ILIA DUBRIE DIES j
iUDDENLY IN HER HOffE
Seldom has this community j
been''.so painfuUy shocked as
late last Saturday afternoon, J
when news spread that Mrs. Jul-!
j ia DuBrie had suddenly expired!
\\n ber home, on Toledo street, j
(having suffered a cerebral hemor-j
rbage or apoplectic stroke. As:
'had long- been her custom, upon j
| arrival of the evening paper, she '
lh&&. own who Gr^^dpa'
I DuBrie to read ihe news to him, i
he being- unable to read because 1
of failing sight, As she read,
she suddenly gasped, 'Why,
what's the matter with me?" and
still clutching- the paper, her
head fell forward and deatn is
believed to have been instantane¬
ous as she collapsed in her chair, j
Neighbors and a physician arriv- ;
ing a few minutes later, found j
life extinct, bhe leaves to mourn
her sudden passing ber husband,
Lester J. DuBrie, his aged lath¬
er, Gabriei DuBrie, in the home,
to whom the deceased was deep¬
ly devoted; a foster son, Louis
Holland, and a brother, Fred
Harmon, and bis son Lester, both I
of Lorain; also a brother-in-law, j
Stanley DuBrie, and a sister-in-
law, Mrs. Kella O'Harn, of Los
Angeles, who were very near to
her. Last rites were held in the
home on Tuesday afternoon, with
Rev K. W. Scheufler of Trinity
Methodist church officiating, fol¬
lowed by interment in Union cem¬
etery here. The service was large¬
ly attended and the many lovely
floral tributes were mute testimo¬
ny of the high esteem in which
Mrs. DuBrie was held by a large
circle of friends and acquaint¬
ances. She had been a member
of the Woman's Relief Corps here
for 14 years, had held several of¬
ficial chairs and at the time of
her death was in the second year
of service as president of the
Corps. Members attended the fu¬
neral in a body and the officers)
gave the memorial ritual at the
bier.
She was a member of the local
Grange, also, and held an oxce
in the present cabinet.
Julia Cutler Harmon DuBrie,59,
a daughter of Lester A. and
Jane Howe Harmon, was born
in Graytown and lived there un¬
til about a year after her marri¬
age, March 27, 1898, when she
and her husband moved to El¬
more where they have ever since I
resided. Her parents, an infant
sister and a brother preceded ber
in death.
