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- Woman, 88, Dies of Burns in Putnam-co
Miller City – Mrs. Margaret Jane Casselman, 88, burned to death in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Claude Badman, about 3 1/2 miles northwest of here, early Monday morning.
Mrs. Badman told the Putnam-co coroner, Dr. J.R. Echelbarger, that her mother was seated in her wheel chair in the dining room when Mrs. Badman went outside to feed the chicken. Returning in about 15 minutes, Mrs. Badman said she found the house filled with smoke and her mother lying in the kitchen fatally burned.
A Holgate physician was summoned by Mrs. Casselman was dead when he arrived.
A heating stove is located in the dining room and Mrs. Casselman is believed to have opened the door for some unexplained reason and her clothing became ignited. The house did not catch fire.
Dr. Echelbarger returned a verdict of accidental death.
Mrs. Casselmand had been unable to walk for several years. She was born in Shelby-co, Nov. 28, 1864, and married F.J. Casselman who died Sept. 30, 1931. They lived in Leipsic 28 years. Mrs. Casselman had lived with her daughter the past eight years.
Surviving besides Mrs. Badman are another daughter, Mrs. George Hathorn of Leipsic; one sister, Mrs. Frank Williams of Beaverdam; 11 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Purnell funeral home with the Rev. Ira Benton in charge. Burial will be made in Sugar Ridge cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home until after services.
The Lima News, Lima, Ohio. Tuesday, 17 February 1953, page. 1.
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