P. Sturm, Clothier, Dies at 76.
The Ithaca Journal, Sep 2 1968, P. 3, Col. 1, with photo
"Paul H. Sturm, who was in what he called the "Jewish Hardware" (clothing) business since coming to Ithaca in 1924, died Sunday, Sept. 1, 1968 at Tompkins County Hospital.
Mr. Sturm, 76 of 18 Renwick Heights Rd., was co-proprietor of Sturm Brothers Clothing.
The 44-year-old firm was displaced from 103 E. Green St. by the Urban Renewal project that brought Woolworth's Department Store to Ithaca, and later from a temporary site at 222½ S. Cayuga St. to its present location at 121 S. Cayuga St.
It was initially under co-proprietorship of Mr. Sturm and his brother, the late Andrew Sturm. Anthony Sturm, present co-proprietor, came to Ithaca in 1946, two years before Andrew's death.
Paul Sturm had been in ill health in recent years.
He was a charter member of Ithaca Lions Club, a life member of Ithaca Lodge of Elks 636, a life member of the Ithaca Council of Knights of Columbus. and a member of the Fourth Degree Assembly of K of C. He also was a World War I veteran serving as a corporal in the 5lst Infantry Pioneers, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars 961, the Statler Club, and a former member of the Ithaca Country Club.
Besides his brother, Anthony, he is survived by his wife, Martha S. Sturm; two sisters, Miss Sybilla Sturm and Miss Marie Sturm, all of Ithaca; a niece, Mrs. Margaret Conners of New York City, and two grand nieces."