Mrs. Oliver & Doris Ehresman d. 1945

EHRESMAN, ALBAUGH

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 5/16/2016 at 18:20:42

7 June 1945 - The Tipton Advertiser

Mrs. Oliver Ehresman and 18 mo. old daughter, Doris Luella, were burned to death in an explosion and fire in their home Tuesday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock. The Tipton Fire Co. was summoned to the Ehresman home on the Geo. Geller farm 5 miles south of Tipton when an explosion in the kitchen range spread flame throughout the room and threatened complete destruction of the home.

Services were held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the McCormick funeral home in Tipton.

According to Cedar County Coroner, A. M. McCormick, Mrs. Ehresman poured kerosene from a five-gallon can into the kitchen stove to re-kindle a dying fire.

There was an explosion and Mrs. Ehresman and her child were trapped. A friend, Mrs. Korman, who was in the kitchen, was blown into an adjoining room.

Mrs. Ehresman's husband, who had left the house but a few moments before, heard the explosion and ran back to the house. He was unable to enter the kitchen because of fire and smoke.

The Tipton fire department confined the fire to the kitchen and recovered the bodies of the mother and daughter.

Belief was expressed that Mrs. Ehresman was stunned by the explosion. Coroner McCormick said that no inquest would be held.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Ehresman is survived by two other children, Glen, 8 and Gladys, 9, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Albaugh, who live near Mechanicsville. Her brother, Pvt. Chas. F. Albaugh, U. S. Marines, T. R. Command is at Camp LeJune, N.C.

The Rev. G. N. Beardlsee will officiate at the funeral service. Burial will be in the Tipton Masonic cemetery.