AJuly 13 1953
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Monday, July 13, 1953
Harry Zirn, 73, Boro Lawyer, Top Ranking Chess Player
Funeral services for Harry Zirn, 73, a lawyer with offices at 215 Montague St., were held today in the Riverside Memorial Chapel, Ocean Parkway and Coney Island Ave.
Mr. Zirn, who died Saturday of a heart attack in his apartment in the Hotel St. George, was a graduate of Boys High School and New York Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1901.
A top-ranking chess player, Mr. Zirn was champion years ago of the old Brooklyn Chess Club, and in 1908 missed winning the State title by a narrow margin. In that tournament, by defeating Frank J. Marshall, the United States champion, he prevented the title holder from reaching the final round.
Mr. Zirn was one of the founders of the Brooklyn Jewish Center on Eastern Parkway.
Surviving are his wife, Fanny; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Z. Manshel, Mrs. Sylvia Z. Buff and Mrs. Hilda Z. Lieberman; two brothers, Samuel and Abraham, and two sisters, Ruth Zirn and Mrs. Rose Fleischman.
