POWERS, Pearl 1884-1966
POWERS
Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 6/15/2009 at 20:52:49
Osage Woman's Burns Fatal
OSAGE, IOWA — Miss Pearl Powers a retired music teacher, died Sunday in a hospital here of burns suffered Saturday.
Miss Powers was burned when her clothing caught fire at her farm home near here Saturday. Authorities said as she reaches across a gas flame on a stove, her sweater ignited.
Private funeral services were to be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Champion funeral home here, with burial in the Osage Cemetery.
She is suvived by a sister, Miss Edith Powers, with who she made her home.
[Obituary below is from the Waterloo Courier, 2/21/1966]
NOTE:
According to the Soc. Sec. Death Index, Pearl was born on 30 SEP 1884, and died in Feb 1966, resdiding at ZIP code 50461 (Osage, Mitchell, IA).
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