Louis Widrig
Submitted by Carol Sanman 2 November 2020
Kentucky Post, Thursday, 31 March 1932, page 1
FRIENDS PAY LAST TRIBUTE
Great of Baseball World Bow at Bier of Newport Citizen Who Died In New York Hotel
Leaders of the baseball world in which he was so prominent, gathered Thursday morning at the Immaculate Conception Church, Newport, to pay final tribute to Louis C. Widrig, treasurer of the Cincinnati Reds and owner of a Newport drug store.
Widrig died Tuesday in New York following a long fight to recover from burns sustained in a fire at the Commodore Hotel.
In the cortege which followed Widrig’s body from the church to its final resting place on the Widrig family lot in St. Stephen’s Cemetery, Ft. Thomas, were such famous men of baseball as John Heydler, president of the National League; William Herridge, president of the American League and Leslie O’connor, private secretary and personal representative of Judge Kenesaw, M. Landis, high chief of the diamond world.
Walter Dempsey, Louis Werk, Richard Powell, Judge Frank Tracy, Sidney Weil, president of the Reds, Dr. John L. Pythian, Col. Thomas R. Cody, H. A. Honhorst, A. B. Waller and P. K. Carroll acted as pallbearers
The coffin was surrounded by members of the Newport Lodge of Elks, of which Widrig was one of two surviving charter members. As it was carried from the arched entrance of the Immaculate Conception Church where requiem high mass had been sung.
Cars lines the street for several blocks in all directions from the church, and joined in the procession which escorted the body of Widrig to the cemetery.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 29 March 1932, page 1
LOU WIDRIG DIES
Louis Widrig, 62, Fifth and Columbia streets, Newport, treasurer of the Cincinnati Reds, died early Tuesday at the Commodore Hotel, New York, of pneumonia, according to word received here. An attack of uremic poisoning was the indirect cause of his death. He was severely burned Jan. 31 when fire broke out in his hotel. Paralysis of the kidneys followed.
Widrig was associated with the Cincinnati Reds for many years, and was one of the club’s largest stock-holders. He was keenly interested in baseball. He was a lifelong resident of Newport and for many years had conducted a drug store at Fifth and Columbia streets. He was the second last living charter member of the Newport Lodge of Elks.
Widrig is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Rose Krebs, Hamilton, O.; Mrs. Casper Krebs, Paducah, Ky; and Mrs. Henry Enneking, Ft. Thomas; and a brother, Edward Widrig.
The body will be brought to the home of his sister, Mrs. Enneking, 107 Riverside Parkway, Ft. Thomas. Funeral services are to be conducted Thursday, with requiem high mass at 9 a.m. at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Newport. Burial will be in St. Stephen’s Cemetery. The body will arrive here Wednesday. William C. Betz Sons, Newport undertakers, are in charge of the funeral.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 14 September 1933, page 1
Suit to ascertain the ownership of a $1000 diamond ring left by the late Louis C Widrig, an executive club and wealthy Newport phamacist was filed Thursday in Campbell Circuit Court by Joseph A Meagher, executor of the Widrig estate, against two heirs, Louis Krebs and Walter Dempsey, Newport pharmacist. Under terms of the Widrig will, the decedent's jewelry was given to Krebs, who is the son of the decedent's sister, Mrs. Rosalia Krebs, Hamilton O. Mr. Dempsey, who was associated with Mr. Widrig in the drug business, claims the diamond ring was a personal gift from Widrig to him prior to Widrig's death.
Mr. Meagher asserted in his petition he now has possession of the ring and is ready to make distribution of the Widrig estate. He asks that the court determine the rightful ownership of the ring.