Payette-Washington County ID Archives Obituaries.....Korup, Chris 1911
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Payette Enterprise  7-27-1911
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, July 27, 1911

MEETS DEATH WHILE CAMPING

Young Man Well Known in Payette Killed While in Hills With Party of Friends on 
Outing - Remains Brought to Weiser and interred Where Parents Live

Chris Korup, well known in Payette having worked here for some time with his 
Uncle Chris Henrichsen, met his death last Sunday morning in the hills near 
the head of Squaw Creek where he had gone with a party of friends for a 
hunting and fishing outing.

At the time of the accident the young man was engaged with two or three other 
men in the party in cutting down a huge dry tree that leaned threateningly 
toward the camp. Just before the tree fell young Korup notified the crowd of 
the direction he thought it would fall. As it started to fall they all 
scattered but in some manner a large section of the upper part of the tree 
broke off and striking another tree rebounded and struck Korup on the head. He 
lived from nine o'clock Friday evening when the accident happened until 12:30 
Sunday morning when despite the efforts of all in camp and of Dr. I. R. 
Woodward, who was with the party and stayed by him constantly for the twenty-
seven hours, he passed away.

The remains were brought to Weiser where his father and mother live and on 
Tuesday were interred in the Weiser cemetery the funeral services being held 
in Pythian Temple being conducted by Rev. Springfellow. The services at the 
grave were in charge of the K. of P. lodge of Weiser of which he was a member 
and a large delegation of the Payette K. of P. lodge also attended in a body.

The accident is one of the saddest that has occurred in this section for some 
time. Chris Korup was a young man, well known and admired by a large number of 
Payette residents as a clean upright young man. He was born in Germany, April 
24, 1888 and came to this country with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ? Korup of 
Weiser who survive him. A brother, Karl Korup lives in Payette and a sister 
Mrs. Lew Waters, lives in Weiser. They all have the sincere sympathy of a host 
of friends who all deplore the sad affair. 

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