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Sylvia <I>Oliver</I> Walden

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Sylvia Oliver Walden

Birth
Altamont, Effingham County, Illinois, USA
Death
23 Mar 1942 (aged 42–43)
Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.38194, Longitude: -89.05138
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Sylvia Walden
[Sylvia Oliver]
Birth Date: abt 1899
Birth Place: Altamont, Illinois
Death Date: 23 Mar 1942
Death Place: Pana, Christian, Illinois
Burial Date: 24 Mar 1942
Burial Place: Pana Twp, Christian, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Linwood
Death Age: 43
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Female
Residence: Pana, Christian, Ill.
Father Name: Oliver
Spouse Name: John Walden

Decatur, IL Daily Review, Tuesday, 24 March 1942
Mrs Sylvia Walden, 43, of Pana died at 10:30 a.m. yesterday in Huber Memorial Hospital of burns received Sunday morning when her dress caught fire as she attempted to fix a broken stovepipe in her home.
Her dress ignited as the pipe fell and she received burns over her entire body. Taken to the hospital her condition was not at first thought critical. A verdict of accidental death from first and second degree burns was returned at an inquest conducted yesterday afternoon in the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home here.
Mrs Walden leaves her husband, John, and several brothers and sisters. She was a native of Altamont.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. today in the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home. Burial was in Linwood Cemetery.
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Sylvia Walden
[Sylvia Oliver]
Birth Date: abt 1899
Birth Place: Altamont, Illinois
Death Date: 23 Mar 1942
Death Place: Pana, Christian, Illinois
Burial Date: 24 Mar 1942
Burial Place: Pana Twp, Christian, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Linwood
Death Age: 43
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Female
Residence: Pana, Christian, Ill.
Father Name: Oliver
Spouse Name: John Walden

Decatur, IL Daily Review, Tuesday, 24 March 1942
Mrs Sylvia Walden, 43, of Pana died at 10:30 a.m. yesterday in Huber Memorial Hospital of burns received Sunday morning when her dress caught fire as she attempted to fix a broken stovepipe in her home.
Her dress ignited as the pipe fell and she received burns over her entire body. Taken to the hospital her condition was not at first thought critical. A verdict of accidental death from first and second degree burns was returned at an inquest conducted yesterday afternoon in the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home here.
Mrs Walden leaves her husband, John, and several brothers and sisters. She was a native of Altamont.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. today in the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home. Burial was in Linwood Cemetery.


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