Daughter of Allan & Kathy (Gascho) Anderson.
Attended schools in Ansley, graduated from Ansley High School in 1993; graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Was employed by UNK as supervisor of grounds and landscaping.
Activities: loved all sports, softball, volleyball, golf and basketball; especially enjoyed her nieces and nephews, hanging out with friends and her dog, Jackson; was baptized in the Mennonite Church in Broken Bow, was a big sister in the Friends program in Kearney.
Survivors include her parents of Mason City; brother, Chad of Kearney; sisters, Jody Bailey of Westerville and Jennifer Clinger of Dannebrog; and grandparents, Glen and Delores Gascho of Cairo; also sister-in-law, Melissa Anderson of Kearney; brothers-in-law, Mike Bailey of Westerville and Shaun Clinger of Dannebrog; four nieces; and two nephews.
Was preceded in death by her grandparents, Carl and Nora Anderson.
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From the Grand Island, NE. "Independent" Newspaper:
KEARNEY -- Investigation of a Kearney house fire that killed three people on Wednesday indicated that the blaze was likely caused by mishandling of smoking or other materials.
According to a press release from the Buffalo County attorney's office, the investigation by the Nebraska state fire marshal's office indicated that the fire started in a chair in the front room of the home. The most likely cause of the fire, based on all the evidence, was either inappropriate handling of smoking materials or inappropriate handling of a small ignition device such as a match, lighter or candle.
Based on the materials that burned, once ignited, the house would have filled with a very dense smoke in a very short amount of time, the press release states. Although the front room was engulfed by the fire, the three bodies were located in the bedrooms.
The Kearney Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire at 1801 Ave. G at about 1:51 a.m. Wednesday. After the fire was extinguished, the three bodies were found inside the house.
Autopsies conducted on Wednesday indicated that Kristi Anderson, 30; Kacy Taylor, 28; and Keegan Taylor, 7, died from smoke inhalation.
County Attorney Shawn Eatherton said a smoke detector was located among the debris but there was no battery in it.
The fire and deaths have been ruled accidental.
Speaking more about the inappropriate handling of materials, Eatherton said it is not known exactly what happened in the home. He said it is known that the fire started at a small point source in a chair cushion, and the fire was not electrical or caused by an accelerant. He said the burn pattern was consistent with something like a cigarette, a lighter or a candle that somehow ended up on the chair.
Tom Olshanski, a spokesman for the U.S. Fire Administration (a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency), said about 3,500 to 4,000 people across the United States die in fires each year. He said 80 percent of those fire fatalities are in homes with no smoke alarm or in homes where the smoke alarms do not have working batteries.
Firefighters promote changing batteries in smoke detectors when clocks are changed due to daylight-saving time twice a year, Olshanski said.
"We just all changed our clocks," he said. "It saddens me that we just didn't reach this family. We didn't get them the information that was needed to motivate them to get a smoke alarm."
"We can't put a firefighter on every street corner, but you can put a firefighter in your home 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by installing a smoke alarm," Olshanski said. "That extra time provided by a smoke alarm is absolutely critical to a family."
Robin Kalba and Tracy Lucas, who knew the two women, said Anderson and Taylor had lived in Kearney for quite some time. They said the two women were very involved in sports. They described them as fun, down-to-earth and hard-working.
Kalba and Lucas described Taylor's son, Keegan, as an ornery firecracker who was cute as could be and loved his mom.
Kalba said Taylor had just gotten her nursing degree and a new job at the Kearney Clinic a few weeks ago.
Anderson is a 1993 graduate of Ansley High School. She was involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters in Kearney and worked at the University of Nebraska at Kearney as the supervisor of grounds and landscaping.
Services for Anderson will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Christian Church in Ansley, and burial will be in the Ansley Cemetery. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church.
Attended schools in Ansley, graduated from Ansley High School in 1993; graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Was employed by UNK as supervisor of grounds and landscaping.
Activities: loved all sports, softball, volleyball, golf and basketball; especially enjoyed her nieces and nephews, hanging out with friends and her dog, Jackson; was baptized in the Mennonite Church in Broken Bow, was a big sister in the Friends program in Kearney.
Survivors include her parents of Mason City; brother, Chad of Kearney; sisters, Jody Bailey of Westerville and Jennifer Clinger of Dannebrog; and grandparents, Glen and Delores Gascho of Cairo; also sister-in-law, Melissa Anderson of Kearney; brothers-in-law, Mike Bailey of Westerville and Shaun Clinger of Dannebrog; four nieces; and two nephews.
Was preceded in death by her grandparents, Carl and Nora Anderson.
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From the Grand Island, NE. "Independent" Newspaper:
KEARNEY -- Investigation of a Kearney house fire that killed three people on Wednesday indicated that the blaze was likely caused by mishandling of smoking or other materials.
According to a press release from the Buffalo County attorney's office, the investigation by the Nebraska state fire marshal's office indicated that the fire started in a chair in the front room of the home. The most likely cause of the fire, based on all the evidence, was either inappropriate handling of smoking materials or inappropriate handling of a small ignition device such as a match, lighter or candle.
Based on the materials that burned, once ignited, the house would have filled with a very dense smoke in a very short amount of time, the press release states. Although the front room was engulfed by the fire, the three bodies were located in the bedrooms.
The Kearney Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire at 1801 Ave. G at about 1:51 a.m. Wednesday. After the fire was extinguished, the three bodies were found inside the house.
Autopsies conducted on Wednesday indicated that Kristi Anderson, 30; Kacy Taylor, 28; and Keegan Taylor, 7, died from smoke inhalation.
County Attorney Shawn Eatherton said a smoke detector was located among the debris but there was no battery in it.
The fire and deaths have been ruled accidental.
Speaking more about the inappropriate handling of materials, Eatherton said it is not known exactly what happened in the home. He said it is known that the fire started at a small point source in a chair cushion, and the fire was not electrical or caused by an accelerant. He said the burn pattern was consistent with something like a cigarette, a lighter or a candle that somehow ended up on the chair.
Tom Olshanski, a spokesman for the U.S. Fire Administration (a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency), said about 3,500 to 4,000 people across the United States die in fires each year. He said 80 percent of those fire fatalities are in homes with no smoke alarm or in homes where the smoke alarms do not have working batteries.
Firefighters promote changing batteries in smoke detectors when clocks are changed due to daylight-saving time twice a year, Olshanski said.
"We just all changed our clocks," he said. "It saddens me that we just didn't reach this family. We didn't get them the information that was needed to motivate them to get a smoke alarm."
"We can't put a firefighter on every street corner, but you can put a firefighter in your home 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by installing a smoke alarm," Olshanski said. "That extra time provided by a smoke alarm is absolutely critical to a family."
Robin Kalba and Tracy Lucas, who knew the two women, said Anderson and Taylor had lived in Kearney for quite some time. They said the two women were very involved in sports. They described them as fun, down-to-earth and hard-working.
Kalba and Lucas described Taylor's son, Keegan, as an ornery firecracker who was cute as could be and loved his mom.
Kalba said Taylor had just gotten her nursing degree and a new job at the Kearney Clinic a few weeks ago.
Anderson is a 1993 graduate of Ansley High School. She was involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters in Kearney and worked at the University of Nebraska at Kearney as the supervisor of grounds and landscaping.
Services for Anderson will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Christian Church in Ansley, and burial will be in the Ansley Cemetery. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church.
Daughter of Allan & Kathy (Gascho) Anderson.
Attended schools in Ansley, graduated from Ansley High School in 1993; graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Was employed by UNK as supervisor of grounds and landscaping.
Activities: loved all sports, softball, volleyball, golf and basketball; especially enjoyed her nieces and nephews, hanging out with friends and her dog, Jackson; was baptized in the Mennonite Church in Broken Bow, was a big sister in the Friends program in Kearney.
Survivors include her parents of Mason City; brother, Chad of Kearney; sisters, Jody Bailey of Westerville and Jennifer Clinger of Dannebrog; and grandparents, Glen and Delores Gascho of Cairo; also sister-in-law, Melissa Anderson of Kearney; brothers-in-law, Mike Bailey of Westerville and Shaun Clinger of Dannebrog; four nieces; and two nephews.
Was preceded in death by her grandparents, Carl and Nora Anderson.
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From the Grand Island, NE. "Independent" Newspaper:
KEARNEY -- Investigation of a Kearney house fire that killed three people on Wednesday indicated that the blaze was likely caused by mishandling of smoking or other materials.
According to a press release from the Buffalo County attorney's office, the investigation by the Nebraska state fire marshal's office indicated that the fire started in a chair in the front room of the home. The most likely cause of the fire, based on all the evidence, was either inappropriate handling of smoking materials or inappropriate handling of a small ignition device such as a match, lighter or candle.
Based on the materials that burned, once ignited, the house would have filled with a very dense smoke in a very short amount of time, the press release states. Although the front room was engulfed by the fire, the three bodies were located in the bedrooms.
The Kearney Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire at 1801 Ave. G at about 1:51 a.m. Wednesday. After the fire was extinguished, the three bodies were found inside the house.
Autopsies conducted on Wednesday indicated that Kristi Anderson, 30; Kacy Taylor, 28; and Keegan Taylor, 7, died from smoke inhalation.
County Attorney Shawn Eatherton said a smoke detector was located among the debris but there was no battery in it.
The fire and deaths have been ruled accidental.
Speaking more about the inappropriate handling of materials, Eatherton said it is not known exactly what happened in the home. He said it is known that the fire started at a small point source in a chair cushion, and the fire was not electrical or caused by an accelerant. He said the burn pattern was consistent with something like a cigarette, a lighter or a candle that somehow ended up on the chair.
Tom Olshanski, a spokesman for the U.S. Fire Administration (a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency), said about 3,500 to 4,000 people across the United States die in fires each year. He said 80 percent of those fire fatalities are in homes with no smoke alarm or in homes where the smoke alarms do not have working batteries.
Firefighters promote changing batteries in smoke detectors when clocks are changed due to daylight-saving time twice a year, Olshanski said.
"We just all changed our clocks," he said. "It saddens me that we just didn't reach this family. We didn't get them the information that was needed to motivate them to get a smoke alarm."
"We can't put a firefighter on every street corner, but you can put a firefighter in your home 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by installing a smoke alarm," Olshanski said. "That extra time provided by a smoke alarm is absolutely critical to a family."
Robin Kalba and Tracy Lucas, who knew the two women, said Anderson and Taylor had lived in Kearney for quite some time. They said the two women were very involved in sports. They described them as fun, down-to-earth and hard-working.
Kalba and Lucas described Taylor's son, Keegan, as an ornery firecracker who was cute as could be and loved his mom.
Kalba said Taylor had just gotten her nursing degree and a new job at the Kearney Clinic a few weeks ago.
Anderson is a 1993 graduate of Ansley High School. She was involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters in Kearney and worked at the University of Nebraska at Kearney as the supervisor of grounds and landscaping.
Services for Anderson will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Christian Church in Ansley, and burial will be in the Ansley Cemetery. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church.
Attended schools in Ansley, graduated from Ansley High School in 1993; graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Was employed by UNK as supervisor of grounds and landscaping.
Activities: loved all sports, softball, volleyball, golf and basketball; especially enjoyed her nieces and nephews, hanging out with friends and her dog, Jackson; was baptized in the Mennonite Church in Broken Bow, was a big sister in the Friends program in Kearney.
Survivors include her parents of Mason City; brother, Chad of Kearney; sisters, Jody Bailey of Westerville and Jennifer Clinger of Dannebrog; and grandparents, Glen and Delores Gascho of Cairo; also sister-in-law, Melissa Anderson of Kearney; brothers-in-law, Mike Bailey of Westerville and Shaun Clinger of Dannebrog; four nieces; and two nephews.
Was preceded in death by her grandparents, Carl and Nora Anderson.
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From the Grand Island, NE. "Independent" Newspaper:
KEARNEY -- Investigation of a Kearney house fire that killed three people on Wednesday indicated that the blaze was likely caused by mishandling of smoking or other materials.
According to a press release from the Buffalo County attorney's office, the investigation by the Nebraska state fire marshal's office indicated that the fire started in a chair in the front room of the home. The most likely cause of the fire, based on all the evidence, was either inappropriate handling of smoking materials or inappropriate handling of a small ignition device such as a match, lighter or candle.
Based on the materials that burned, once ignited, the house would have filled with a very dense smoke in a very short amount of time, the press release states. Although the front room was engulfed by the fire, the three bodies were located in the bedrooms.
The Kearney Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire at 1801 Ave. G at about 1:51 a.m. Wednesday. After the fire was extinguished, the three bodies were found inside the house.
Autopsies conducted on Wednesday indicated that Kristi Anderson, 30; Kacy Taylor, 28; and Keegan Taylor, 7, died from smoke inhalation.
County Attorney Shawn Eatherton said a smoke detector was located among the debris but there was no battery in it.
The fire and deaths have been ruled accidental.
Speaking more about the inappropriate handling of materials, Eatherton said it is not known exactly what happened in the home. He said it is known that the fire started at a small point source in a chair cushion, and the fire was not electrical or caused by an accelerant. He said the burn pattern was consistent with something like a cigarette, a lighter or a candle that somehow ended up on the chair.
Tom Olshanski, a spokesman for the U.S. Fire Administration (a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency), said about 3,500 to 4,000 people across the United States die in fires each year. He said 80 percent of those fire fatalities are in homes with no smoke alarm or in homes where the smoke alarms do not have working batteries.
Firefighters promote changing batteries in smoke detectors when clocks are changed due to daylight-saving time twice a year, Olshanski said.
"We just all changed our clocks," he said. "It saddens me that we just didn't reach this family. We didn't get them the information that was needed to motivate them to get a smoke alarm."
"We can't put a firefighter on every street corner, but you can put a firefighter in your home 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by installing a smoke alarm," Olshanski said. "That extra time provided by a smoke alarm is absolutely critical to a family."
Robin Kalba and Tracy Lucas, who knew the two women, said Anderson and Taylor had lived in Kearney for quite some time. They said the two women were very involved in sports. They described them as fun, down-to-earth and hard-working.
Kalba and Lucas described Taylor's son, Keegan, as an ornery firecracker who was cute as could be and loved his mom.
Kalba said Taylor had just gotten her nursing degree and a new job at the Kearney Clinic a few weeks ago.
Anderson is a 1993 graduate of Ansley High School. She was involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters in Kearney and worked at the University of Nebraska at Kearney as the supervisor of grounds and landscaping.
Services for Anderson will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Christian Church in Ansley, and burial will be in the Ansley Cemetery. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church.
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