LaRee Gifford, 18, Dies of Burns In Boise Hospital
EMMETT (Special)—Mrs. LaRee Gifford, 18, Emmett, died at 7 a.m. Friday in a Boise hospital.
Mrs. Gifford succumbed of burns suffered two weeks ago in an explosion and fire at her home on the Emmett bench. She was building a fire when kerosene exploded and more than 50 per cent of her body was burned.
She managed to pull a blanket around her and smother the flames. Two days after she was burned she gave birth to a son. The baby was dead at birth.
She was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, June 8, 1931, and came with her parents to Emmett valley in 1944, She attended schools here and graduated from. Emmett high school in the spring of 1949.
The young matron was married June 15, 1949, to Gerald Gifford in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. They lived on the Emmett bench.
Survivors include her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon R. Atkinson and two sisters, Sonya and Eldene Atkinson, all of Emmett.
The Idaho Daily Statesman, Saturday, April 29 1950 Page 9
EMMETT (Special)—Mrs. LaRee Gifford, 18, Emmett, died at 7 a.m. Friday in a Boise hospital.
Mrs. Gifford succumbed of burns suffered two weeks ago in an explosion and fire at her home on the Emmett bench. She was building a fire when kerosene exploded and more than 50 per cent of her body was burned.
She managed to pull a blanket around her and smother the flames. Two days after she was burned she gave birth to a son. The baby was dead at birth.
She was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, June 8, 1931, and came with her parents to Emmett valley in 1944, She attended schools here and graduated from. Emmett high school in the spring of 1949.
The young matron was married June 15, 1949, to Gerald Gifford in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. They lived on the Emmett bench.
Survivors include her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon R. Atkinson and two sisters, Sonya and Eldene Atkinson, all of Emmett.
The Idaho Daily Statesman, Saturday, April 29 1950 Page 9
LaRee Gifford, 18, Dies of Burns In Boise Hospital
EMMETT (Special)—Mrs. LaRee Gifford, 18, Emmett, died at 7 a.m. Friday in a Boise hospital.
Mrs. Gifford succumbed of burns suffered two weeks ago in an explosion and fire at her home on the Emmett bench. She was building a fire when kerosene exploded and more than 50 per cent of her body was burned.
She managed to pull a blanket around her and smother the flames. Two days after she was burned she gave birth to a son. The baby was dead at birth.
She was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, June 8, 1931, and came with her parents to Emmett valley in 1944, She attended schools here and graduated from. Emmett high school in the spring of 1949.
The young matron was married June 15, 1949, to Gerald Gifford in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. They lived on the Emmett bench.
Survivors include her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon R. Atkinson and two sisters, Sonya and Eldene Atkinson, all of Emmett.
The Idaho Daily Statesman, Saturday, April 29 1950 Page 9
EMMETT (Special)—Mrs. LaRee Gifford, 18, Emmett, died at 7 a.m. Friday in a Boise hospital.
Mrs. Gifford succumbed of burns suffered two weeks ago in an explosion and fire at her home on the Emmett bench. She was building a fire when kerosene exploded and more than 50 per cent of her body was burned.
She managed to pull a blanket around her and smother the flames. Two days after she was burned she gave birth to a son. The baby was dead at birth.
She was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, June 8, 1931, and came with her parents to Emmett valley in 1944, She attended schools here and graduated from. Emmett high school in the spring of 1949.
The young matron was married June 15, 1949, to Gerald Gifford in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. They lived on the Emmett bench.
Survivors include her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon R. Atkinson and two sisters, Sonya and Eldene Atkinson, all of Emmett.
The Idaho Daily Statesman, Saturday, April 29 1950 Page 9
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