Paul Iseminger 1954-1965

ISEMINGER, DARLING, JOHNSON, STEELE, MILLS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/7/2013 at 00:24:09

Paul Iseminger, 10, Taken to Rochester
An Estherville boy, Paul Iseminger, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Iseminger, was in critical condition in St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minn., this morning with severe burns received in a grass fire late Thursday afternoon.

Physicians in Rochester reported that third degree burns cover over 90 per cent of his body, according to a member of the Iseminger family.

The youth received the injuries in a fire in a vacant lot owned by the Trinity Lutheran Church and bordered by North Seventh Street and 20th Ave. North. According to the city police department, Iseminger was asleep in side a hut that had wooden framework covered with straw and grass, when a lighted candle in the hut ignited the grass.

The hut was one of two in the lot that were built and used by children in the neighborhood.

The blaze spread from the building to the surrounding grass field, but volunteer firemen had the fire under control before it could spread very far.

The fire was reported by Mrs. George Stenge of 1909 N. Seventh St., police said. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, June 18, 1965)

Paul Iseminger Dies at Hospital in Iowa City
Paul Iseminger, 10, died at 7:45 this morning in University Hospital in Iowa City.

Paul, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Iseminger, Estherville, was critically burned in a grass fire last Thursday.

He had been hospitalized at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minn., and was flown to Iowa City yesterday.

Paul Richard Iseminger was born on Oct. 24, 1954, in Estherville. The family moved to Alaska soon after Paul’s birth and returned to Estherville approximately five years ago.

He was to enter the fifth grade at Roosevelt School next fall.

He is survived by his parents, two brothers, John, 6 , and Perry, 5, and one sister, Pamela, 7. A third brother, John Allan, died when 15 months old several years ago. He is also survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Darling, Estherville, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Iseminger, formerly of Estherville and now of Hoffman, Minn.

Funeral arrangements are pending. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, June 26, 1965)

Final Rites On Tusday
Funeal services for Paul Iseminger, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Iseminger, are to be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Rev. H. Allen Wirtz officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill.

Pallbearers are to be four uncles of Paul, Robert Johnson, Kenneth Steele, William Mills and Gerald Iseminger.

Friends may call at Fuhrman Funeral Home to sign the register before the body is taken to the church at noon to lie in state until the service at 2 p.m. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, June 28, 1965)