoned from his home, (who) a few minutes later pronounced Mr Depew dead. Mrs Depew remained at Harmon and accompanied the body as it was taken aboard the 12:30 am train today for Detroit.
Mr Depew was 43 years old and the nephew of Chancey M. Depew, noted New York capitalist and former chairman of the board of directors of the New York Central Railroad Company. He was controller of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company of Detroit and one of the city's leading figures in riding and hunt activities. With Mrs Depew, he had attended the hunt contests at Myopia near Boston, and had entrained in New York at 6:16 o'clock last night for Detroit.
He was the son of the late Lawrence Depew, who was associated with the National Biscuit Company in Detroit more than 50 years ago. Born in this city, he attended a boarding school in the east, later entering the Sheffield School of Engineering at Yale with the class of 1904.
During his business career, he was interested in four manufacturing concerns in Detroit. For several years he was manager of Pingree Shoe Company, later organizing an automobile parts manurfacturing company and subsequently, selling the model and patents of a Franco-American motor designed by himself and a French engineer to a large Detroit motor car company.
It was because of his automotive engineering ability that the directors of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Companyy, a few years later, asked him to accept an executive position with the corporation. He became the chief consultant of Harry M. Jewett, its president. He had been a stockholder of the company for some time previously.
Mr Depew resided at 2 McKinley Road, Grosse Point Farms. His wife formerly was Miss Hazel Pingree, daughter of the late Governor Hazen S. Pingree, of Detroit. He became a member of the following clubs: Bloomfield Hills and Detroit County Club, the D. A. C., the Grosse Point Riding and Hunt Club, the University Club, and the Detroit Automobile Club.
Besides his wife, he leaves two children, Frances, age 11 and Valerie, age 13; his mother, Mrs Frederick F. Wormer, Aiden Manor, 6100? East Jefferson Avenue; and a sister, Mrs George D. Allison, 2509 Seminole Avenue.
Published in the Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, Tuesday, October 21, 1924
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Buried with his father-in-law, Gov Hazen Stuart Pingree.
Wife: Hazel Pingree
Parents: Lawrence Depew & Frances Copeland
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Suggested By: David, 20 Oct 2022
Father: Lawrence Depew (1839-1904)
Mother: Frances Depew Wormer (1852-1936)
Plot Location:
from Section 24 in the Couzens Mausoleum
to Section 24 in the Pingree Mausoleum
Paige-Detroit Controller is Victim of Heart Disease; Wife With Him
Sherman L. Depew, prominent Detroit automotive engineer and club man, died early last night in a compartment of the Michigan Central's "The Detroiter" train, of which both Mr and Mrs Depew were passengers, as the train awaited clearance in the railroad yards of Harmon, New York. Death was attributed to heart disease.
The train had stopped at Harmon to change engines when Mrs Depew noticed that her husband seemed ill. She sent an attendent for a physician, Dr. W. N. Miller of Croydon, NY, summoned from his home, (who) a few minutes later pronounced Mr Depew dead. Mrs Depew remained at Harmon and accompanied the body as it was taken aboard the 12:30 am train today for Detroit.
Mr Depew was 43 years old and the nephew of Chancey M. Depew, noted New York capitalist and former chairman of the board of directors of the New York Central Railroad Company. He was controller of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company of Detroit and one of the city's leading figures in riding and hunt activities. With Mrs Depew, he had attended the hunt contests at Myopia near Boston, and had entrained in New York at 6:16 o'clock last night for Detroit.
He was the son of the late Lawrence Depew, who was associated with the National Biscuit Company in Detroit more than 50 years ago. Born in this city, he attended a boarding school in the east, later entering the Sheffield School of Engineering at Yale with the class of 1904.
During his business career, he was interested in four manufacturing concerns in Detroit. For several years he was manager of Pingree Shoe Company, later organizing an automobile parts manurfacturing company and subsequently, selling the model and patents of a Franco-American motor designed by himself and a French engineer to a large Detroit motor car company.
It was because of his automotive engineering ability that the directors of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Companyy, a few years later, asked him to accept an executive position with the corporation. He became the chief consultant of Harry M. Jewett, its president. He had been a stockholder of the company for some time previously.
Mr Depew resided at 2 McKinley Road, Grosse Point Farms. His wife formerly was Miss Hazel Pingree, daughter of the late Governor Hazen S. Pingree, of Detroit. He became a member of the following clubs: Bloomfield Hills and Detroit County Club, the D. A. C., the Grosse Point Riding and Hunt Club, the University Club, and the Detroit Automobile Club.
Besides his wife, he leaves two children, Frances, age 11 and Valerie, age 13; his mother, Mrs Frederick F. Wormer, Aiden Manor, 6100? East Jefferson Avenue; and a sister, Mrs George D. Allison, 2509 Seminole Avenue.
Published in the Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, Tuesday, October 21, 1924
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Buried with his father-in-law, Gov Hazen Stuart Pingree.
Wife: Hazel Pingree
Parents: Lawrence Depew & Frances Copeland
---------------------------
Suggested By: David, 20 Oct 2022
Father: Lawrence Depew (1839-1904)
Mother: Frances Depew Wormer (1852-1936)
Plot Location:
from Section 24 in the Couzens Mausoleum
to Section 24 in the Pingree Mausoleum
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