Maxim, Hiram Percy (d. 1936)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1936 Feb 19 p. 1

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text of obituary:

Dr. Maxim, Famous Scientist, Passes Away at Mennonite Hospital.

The noted inventor and scientist, Hiram Percy maxim of Hartford, Conn., passed away at the Mennonite Hospital at la Junta, Colo., early this week. The scientist became seriously ill on a train while on the way to California and was brought to the Hospital at Lu Junta [sic La Junta] for emergency treatment, but passed away soon afterward.

Dr. Maxim was known internationally for his electrical and automotive inventions, and finally for his invention of firearm attachments and modern war machinery. Yet, strangely enough, he passed away in a Mennonite hospital, founded by a people who take a positive position against war and who also frequently took an active part in healing the wounds war had caused.

The cause of Scientist Maxim's death was a serious throad [sic] infection.