Tots Killed While Raiding Jam Closet
MASON CITY, Wash., Feb. 18 - Orvin Keister, 5 and his brother Elton, 3, were killed yesterday while raiding their aunt's jam closet.
They and their cousin, Edward Hanson, 4, were in the basement of Mrs. Earl E. Hanson's home, inspecting the cans and jars. The closet stood against a bank of wet sand, which collapsed, burying them.
Edward's father dug them out with his hands. Orvin and Elton were suffocated. Edward was unconscious an hour after he was rescued, but will recover.
Washington Death Certificate
Name: Orvin Layle Keister
Event Date: 17 Feb 1941
Event Place: Grant, Okanogan, Washington
Gender: Male
Age (Formatted): 4 years 7 months 2 days
Birth Year (Estimated): 1937
Father's Name:R. J. Keister
Mother's Name:Margaret Auby
MASON CITY, Wash., Feb. 18 - Orvin Keister, 5 and his brother Elton, 3, were killed yesterday while raiding their aunt's jam closet.
They and their cousin, Edward Hanson, 4, were in the basement of Mrs. Earl E. Hanson's home, inspecting the cans and jars. The closet stood against a bank of wet sand, which collapsed, burying them.
Edward's father dug them out with his hands. Orvin and Elton were suffocated. Edward was unconscious an hour after he was rescued, but will recover.
Washington Death Certificate
Name: Orvin Layle Keister
Event Date: 17 Feb 1941
Event Place: Grant, Okanogan, Washington
Gender: Male
Age (Formatted): 4 years 7 months 2 days
Birth Year (Estimated): 1937
Father's Name:R. J. Keister
Mother's Name:Margaret Auby
Tots Killed While Raiding Jam Closet
MASON CITY, Wash., Feb. 18 - Orvin Keister, 5 and his brother Elton, 3, were killed yesterday while raiding their aunt's jam closet.
They and their cousin, Edward Hanson, 4, were in the basement of Mrs. Earl E. Hanson's home, inspecting the cans and jars. The closet stood against a bank of wet sand, which collapsed, burying them.
Edward's father dug them out with his hands. Orvin and Elton were suffocated. Edward was unconscious an hour after he was rescued, but will recover.
Washington Death Certificate
Name: Orvin Layle Keister
Event Date: 17 Feb 1941
Event Place: Grant, Okanogan, Washington
Gender: Male
Age (Formatted): 4 years 7 months 2 days
Birth Year (Estimated): 1937
Father's Name:R. J. Keister
Mother's Name:Margaret Auby
MASON CITY, Wash., Feb. 18 - Orvin Keister, 5 and his brother Elton, 3, were killed yesterday while raiding their aunt's jam closet.
They and their cousin, Edward Hanson, 4, were in the basement of Mrs. Earl E. Hanson's home, inspecting the cans and jars. The closet stood against a bank of wet sand, which collapsed, burying them.
Edward's father dug them out with his hands. Orvin and Elton were suffocated. Edward was unconscious an hour after he was rescued, but will recover.
Washington Death Certificate
Name: Orvin Layle Keister
Event Date: 17 Feb 1941
Event Place: Grant, Okanogan, Washington
Gender: Male
Age (Formatted): 4 years 7 months 2 days
Birth Year (Estimated): 1937
Father's Name:R. J. Keister
Mother's Name:Margaret Auby
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