Nellie Fern (Fowler) Palmer (1959)

FOWLER, MARTIN, PALMER

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 4/13/2007 at 20:20:49

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 7, 1959

MRS. FLOYD PALMER DIED TUESDAY OF EXPLOSION BURNS

Death Occurs Week After Kitchen Cook Stove Explodes

Mrs. Floyd Palmer of near Earlham died at Memorial hospital in Winterset this Tuesday, Oct. 6, just one week after she was fatally burned in a kitchen stove explosion at her farm home. Her husband had died last Wednesday of burns received in the same blast.

Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were using kerosene to start a fire in the kitchen stove in their home east of Earlham on Tuesday morning of last week when an explosion enveloped them in flames, burning off their clothing. Mr. Palmer, although fatally burned, managed to drive his car to the home of a neighbor who brought him to the hospital in Winterset, and another neighbor brought in Mrs. Palmer.

Mr. Palmer died the next day, while Mrs. Palmer lingered for one week.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are long-time residents of Madison county. He has engaged in farming here during his lifetime. Mr. Palmer was 65 years of age, and Mrs. Palmer was 60 years old.

Nearest surviving relative of Mr. Palmer is his mother, Mrs. Nettie Palmer of Winterset, and his daughter by a previous marriage, Mrs. Lucille Martin of Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Palmer leaves three sisters and two brothers.

Funeral services for Mr. Palmer were held last Sunday from the Fisher Funeral home in Van Meter, with burial at Fairview cemetery north of Winterset.

Funeral services will be held this Friday at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Palmer, also from the Fisher Funeral home in Van Meter. Burial will be made in the Fairview cemetery.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, October 22, 1959

Dexter News

Services for Mrs. Floyd Palmer who passed away Tuesday morning in the Madison County Memorial Hospital at the age of 60 years, were held Friday in the Fisher Funeral home with interment in the Fairview cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were burned over 90% of their bodies when they threw oil on live coals. Mr. Palmer passed away a few days after he was burned. She is survived by three sisters and two brothers. Mrs. Palmer was the former Nellie Fowler and a former Dexterite. He father, sister and brothers while in Dexter lived in the home now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stiles and family.

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