St. Clair County Obits

MURRY CONRAD

Murray Conrad died about 7:30 p.m. March 2, 1939, at the St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City
where he had been taken the Friday before from the Clinton Community Clinic Hospital.
Mr. Conrad became ill on February 18, while in Clinton and was treated by a physician. That evening, as he was going with a neighbor, Claude Dean, to his home southeast of Clinton, he suffered another attack and was taken back to the hospital by Mr. Dean, where his ailment was thought to be encephalitis and everything possible was done, but he remained unconscious most of the time.
After he was taken to St. Luke's, he was believed to be better and his sudden death came as a shock. His twin brother, Kirby, accompanied him to the hospital and remained until the end. A post mortem examination revealed a burst blood vessel on the brain which had sealed over, probably preventing instant death.
He was born October 15, 1912, in Kansas City, Kans., and moved with his parents two years later to near Chalk Level and Lowry City where he lived until 1931, then came to Henry County where he made his home with his sister, Mrs. Frank Hall, about two years, then started farming for himself.
He is survived by his twin and sister above mentioned who lived near him; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Kinser, of Torrance, Calif.; brother Howard Conrad, of Troutdale, Ore.; his father, Kirby Conrad, Sr., near Lowry City, and his step-mother.
Mr. Conrad was held in high esteem in his community for he was a progressive and industrious young farmer; a thrifty husbandman of his land and stock. He was a good neighbor, ever ready to help no matter what the task. He repaid with deep and lasting affection, the care his oldest sister, Mrs. Hall gave him after the death of their mother when he was seven.
Private funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the Wilkinson Funeral Chapel by Rev. A. S. Olsen. Burial at Concord Cemetery, near Lowry City.