A young man who was working as a truck driver. He fell asleep while smoking a cigarette in a Reno hotel and smothered in the smoke.∼California Birth Index
Ernest W. Schofield
Born: 1 Jan 1918
Place: Solano County
Note: On his death certificate Peter is crossed out and replaced with W.
Son of Ernest Percy Schofield and Ethel May Wooley, his mother married second, John Bailey.
Reno Evening Gazette 21 Feb 1940
"Schofield - In Reno, February 21, 1940, Ernest Peter Schofield, husband of Mrs. Clearo Schofield and father of Judith and Ann Schofield; son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schofield; brother of Sterling, Edward, Emmett, Herbert, Evelyn and Lester Schofield of Reno. A native of Vallejo, California, aged twenty-one years, one month, twenty days."
Residence at the time of his death was 501 Elko Avenue, Reno; he died at the Pioneer Hotel, 136 E Commerce Rd, Reno, from asphyxiation due to burning of bed clothes and 3rd degree burns on his legs, it was found to be an accidental death.
Ernest W. Schofield
Born: 1 Jan 1918
Place: Solano County
Note: On his death certificate Peter is crossed out and replaced with W.
Son of Ernest Percy Schofield and Ethel May Wooley, his mother married second, John Bailey.
Reno Evening Gazette 21 Feb 1940
"Schofield - In Reno, February 21, 1940, Ernest Peter Schofield, husband of Mrs. Clearo Schofield and father of Judith and Ann Schofield; son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schofield; brother of Sterling, Edward, Emmett, Herbert, Evelyn and Lester Schofield of Reno. A native of Vallejo, California, aged twenty-one years, one month, twenty days."
Residence at the time of his death was 501 Elko Avenue, Reno; he died at the Pioneer Hotel, 136 E Commerce Rd, Reno, from asphyxiation due to burning of bed clothes and 3rd degree burns on his legs, it was found to be an accidental death.
A young man who was working as a truck driver. He fell asleep while smoking a cigarette in a Reno hotel and smothered in the smoke.∼California Birth Index
Ernest W. Schofield
Born: 1 Jan 1918
Place: Solano County
Note: On his death certificate Peter is crossed out and replaced with W.
Son of Ernest Percy Schofield and Ethel May Wooley, his mother married second, John Bailey.
Reno Evening Gazette 21 Feb 1940
"Schofield - In Reno, February 21, 1940, Ernest Peter Schofield, husband of Mrs. Clearo Schofield and father of Judith and Ann Schofield; son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schofield; brother of Sterling, Edward, Emmett, Herbert, Evelyn and Lester Schofield of Reno. A native of Vallejo, California, aged twenty-one years, one month, twenty days."
Residence at the time of his death was 501 Elko Avenue, Reno; he died at the Pioneer Hotel, 136 E Commerce Rd, Reno, from asphyxiation due to burning of bed clothes and 3rd degree burns on his legs, it was found to be an accidental death.
Ernest W. Schofield
Born: 1 Jan 1918
Place: Solano County
Note: On his death certificate Peter is crossed out and replaced with W.
Son of Ernest Percy Schofield and Ethel May Wooley, his mother married second, John Bailey.
Reno Evening Gazette 21 Feb 1940
"Schofield - In Reno, February 21, 1940, Ernest Peter Schofield, husband of Mrs. Clearo Schofield and father of Judith and Ann Schofield; son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schofield; brother of Sterling, Edward, Emmett, Herbert, Evelyn and Lester Schofield of Reno. A native of Vallejo, California, aged twenty-one years, one month, twenty days."
Residence at the time of his death was 501 Elko Avenue, Reno; he died at the Pioneer Hotel, 136 E Commerce Rd, Reno, from asphyxiation due to burning of bed clothes and 3rd degree burns on his legs, it was found to be an accidental death.
Gravesite Details
Funeral and interment here was on Friday, 23 Feb 1940 according to his funeral notice in the Nevada State Journal of that date.
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