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Bessie Kathryn “Kate” <I>Bibbee</I> Burckhalter

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Bessie Kathryn “Kate” Bibbee Burckhalter

Birth
Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
Death
10 May 1996 (aged 75)
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial
Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section C, Plot 121, Grave 3
Memorial ID
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FATAL EXPLOSION IN 1963 CALIFORNIA:
Three are killed and scores injured when a boiler explodes beneath a drug store and a dress shop in San Jose, California. Customers, counters and merchandise are hurled through a huge hole torn in the floor of the drug store; both shops are completely wrecked.

Bessie Kathryn Bibbee was seriously injured in this explosion. She barely survived. Her injuries plagued her the rest of her life.
FATAL EXPLOSION IN 1963 CALIFORNIA:
Three are killed and scores injured when a boiler explodes beneath a drug store and a dress shop in San Jose, California. Customers, counters and merchandise are hurled through a huge hole torn in the floor of the drug store; both shops are completely wrecked.

Bessie Kathryn Bibbee was seriously injured in this explosion. She barely survived. Her injuries plagued her the rest of her life.

Gravesite Details

Cemetery office states Bessie Kathryn was cremated in California and her ashes buried in West Va.



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