LINCOLN NATIVE DIES IN FIRE
Lincoln, Feb. 9 (Special.)
A former Lincoln resident was asphyxiated in an explosion and resulting fire at a mattress factory in Boscobel, Wis., Thursday.
Edward Leach, 73, was found dead in his factory at 3:30 p.m. He apparently was the only one injured. An explosion in a stove is believed to have caused the fire. Mr. Leach worked in a casket and mattress factory here before moving to Wisconsin.
Funeral services will be held Saturday in Boscobel, Wis., with burial to be in [Old] Union Cemetery here.
---Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 10 Feb 1962, Sat page 7
LEACH, Edward, 73, Boscobel, Wis., formerly of Lincoln; asphyxiated in fire at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Boscobel, Wis.; leaves wife, Mary; son, Edward Jr., Rockford; brother, Robert, Bloomington; services Saturday in Boscobel, Wis.; burial in [Old] Union Cemetery, Lincoln; Holland and Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln, in charge.
---The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) 10 Feb 1962, Sat page 10
Lincoln, Feb. 9 (Special.)
A former Lincoln resident was asphyxiated in an explosion and resulting fire at a mattress factory in Boscobel, Wis., Thursday.
Edward Leach, 73, was found dead in his factory at 3:30 p.m. He apparently was the only one injured. An explosion in a stove is believed to have caused the fire. Mr. Leach worked in a casket and mattress factory here before moving to Wisconsin.
Funeral services will be held Saturday in Boscobel, Wis., with burial to be in [Old] Union Cemetery here.
---Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 10 Feb 1962, Sat page 7
LEACH, Edward, 73, Boscobel, Wis., formerly of Lincoln; asphyxiated in fire at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Boscobel, Wis.; leaves wife, Mary; son, Edward Jr., Rockford; brother, Robert, Bloomington; services Saturday in Boscobel, Wis.; burial in [Old] Union Cemetery, Lincoln; Holland and Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln, in charge.
---The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) 10 Feb 1962, Sat page 10
LINCOLN NATIVE DIES IN FIRE
Lincoln, Feb. 9 (Special.)
A former Lincoln resident was asphyxiated in an explosion and resulting fire at a mattress factory in Boscobel, Wis., Thursday.
Edward Leach, 73, was found dead in his factory at 3:30 p.m. He apparently was the only one injured. An explosion in a stove is believed to have caused the fire. Mr. Leach worked in a casket and mattress factory here before moving to Wisconsin.
Funeral services will be held Saturday in Boscobel, Wis., with burial to be in [Old] Union Cemetery here.
---Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 10 Feb 1962, Sat page 7
LEACH, Edward, 73, Boscobel, Wis., formerly of Lincoln; asphyxiated in fire at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Boscobel, Wis.; leaves wife, Mary; son, Edward Jr., Rockford; brother, Robert, Bloomington; services Saturday in Boscobel, Wis.; burial in [Old] Union Cemetery, Lincoln; Holland and Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln, in charge.
---The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) 10 Feb 1962, Sat page 10
Lincoln, Feb. 9 (Special.)
A former Lincoln resident was asphyxiated in an explosion and resulting fire at a mattress factory in Boscobel, Wis., Thursday.
Edward Leach, 73, was found dead in his factory at 3:30 p.m. He apparently was the only one injured. An explosion in a stove is believed to have caused the fire. Mr. Leach worked in a casket and mattress factory here before moving to Wisconsin.
Funeral services will be held Saturday in Boscobel, Wis., with burial to be in [Old] Union Cemetery here.
---Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois) 10 Feb 1962, Sat page 7
LEACH, Edward, 73, Boscobel, Wis., formerly of Lincoln; asphyxiated in fire at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Boscobel, Wis.; leaves wife, Mary; son, Edward Jr., Rockford; brother, Robert, Bloomington; services Saturday in Boscobel, Wis.; burial in [Old] Union Cemetery, Lincoln; Holland and Barry Funeral Home, Lincoln, in charge.
---The Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) 10 Feb 1962, Sat page 10
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