Sigmond - Harvey Worth
Source: Indianapolis Star Sat 7 Jan 1933 p 5
Crawfordsville Jan 6 – Hundreds of persons, including officials of several medical associations, gathered at the First Methodist Church here today where they attended rites for Dr. Harvey W. Sigmond, prominent local physician who died Tuesday of injuries suffered in an automobile accident four months ago. Dr. John S. Ward, pastor of the church was assisted by the local post of the American Legion of which Dr. Sigmond was a member. A guard of honor was maintained at the church for two hours prior to the service. At the grave a military ceremony was carried out. Dr. Sigmond was widely known for his work in X-Ray.
Source: Indianapolis News 4 Jan 1933 Wed p 5
Crawfordsville, Ind, Jan 4 – Dr. Harvey W. Sigmond, age 61, widely-known physician and X-ray specialist in Crawfordsville for more than 30 years, died unexpectedly Tuesday night in Culver Union Hospital here where he had been confined since being injured in an automobile accident last September. Dr. Sigmond had gone to his home Tuesday to be with his family for a short time. He died after he had returned to the hospital. Dr. Sigmond was a native of Arkansas. As a youth he lived in Jeffersonville. He was educated at Wabash College, being a member of the graduating class of 1897. He was graduated from the Medical School of the University of Louisville and after an internship came to Crawfordsville in 1901 to practice his profession. Dr. Sigmond had been in charge of the X-ray equipment at Culver Hospital for many years and enjoyed a wide reputation as a roentologist. Dr. Sigmond was active for many years in the First ME Church here and had been prominent in civic affairs. He had been interested in helping young physicians in Crawfordsville to get started in their profession. He enlisted in the medical corps in the world war and served as captain. He held membership in the American Legion, Masonic Lodge and other fraternal organizations and was a member of the Montgomery County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, Radiological Society of North America, the American Congress of Physical Therapy, and Chicago Roentgen Society and the American Medical Editors and Authors’ Association. Dr. Sigmond had written a number of papers on X-Ray and radium work which he had read before national gatherings of medical societies. Besides the widow, Helen O’Neil Sigmond, Dr. Sigmond is survived by two sons, Harvey W. Sigmond, Jr, a sophomore in the Northwestern University medical school and Howard O. Sigmond, a freshmen in the law school of Harvard University.