Haury, Gus A. (1878-1952)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Sep 4 p. 6

Birth date: 1878

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— Relatives here received word of the sudden passing of G. A. Haury Jr. on Tuesday morning at Ausburg [sic Augsburg], Austria, where he was engaged in service under the American Red Cross. He had completed a two-year term as field director in that country and was serving for another six months at the request of Red Cross officials. Mr. Haury, son of a pioneer Bethel College professor, is survived by his wife, the former Delia Hunter of Newton; three children, all living in this country; a brother Dr. Emil Haury, archeologist at the University of Arizona; and several nieces and nephews living in Newton. The body will be returned to this country for burial.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Sep 25 p. 6

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— Word was received by the Moody Funeral home that the body of Gus A. Haury would arrive here this week from Germany, where he died Sept. 2 while serving with the American Red Cross. Final services and burial are to take place here. Mr. Haury, son of the late G. A. Haury. Sr., pioneer Bethel College professor, was formerly a teacher in the Newton high school.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Oct 2 p. 6

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— The funeral services for Gus A. Haury, held Saturday afternoon in the Bethel College Memorial Hall, were widely attended. Dr. D. C. Wedel officiated, and burial was made in Greenwood cemetery here. Mr. Haury died suddenly Sept. 2 while serving with the Red Cross in Germany. His wife, the former Delia Hunter of Newton, three children, and a brother, Dr. Emil Haury of Tucson, Ariz. survive.

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Newton Kansan obituary: 1052 Sep 2

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G. A. Haury, Jr.

Relatives here received a cable message today telling of the sudden death of G. A. Haury, Jr., who died at Ausburg, Austria, this morning. He had not been ill previously so far as friends here were aware.

Mr. Haury has been in the service of the American Red Cross for several years, and had been field director of the work in Austria the past two years. His time had expired but he had agreed to stay on another six months.

He leaves his wife, the former Delia Hunter, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hunter of Newton, who is expected to arrive in the states in about two weeks, accompanying her husband's remains. They have three children: Earl and Mrs. Ellen Hewitt of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Doris Kelton of Los Angeles, Calif. He also leaves a brother, Dr. Emil Haury, archeologist at the University of Arizona, [line here illegible on newspaper microfilm]

Mr. Haury was the son of Dr. G. A. Haury, pioneer instructor at Bethel college frrom which school the son graduated and was athletic director for a time. He later taught in the Newton schools.

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Bethel College Bulletin obituary: 1952 Sep p. 5

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Former Coach Haury Passes

As we go to press, word has been received of the death of Gustav A. Haury, Jr., in Austria where he was a Field Director of the Red Cross.

A son of Professor G. A. Haury, who as professor of Latin and in various other capacities was associated with Bethel College from the days of Halstead Seminary until 1926, Haury was a graduate of Bethel Academy in 1917, and of the college in 1919.

After a few years of high school teaching and coaching at Buhler, he was called to Bethel College in 1922 as instructor in physical education and director of athletics. To quote from the Graymaroon of 1925, "Athletics at that time was at a low ebb, but under his tutelage it did not remain so, for in his second year the Bethel basketball boys won second place in the Kansas Conference and almost repeated the same feat last year. In fact all of the major sports, including football and track, have gained tremendously in popularity since Coach Haury's advent.

"Coach Haury is quiet and unassuming in manner, but his sympathetic attitude and his understanding of the student point of view cause him to be highly respected by all students, and especially the men.

"His absolute insistence upon clean sportsmanship has won for him the commendation and regard of the other schools in the Kansas Conference."

The team that lost only one game in 1923-24, and that to the Kansas State Teacher's College of Emporia, was composed of Harold Goerz, Clyde Coulson, Walter Enns, Otto Kliewer, otto Unruh, Eddie Schroeder, and Rudolph Enns. Among the schools Bethel defeated were Southwestern, Pittsburg, Fairmount (now Wichita U.), and Ottawa. The following year Bethel finished fourth in the Conference. Besides the Enns brothers, well-known names on this team were John Buller, Walter Regier, and Cecil Pankratz. In 1928 Coach Haury was succeeded by Walter Miller, who in turn was succeeeded the following year by Otto Unruh.