WOODBRIDGE - Funeral services for Mrs. Isodene Schureman, 87, of 273 Amboy Avenue, who is believed to have met her death some time Monday when a kerosene lantern exploded and set fire to her clothing while she was at home alone, were held Wedneday afternoon from the Greiner Funeral Home on Green Street. Burial was in Hazewood Cemetery, Rahway.
The late Mrs. Schureman is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Marcus Burlech, of Valley Stream, L.I., and two sisters, Mrs. Lulu Harned of Green Street and Mrs. Laville S. Drake of Highland Park.
Mrs. Schureman, who lived in a large, old frame structure next to Juicy's Service Station on Amboy Avenue, was found dead by her sister, Mrs. Harned.
Captain John Egan and Detective Sergeant George Ballint found the woman in her bedroom with all her clothes burned off. A small kerosene lantern, which the police believe exploded, was found in the adjoining hallway.
Dr. Malcolm Dunham pronounced Mrs. Schureman dead. Coroner Joseph V. Costello, who turned the body over to the Greiner Funeral Home, said that death was accidental from third degree burns. Both the police and the coroner stated that they believed the woman had been, dead several hours when her body, was discovered.
Obituary can be found in Fords Beacon, August 2, 1940, page 8
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Parents:
George G. Hancock and Sarah W. Hancock
Siblings:
Lulu Hancock Harned
Virginia Hancock Berry
Dellie B. Hancock
The late Mrs. Schureman is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Marcus Burlech, of Valley Stream, L.I., and two sisters, Mrs. Lulu Harned of Green Street and Mrs. Laville S. Drake of Highland Park.
Mrs. Schureman, who lived in a large, old frame structure next to Juicy's Service Station on Amboy Avenue, was found dead by her sister, Mrs. Harned.
Captain John Egan and Detective Sergeant George Ballint found the woman in her bedroom with all her clothes burned off. A small kerosene lantern, which the police believe exploded, was found in the adjoining hallway.
Dr. Malcolm Dunham pronounced Mrs. Schureman dead. Coroner Joseph V. Costello, who turned the body over to the Greiner Funeral Home, said that death was accidental from third degree burns. Both the police and the coroner stated that they believed the woman had been, dead several hours when her body, was discovered.
Obituary can be found in Fords Beacon, August 2, 1940, page 8
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Parents:
George G. Hancock and Sarah W. Hancock
Siblings:
Lulu Hancock Harned
Virginia Hancock Berry
Dellie B. Hancock
WOODBRIDGE - Funeral services for Mrs. Isodene Schureman, 87, of 273 Amboy Avenue, who is believed to have met her death some time Monday when a kerosene lantern exploded and set fire to her clothing while she was at home alone, were held Wedneday afternoon from the Greiner Funeral Home on Green Street. Burial was in Hazewood Cemetery, Rahway.
The late Mrs. Schureman is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Marcus Burlech, of Valley Stream, L.I., and two sisters, Mrs. Lulu Harned of Green Street and Mrs. Laville S. Drake of Highland Park.
Mrs. Schureman, who lived in a large, old frame structure next to Juicy's Service Station on Amboy Avenue, was found dead by her sister, Mrs. Harned.
Captain John Egan and Detective Sergeant George Ballint found the woman in her bedroom with all her clothes burned off. A small kerosene lantern, which the police believe exploded, was found in the adjoining hallway.
Dr. Malcolm Dunham pronounced Mrs. Schureman dead. Coroner Joseph V. Costello, who turned the body over to the Greiner Funeral Home, said that death was accidental from third degree burns. Both the police and the coroner stated that they believed the woman had been, dead several hours when her body, was discovered.
Obituary can be found in Fords Beacon, August 2, 1940, page 8
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Parents:
George G. Hancock and Sarah W. Hancock
Siblings:
Lulu Hancock Harned
Virginia Hancock Berry
Dellie B. Hancock
The late Mrs. Schureman is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Marcus Burlech, of Valley Stream, L.I., and two sisters, Mrs. Lulu Harned of Green Street and Mrs. Laville S. Drake of Highland Park.
Mrs. Schureman, who lived in a large, old frame structure next to Juicy's Service Station on Amboy Avenue, was found dead by her sister, Mrs. Harned.
Captain John Egan and Detective Sergeant George Ballint found the woman in her bedroom with all her clothes burned off. A small kerosene lantern, which the police believe exploded, was found in the adjoining hallway.
Dr. Malcolm Dunham pronounced Mrs. Schureman dead. Coroner Joseph V. Costello, who turned the body over to the Greiner Funeral Home, said that death was accidental from third degree burns. Both the police and the coroner stated that they believed the woman had been, dead several hours when her body, was discovered.
Obituary can be found in Fords Beacon, August 2, 1940, page 8
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Parents:
George G. Hancock and Sarah W. Hancock
Siblings:
Lulu Hancock Harned
Virginia Hancock Berry
Dellie B. Hancock
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