Alameda County CA Archives Obituaries.....Kergan, Henry Sidney May 10, 1933
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Oakland Tribune, May 10, 1933
Oakland Tribune
May 10, 1933 (Wednesday)
Page 1, Column 2

“DR. H. KERGAN OPERATES TO SAVE CHILD, DIES HIMSELF

Prominent Oakland Surgeon Succumbs to Strain of Midnight Emergency [with photo 
of “Dr. H. S. Kergan”]

Dr. Harry S. Kergan [aka Henry Sidney Kergan], 62, veteran Oakland surgeon, 
saved the life of Johnny Lalantonis, 7, at midnight last night by performed an 
emergency operation.

Four hours afterward, apparently affected by the severe strain of the ordeal 
through which he passed, Dr. Kergan died at his home at 459 Mountain Avenue, 
Piedmont.  The immediate cause is believed to have been a heart attack.

The Lalantonis boy was reported recovering this morning by attendants at East 
Oakland hospital, where the operation, an appendectomy, was performed.  The 
child is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lalantonis, 317 Foothill Boulevard.

Stricken ill yesterday afternoon while at school, the boy was taken to his home.

At 3:30 o’clock Mrs. Lalantonis summoned Dr. Kergan, who ordered the boy’s 
immediate removal to a hospital.  On arrival there the physician determined 
that the case demanded an immediate operation, and the operation was performed 
at midnight.  It was concluded successfully, but it evidently exacted a heavy 
toll from Dr. Kergan.

Dr. Kergan was widely known in Eastbay medical and social circles, having 
practiced in Oakland for more than generation.  He was a native of Michigan and 
came to Oakland as a youth, living in the city for more than 40 years.

His family has long been prominently identified with the medical affairs of the 
city, his two brothers, Dr. W. W. Kergan and Dr. J. F. Kergan, being physicians 
in Oakland.

Besides the brothers, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Van Gordan 
[Gorden] Kergan, residing at the family home at 459 Mountain Avenue, Piedmont; 
two daughters, Mrs. Marian K. Bruck, wife of a San Francisco physician and Mrs. 
Janice K. Street, also of San Francisco, and a sister, Mrs. Harry Brandt of 
Seattle.

Dr. Kergan was a member of various medical societies, the Elks, the Masonic 
order and the Shrine.

Funeral services will be held from the Chapel of the Chimes on Piedmont Avenue 
[in Oakland] at 10:30 o’clock Friday morning.” END

AND

Oakland Tribune
May 11, 1933 (Thursday)
Page 2, Column 5

“Dr. Kergan Funeral Set for Tomorrow

With eleven intimate friends serving as honorary pallbearers funeral services 
for Dr. Harry S. Kergan, 62, prominent Oakland physician, who died early 
yesterday at his home at 459 Mountain Avenue, Piedmont from a heart attack, 
will be held tomorrow morning, at 10:30 o’clock.

The services will take place at the Chapel of the Chimes on Piedmont Avenue [in 
Oakland] and the Rev. Ronald Merrick [sp?], pastor of St. Paul’s Episcopal 
Church, will preach.  Dr. Kergan, for 40 years a resident of Oakland, succumbed 
at his home four hours after performing a midnight emergency operation on a 
seven [year] old boy.  The pallbearers will be Frank Ball, Frank Avery, Frank 
Watson, Harry Miller, Glen Bernhardt, Ray Simmonds [sp?], Edward Hulse, Thomas 
[?], Sherwood Swan, Harry Maxheld [?] and Ambrose Beede [?].” END

Additional Comments:
Note that there are two newspaper articles above related to the death and 
funeral of Dr. Kergan. 

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