Trenton Republican-Times, February 4, 1942: Mill Grove Man Dies In Trenton Of Burns
Walter Powell of northwest of Mill Grove died at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Cullers hospital here as the result of severe burns he suffered earlier in the day. Mr. Powell, who was working outside his farm home Tuesday morning, attracted the attention of neighbors working about a quarter of a mile away by his screams. They say him running through a pasture near the house with his clothing in flames. By the time they reached him, most of his clothes were burned from his body and he had fallen to the ground unconcious. He was taken to a doctor in Spickard for treatment and then brought to Cullers hospital. It is not known how his clothing caught on fire. Mr. Powell, who was 52 years old, was a son of Isaac and Loretta Powell and was born in Mercer coutny in 1889. He was married to Hulda Vanderpool who died this winter. He is survived by four children, Mrs. Thelma Gibler of Tarkio, Mrs. Beulah Wilson of Spickard, Wilma Dean Powell of the home; one sister, Mrs. Lily Cremeens of Trenton, and one brother, Jim Powell, also of Trenton. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Thursday at Salem Church west of Mill Grove and burial will be there. The body is at the Schooler Funeral Home in Spickard.
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Walter Powell of northwest of Mill Grove died at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Cullers hospital here as the result of severe burns he suffered earlier in the day. Mr. Powell, who was working outside his farm home Tuesday morning, attracted the attention of neighbors working about a quarter of a mile away by his screams. They say him running through a pasture near the house with his clothing in flames. By the time they reached him, most of his clothes were burned from his body and he had fallen to the ground unconcious. He was taken to a doctor in Spickard for treatment and then brought to Cullers hospital. It is not known how his clothing caught on fire. Mr. Powell, who was 52 years old, was a son of Isaac and Loretta Powell and was born in Mercer coutny in 1889. He was married to Hulda Vanderpool who died this winter. He is survived by four children, Mrs. Thelma Gibler of Tarkio, Mrs. Beulah Wilson of Spickard, Wilma Dean Powell of the home; one sister, Mrs. Lily Cremeens of Trenton, and one brother, Jim Powell, also of Trenton. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Thursday at Salem Church west of Mill Grove and burial will be there. The body is at the Schooler Funeral Home in Spickard.
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Trenton Republican-Times, February 4, 1942: Mill Grove Man Dies In Trenton Of Burns
Walter Powell of northwest of Mill Grove died at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Cullers hospital here as the result of severe burns he suffered earlier in the day. Mr. Powell, who was working outside his farm home Tuesday morning, attracted the attention of neighbors working about a quarter of a mile away by his screams. They say him running through a pasture near the house with his clothing in flames. By the time they reached him, most of his clothes were burned from his body and he had fallen to the ground unconcious. He was taken to a doctor in Spickard for treatment and then brought to Cullers hospital. It is not known how his clothing caught on fire. Mr. Powell, who was 52 years old, was a son of Isaac and Loretta Powell and was born in Mercer coutny in 1889. He was married to Hulda Vanderpool who died this winter. He is survived by four children, Mrs. Thelma Gibler of Tarkio, Mrs. Beulah Wilson of Spickard, Wilma Dean Powell of the home; one sister, Mrs. Lily Cremeens of Trenton, and one brother, Jim Powell, also of Trenton. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Thursday at Salem Church west of Mill Grove and burial will be there. The body is at the Schooler Funeral Home in Spickard.
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Bill Vanderpool
Walter Powell of northwest of Mill Grove died at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Cullers hospital here as the result of severe burns he suffered earlier in the day. Mr. Powell, who was working outside his farm home Tuesday morning, attracted the attention of neighbors working about a quarter of a mile away by his screams. They say him running through a pasture near the house with his clothing in flames. By the time they reached him, most of his clothes were burned from his body and he had fallen to the ground unconcious. He was taken to a doctor in Spickard for treatment and then brought to Cullers hospital. It is not known how his clothing caught on fire. Mr. Powell, who was 52 years old, was a son of Isaac and Loretta Powell and was born in Mercer coutny in 1889. He was married to Hulda Vanderpool who died this winter. He is survived by four children, Mrs. Thelma Gibler of Tarkio, Mrs. Beulah Wilson of Spickard, Wilma Dean Powell of the home; one sister, Mrs. Lily Cremeens of Trenton, and one brother, Jim Powell, also of Trenton. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Thursday at Salem Church west of Mill Grove and burial will be there. The body is at the Schooler Funeral Home in Spickard.
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Bill Vanderpool
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