Virginia Henry Curtiss Heckscher Explained

Birth Name:Virginia Henry
Birth Date:1875
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    Virginia Henry Curtiss (1875 – July 11, 1941) was president of The Heckscher Foundation for Children and was a member of New York City's Child Welfare Board.[1]

    Biography

    She was born in 1875 in Vienna and educated in England.[1] She married widower Edwin Burr Curtiss, of A. G. Spalding Bros. Curtiss commissioned the architects Carrère and Hastings, who had also designed the original clubhouse for the Greenwich Country Club, to build him a house on North Street in Greenwich, Connecticut.[2] Curtiss died at his residence in Mountain Lake, Florida, on March 30, 1928[3]

    After his death, 55 year old Virginia married 81 year old August Heckscher on July 2, 1930, in the parsonage of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.[4] [5] August Heckscher, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, died on April 26, 1941, at their home in Mountain Lake, Florida and left his widow $10,000 and all his real estate.[6] She died less than three months later on July 11, 1941.[1] [7] No legatee could be found that was named in her will and the probate court declared an earlier copy of the will as valid.[8] Part of her art collection was donated to an armed forces art program.[9]

    Notes and References

    1. News: MRS.A.HECKSCHER, PHILANTHROPIST, 66; Widow of Real Estate Man Dies in Penthouse Home in Office Building . 21 January 2021 . . July 11, 1941.
    2. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924015330149/cu31924015330149_djvu.txt "The Work of Carrère and Hastings," in Architectural Record (1910).
    3. News: Edwin Burr Curtiss . . March 31, 1928 . August 21, 2019.
    4. News: August Heckscher Dies In Sleep At 92. Philanthropist, Real Estate and Steel Operator Was in Florida Home. Philanthropist Dead August Heckscher Dies In Sleep At 92 . August Heckscher, real estate and steel operator, banker and philanthropist, died at his Winter home at Mountain Lake, near here, at 2:40 P. M. today. Death came suddenly in his sleep. He was 92 years old. ... In July of 1930, at the age of 81, he married Mrs. Virginia Henry Curtiss, ... . . April 27, 1941 . 2009-11-28 .
    5. News: Heckscher, 81, Weds Mrs. V. H. Curtiss, 55. Philanthropist Quietly Married to Widow of E. B. Curtiss at Croton Last Wednesday. Bride, a Close Friend of His First Wife, Has Been Associated With Him in Child Welfare Work. Wed in Parsonage. Born in Hamburg in 1848. . August Heckscher, millionaire real estate operator and philanthropist, and Mrs. Virginia Henry Curtiss of New York and Greenwich, Conn., were married last Wednesday in Croton-on-Hudson, but their marriage did not become known to any but their closest friends until ... . . July 8, 1930 . 2009-11-25 .
    6. News: Heckscher Estate Is Left To Family; Widow Gets Realty, $10,000. Half Interest in Residue Shared With Son. No Gifts Go To Charity. Philanthropist Explains These Were Made During Life. Cash Bequests $28,000 . Members of the family of August Heckscher, real estate operator and philanthropist, will receive the greater part of his estate, it became known yesterday when his will was filed in Surrogate's Court. Mr. Heckscher, who was 92 years old, died on April 26 at Mountain Lake, Fla. . . May 4, 1941 . 2009-11-28 .
    7. News: MRS. HECKSCHER RITES ARE HELD IN CHAPEL; Funeral at St. Bartholomew's for Philanthropist's Widow . 21 January 2021 . . July 13, 1941.
    8. News: No Heckscher Kin Found. Executor Seeks Earlier Will to Dispose of Estate Residue . When the will of Mrs. Virginia Henry Curtiss Heckscher, widow of August Heckscher, the philanthropist, was filed for probate in Surrogate's Court yesterday, ... . . July 19, 1941 . 2009-11-28 .
    9. News: Thomas C.. Linn. Program for Art Interests In Armed Forces Outlined; Citizens Committee Plans Exhibits, Decorations for Barracks, and Contests . The paintings are property of the estate of Virginia H. C. Heckscher (Mrs. August Heckscher) of this city, ... . . January 18, 1942 . 2009-11-28 .

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