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Nathan Straus Dead: Funeral on Tuesday: President Hoover Says His Death Has Removed from American Li

January 13, 1931
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Mr. Nathan Straus, who was in his 82nd. year, died suddenly to-day of heart failure.

The funeral will take place on Tuesday and a memorial service will be held the same day at Temple Emanu-El. In accordance with his last wishes, the ceremony will be brief and there will be no flowers. Mr. Straus will be buried in a plain pinewood coffin, in the family vault at Cyprus Hills.

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