- DOOR COUNTY OBITUARIES-
CAPTAIN ALEXANDER LAURIE
Word was received yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. EMIL HANSEN that the
latter's father, ALEX LAURIE, who would have been 86 in March,
died at Melbourne, Fla., where he and his wife were spending the
winter with their son and daughter-in-law, Capt. and Mrs. ROBERT
LAURIE. The body will arrive in Green Bay Sunday, and it is expected
the funeral will be held here Monday afternoon. MR. LAURIE was the
oldest living lake captain in Door county, having had his first
command at the age of 17, and was the only living charter member
of the I.O.O.F. lodge here.
(Source: Door County Advocate, Sturgeon Bay, WI - 13 January 1939)
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