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Tressie Mae Dutcher Powell

Birth	:	28 Jul 1894
Death	:	11 Oct 1912
Burial	:	McGuire Bend Cemetery, Dayton, Webster County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.3410000, -93.9880000
Inscription	:	A loved one at rest.
Description	:	She married Pearl William Powell 18 Oct 1911 in Lehigh, Webster, Iowa. Tressie died the following year from burns she suffered when her clothing caught fire. ****** Lehigh Valley Argus (Iowa) Thursday, 17 Oct 1912 TERRIBLE DEATH OF MRS. POWELL Uses Kerosene to Light Fire When Can Explodes -- FRIGHTFULLY BURNED Mrs. Frank (should be Pearl, son of Frank) Powell, eighteen years old, was frightfully burned last Thursday and death resulted twenty four hours later. Mrs. Powell had been out of the house part of the day and on returning to the house built a fire... Read More	She married Pearl William Powell 18 Oct 1911 in Lehigh, Webster, Iowa. Tressie died the following year from burns she suffered when her clothing caught fire. ****** Lehigh Valley Argus (Iowa) Thursday, 17 Oct 1912 TERRIBLE DEATH OF MRS. POWELL Uses Kerosene to Light Fire When Can Explodes -- FRIGHTFULLY BURNED Mrs. Frank (should be Pearl, son of Frank) Powell, eighteen years old, was frightfully burned last Thursday and death resulted twenty four hours later. Mrs. Powell had been out of the house part of the day and on returning to the house built a fire in the kitchen stove. The fire did not burn well and she got the two gallon kerosene can, which was possibly half full of kerosene, and poured it on the burning fire. The gas in the can was ignited and an explosion occurred, which blew out the bottom of the can, saturating her clothes with the oil and in an instant she was all ablaze. She ran to a large water tank which stood near the barn several yards from the house and jumped into the tank. When she got out of the tank her clothing which had been nearly burned off dropped from her. She returned to the house and found the kitchen in flames. Instead of attending to her own suffering she went out to the corner of the house and carried a large tub of water into the kitchen, and put out the fire. After this Mrs. Powell went upstairs, dressed and walked three quarters of a mile to John Moore's where she told them what had happened. A doctor from Stratford was sent for but it was three hours before he arrived. Mrs. Powell was given the best attention possible, but she only lived through that night and the next day. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rich Dutcher, and a year ago was united in marriage to Frank (sic) Powell. The funeral was held Sunday in the church near that place. The relatives have the sympathy of all in the untimely death of this young woman.

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Tressie Mae Dutcher Powell's memorial is located at: McGuire Bend Cemetery, Dayton, Webster County, USA.
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Latitude: 42.3410000
Longitude: -93.9880000

Family Members:

Parent

John Richard Dutcher

(1871 - 1940)

Hannah Isabel O'Dell Dutcher

(1877 - 1916)

Spouse

Pearl William Powell

(1890 - 1968)

Siblings

Charles Richard Dutcher

(1892 - 1923)

William Algie Dutcher

(1897 - 1982)

Elsie Pauline Dutcher Linn

(1903 - 2007)

Leslie Allen “Pete” Dutcher

(1909 - 1989)

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Coordinate: 42.2675000, -94.0755000

17. Hardin Township Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2411003, -93.9708023

18. Christ the King Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2601929, -94.0727539

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Coordinate: 42.4025002, -94.1153030

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