BUCKMASTER, Cynthia Ann c1956-1963

ROWLAND, BUCKMASTER, WILLIAMS, BRANDAU

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/17/2009 at 10:43:12

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OSAGE, IOWA — Cynthia Ann Buckmaster, 7, died in a Rochester, Minnesota, hospital Wednesday. Death was caused by a lung congestion which occurred as they were preparing to perform a bone marrow transplant. The child had had leukemia the last year.

Funeral services at Our Savior's Lutheran Church here are pending. Champion Funeral Home is in charge.

Surviving are her parents, Courtney and Marcella Rowland Buckmaster; two brothers, Carl, 5; Dennis, 4; a sister Mesa, 10 months; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rowland, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Williams, all of Osage; and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Katherine Brandau, Osage.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette - Thursday, December 19, 1963]

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On December 18, 1963 the Mason City Globe Gazette had a story about a fundaiser sponsored by Our Savior's Lutheran Church to assist with Cyndy's medical costs.

The article mentions the scheduling of an unusual operation by a Dr. Cree from London, England where he would make a transplant, or bone marrow graft. This is only his fourth experience in this new type of transplant. The donor is Cyndy's father, who had marrow taken to determine if it could be used. He has been isolated so no germs could be carried to Cyndy.

Cyndy has undergone the first phase of this unusual operation. She was give a potent drug to kill her bone marrow -- a drug which is a member of the mustard family. The doctor said the next three weeks are critical. Cyndy's mother will remain with her. No one is permitted in her room.

The transplant was to cost $3,000.

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