Chrystal Herne [SEP] place of death
at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was cremated. She was survived by her husband, Harold S. Pollard, a former chief editorial writer for the "New York World".
Family.
Besides by her husband, she left behind her sister, Julie, and a younger brother, John Temple Herne (1894–1966). John Herne appeared on stage in his youth, served as an ensign with the U.S. Navy during World War I, and later worked for Charles Scribner's Sons. He is interred at the
Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, N.Y. Her younger sister, Dorothy Lucille Herne preceded her in death in 1921. Dorothy, who had appeared on stage for a time, married Montrose Jonas Moses, a dramatic critic, playwright, and children's book author. Chrystal Herne also had and older sister, Alma, who died young. Her mother, Katherine Corcoran Herne, was originally an actress whom her father met while performing in San Francisco. Chrystal's name came from her mother's role in "Hearts of Oak"