On Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 4:06:33 PM UTC-8, Sufi Bahá'í wrote:
Common boys and girls - let's solve this mystery. Did Charlie kill
his wife or did she commit suicide because he was so bloody boring?
Charles Mason Remey (1874-1974) married Gertrude Heim Klemm
(1888-1932) in a
Catholic ceremony in Paris in 1931. I have no information if or when
they had
a Bahai ceremony. Klemm was the widow of a general without any
children and
came from a wealthy Midwest family. She met and was courted by Remey
in
Washington, D.C. Barely one year after they were married, she
committed
suicide.
Remey inherited millions from her that enabled him to continue his extravagant
lifestyle, which included building a huge mausoleum for his family
named the
"Remeum." The Remeum was built outside of Washington, D.C. in
Virginia. It
was a monstrosity comparable to Remey's ego. It had at least ten
separate
chapels with multiple "halls of honor" to glorify his ancestors.
Eventually,
it was ruined by vandalism and leveled in the early 1970s before his
death.
All of Remey's family members were moved to his mother's family
cemetery in
Pompey, NY, except for his wife Gertrude, who was left to be reburied
on the
same site in Virginia.
I am currently researching the circumstances surrounding Gertrude's
suicide as
well as Remey's life. The total number of volumes Remey produced to
document
his daily diary, travels, family history, Bahai history, marriage, and correspondence is at least 175.
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