"Watertown Daily Times", Watertown, NY, Friday, Feb. 1, 1963, page 16--
"Woman Fatally Burned By Gas Stove Explosion-
Mrs. Delhia Sackett, 70, Potsdam, Route 1, Dies in Ambulance On Way to
Syracuse.
Canton, Feb. 1.- Mrs. Delhia Sackett, 70, Potsdam, Route 1, died at 8:30 last
night in an ambulance en route to Syracuse General hospital about five hours
after she was critically burned in a gas stove explosion in her home.
Mrs. Sackett suffered first degree burns over 100 per cent of her body.
Her clothes were apparently ignited when the bottled gas stove in her home
exploded at 3:15 p.m. She was found lying on the floor in her home by her son
Herbert, 42, who returned to the farm home after working in the nearby fields.
She was brought to the Edward John Noble hospital. Physicians
recommended she be transferred to a Syracuse hospital. She died in the O'Leary
ambulance, Canton, on the trip.
The Sackett home is on the Eben-Crary Mills Road three miles south of
Route 11. State Police B.C.I. Agent Hugh A. McElhearn investigated.
The funeral will be Sunday afternoon at 2 at the O'Leary funeral home,
Potsdam, with Rev. Jack M. Wells, Presbyterian minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Bayside cemetery, Potsdam, in the spring.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight and Saturday afternoon and
evening at their convenience.
Mrs. Sackett is survived by two sons, Herbert and Elmer, both of Potsdam.
She was born in the town of Potsdam on Oct. 23, 1892, daughter of the late
Edwin and Elva Gibbson Clark. Mrs. Sackett attended Potsdam schools and
was graduated from Potsdam Normal school.
In 1917, she was married to George E. Sackett in the town of Potsdam.
The couple lived most of their lives in the town of Potsdam where Mr. Sackett was a farmer. He died in 1943."
"Woman Fatally Burned By Gas Stove Explosion-
Mrs. Delhia Sackett, 70, Potsdam, Route 1, Dies in Ambulance On Way to
Syracuse.
Canton, Feb. 1.- Mrs. Delhia Sackett, 70, Potsdam, Route 1, died at 8:30 last
night in an ambulance en route to Syracuse General hospital about five hours
after she was critically burned in a gas stove explosion in her home.
Mrs. Sackett suffered first degree burns over 100 per cent of her body.
Her clothes were apparently ignited when the bottled gas stove in her home
exploded at 3:15 p.m. She was found lying on the floor in her home by her son
Herbert, 42, who returned to the farm home after working in the nearby fields.
She was brought to the Edward John Noble hospital. Physicians
recommended she be transferred to a Syracuse hospital. She died in the O'Leary
ambulance, Canton, on the trip.
The Sackett home is on the Eben-Crary Mills Road three miles south of
Route 11. State Police B.C.I. Agent Hugh A. McElhearn investigated.
The funeral will be Sunday afternoon at 2 at the O'Leary funeral home,
Potsdam, with Rev. Jack M. Wells, Presbyterian minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Bayside cemetery, Potsdam, in the spring.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight and Saturday afternoon and
evening at their convenience.
Mrs. Sackett is survived by two sons, Herbert and Elmer, both of Potsdam.
She was born in the town of Potsdam on Oct. 23, 1892, daughter of the late
Edwin and Elva Gibbson Clark. Mrs. Sackett attended Potsdam schools and
was graduated from Potsdam Normal school.
In 1917, she was married to George E. Sackett in the town of Potsdam.
The couple lived most of their lives in the town of Potsdam where Mr. Sackett was a farmer. He died in 1943."
"Watertown Daily Times", Watertown, NY, Friday, Feb. 1, 1963, page 16--
"Woman Fatally Burned By Gas Stove Explosion-
Mrs. Delhia Sackett, 70, Potsdam, Route 1, Dies in Ambulance On Way to
Syracuse.
Canton, Feb. 1.- Mrs. Delhia Sackett, 70, Potsdam, Route 1, died at 8:30 last
night in an ambulance en route to Syracuse General hospital about five hours
after she was critically burned in a gas stove explosion in her home.
Mrs. Sackett suffered first degree burns over 100 per cent of her body.
Her clothes were apparently ignited when the bottled gas stove in her home
exploded at 3:15 p.m. She was found lying on the floor in her home by her son
Herbert, 42, who returned to the farm home after working in the nearby fields.
She was brought to the Edward John Noble hospital. Physicians
recommended she be transferred to a Syracuse hospital. She died in the O'Leary
ambulance, Canton, on the trip.
The Sackett home is on the Eben-Crary Mills Road three miles south of
Route 11. State Police B.C.I. Agent Hugh A. McElhearn investigated.
The funeral will be Sunday afternoon at 2 at the O'Leary funeral home,
Potsdam, with Rev. Jack M. Wells, Presbyterian minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Bayside cemetery, Potsdam, in the spring.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight and Saturday afternoon and
evening at their convenience.
Mrs. Sackett is survived by two sons, Herbert and Elmer, both of Potsdam.
She was born in the town of Potsdam on Oct. 23, 1892, daughter of the late
Edwin and Elva Gibbson Clark. Mrs. Sackett attended Potsdam schools and
was graduated from Potsdam Normal school.
In 1917, she was married to George E. Sackett in the town of Potsdam.
The couple lived most of their lives in the town of Potsdam where Mr. Sackett was a farmer. He died in 1943."
"Woman Fatally Burned By Gas Stove Explosion-
Mrs. Delhia Sackett, 70, Potsdam, Route 1, Dies in Ambulance On Way to
Syracuse.
Canton, Feb. 1.- Mrs. Delhia Sackett, 70, Potsdam, Route 1, died at 8:30 last
night in an ambulance en route to Syracuse General hospital about five hours
after she was critically burned in a gas stove explosion in her home.
Mrs. Sackett suffered first degree burns over 100 per cent of her body.
Her clothes were apparently ignited when the bottled gas stove in her home
exploded at 3:15 p.m. She was found lying on the floor in her home by her son
Herbert, 42, who returned to the farm home after working in the nearby fields.
She was brought to the Edward John Noble hospital. Physicians
recommended she be transferred to a Syracuse hospital. She died in the O'Leary
ambulance, Canton, on the trip.
The Sackett home is on the Eben-Crary Mills Road three miles south of
Route 11. State Police B.C.I. Agent Hugh A. McElhearn investigated.
The funeral will be Sunday afternoon at 2 at the O'Leary funeral home,
Potsdam, with Rev. Jack M. Wells, Presbyterian minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Bayside cemetery, Potsdam, in the spring.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight and Saturday afternoon and
evening at their convenience.
Mrs. Sackett is survived by two sons, Herbert and Elmer, both of Potsdam.
She was born in the town of Potsdam on Oct. 23, 1892, daughter of the late
Edwin and Elva Gibbson Clark. Mrs. Sackett attended Potsdam schools and
was graduated from Potsdam Normal school.
In 1917, she was married to George E. Sackett in the town of Potsdam.
The couple lived most of their lives in the town of Potsdam where Mr. Sackett was a farmer. He died in 1943."
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