Kate (Eichner) Pritchard (1921)
EICHNER, FORRETT, PRITCHARD, REHBEIN, STIFEL
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 7/19/2006 at 16:34:08
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 26, 1921Mrs. John Pritchard
Kate Eichner was born at Grimes, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1882. In early Infancy she was baptized in the name of the Triune God, and at the age of 16 she renewed her baptismal covenant and was received into full communication with the Evangelical Lutehran church by the solemn rite of confirmation. She has remained a faithful member of the Lutheran church all her life.
On Christmas day, 1911, she was united in holy wedlock to Mr. John Pritchard. To this union two children were born, Agnes and Corrine. Last Thursday afternoon, Oct. 13th, while she was heating some linseed oil on the kitchen stove, the oil caught fire. Mrs. Pritchard attempted to carry the burning oil outdoors in order to save the house from burning down, but while so doing, her clothing caught fire. In her fright, she ran to the house of a neighbor, W. E. Smith, but was so badly burned that in spite of all efforts to save her, she passed away at the Smith home at 9:30 the same evening. The days of her life were 38 years, 9 months and 28 days.
She leaves to mourn her untimely death her heartbroken husband, her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Eichner, two children: Agnes and Corrine; three brothers, John, Harry and Fred; four sisters: Mrs. William Stiefel, Mrs. Ed Forrett, Mrs. Henry Rehbein and Mrs. Geo. Forrett, besides a host of other relatives.
Mrs. Pritchard was a truly Christian wife and mother. It was her constant desire to help her husband wherever she could, to make their home a real home, and to bring up her children with true motherly care and devotion. She was held in love and esteem by all who knew her; and her loss is felt keenly not only by her immediate relatives and her fellow church members, but by all her friends and acquaints.
Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at the Lutheran church in Jefferson township by the pastor, Rev. C. Lillie and the body laid to rest in the cemetery near the church.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 19, 1921
Page 1, Column 3RUNS FROM HOUSE BURNS TO DEATH
MRS. PRITCHARD OF LEE TOWNSHIP HEATS GREASE ON STOVE. CATCHES ON FIRE.
CLOTHING BURNS FROM BODY
Reaches House Nearly A Mile Away. Body Burned to Crisp Dies in Agony.
Mrs. John Pritchard, of Lee township, a middle aged woman, was burned to death Tuesday morning when her clothing caught fire. The unfortunate woman reached a house three quarters of a mile away, her clothing entirely burned from her body, and her body burned to a crisp. She died at two o’clock that afternoon.
Mrs. Pritchard was heating some oil on a hot stove to oil a floor. When she lifted the lid of the vessel it caught on fire. Mrs. Pritchard attempted to carry it out-of-doors, and set her clothing on fire. The frightened woman ran down the road, against the wind and it is supposed that in a moment or two she was enveloped in flames. She reached the first house three quarters of a mile away, her clothing entirely gone and her body deeply and horribly burned.
Medical aid was summoned and everything done to relieve her suffering. Death mercifully came to her three or four hours after the accident. She was the mother of two children.
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