NEWSPAPER OBITUARY: FEB. 24, 1910
INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT SMELTING WORKS IN OMAHA. On Thursday, Feb. 17,1910, Oscar O. Myers, Age 37, Mortally injured in an explosion at the North American Smelting Co, Omaha, Nebraska. The explosion happened at 6:58 1/2, the exact time, as his watch stopped then. Mr. Myers lingered until 11:15 p.m. Saturday, suffering untold agony from the burns produced by the molten metal. Immediately after the explosion he was taken to the Clarkson hospital where everything that medical Drs. could devise was done to relieve sufferings and save life, but to no avail.
The first thing he told his wife after he reached the hospital was he did not believe he could live. He asked her to get a minister and she did. The physical agony was so intense that it was a relief to his family when death came, and particularly since they knew there was no possible hope of his recovery.
Immediately upon the receipt of the telegram, his father John Quincy Myers hastened to his bedside and reached him midnight Friday. His father and his brother, Elmer of Boone, Iowa was with him at the time of his death.
The funeral was held in Omaha at 2 p.m. Monday. His body was brought to Lexington, Illinois for burial.
Oscar, son of John Quincy Myers and Mary A. Myers, was born in Lexington, July 4th, 1872, and spent his earlier years here and received his education in the public schools in this city. He was an industrious boy and had the respect of all that knew him. In 1894 he decided to become a smelter. The company he worked for was at Northport, Washington. He was with them about 7 years, afterwards worked for other companies, but began with the North American Smelting Co. of Omaha In 1908. He was efficient, honest and could always be depended upon. As a result he received well deserved promotions and at the time of his death was foreman in the gold and ------smelting Dept. He was held in esteem by his employers and by his fellow workmen.
In 1907 he was united in marriage with Nellie Needham, who is left to mourn his death. He leaves his wife and one step-son, his father John Quincy Myers, one brother Elmer of Boone, Iowa, two half-brothers in Iowa, and a half-sister Mrs. Jen Enfield of Jefferson City, Iowa.
NOTE: This Obituary was given by Lexington Geneology Society to Elizabeth Franklin who shared it with me, Juanita Clark.
INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT SMELTING WORKS IN OMAHA. On Thursday, Feb. 17,1910, Oscar O. Myers, Age 37, Mortally injured in an explosion at the North American Smelting Co, Omaha, Nebraska. The explosion happened at 6:58 1/2, the exact time, as his watch stopped then. Mr. Myers lingered until 11:15 p.m. Saturday, suffering untold agony from the burns produced by the molten metal. Immediately after the explosion he was taken to the Clarkson hospital where everything that medical Drs. could devise was done to relieve sufferings and save life, but to no avail.
The first thing he told his wife after he reached the hospital was he did not believe he could live. He asked her to get a minister and she did. The physical agony was so intense that it was a relief to his family when death came, and particularly since they knew there was no possible hope of his recovery.
Immediately upon the receipt of the telegram, his father John Quincy Myers hastened to his bedside and reached him midnight Friday. His father and his brother, Elmer of Boone, Iowa was with him at the time of his death.
The funeral was held in Omaha at 2 p.m. Monday. His body was brought to Lexington, Illinois for burial.
Oscar, son of John Quincy Myers and Mary A. Myers, was born in Lexington, July 4th, 1872, and spent his earlier years here and received his education in the public schools in this city. He was an industrious boy and had the respect of all that knew him. In 1894 he decided to become a smelter. The company he worked for was at Northport, Washington. He was with them about 7 years, afterwards worked for other companies, but began with the North American Smelting Co. of Omaha In 1908. He was efficient, honest and could always be depended upon. As a result he received well deserved promotions and at the time of his death was foreman in the gold and ------smelting Dept. He was held in esteem by his employers and by his fellow workmen.
In 1907 he was united in marriage with Nellie Needham, who is left to mourn his death. He leaves his wife and one step-son, his father John Quincy Myers, one brother Elmer of Boone, Iowa, two half-brothers in Iowa, and a half-sister Mrs. Jen Enfield of Jefferson City, Iowa.
NOTE: This Obituary was given by Lexington Geneology Society to Elizabeth Franklin who shared it with me, Juanita Clark.
NEWSPAPER OBITUARY: FEB. 24, 1910
INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT SMELTING WORKS IN OMAHA. On Thursday, Feb. 17,1910, Oscar O. Myers, Age 37, Mortally injured in an explosion at the North American Smelting Co, Omaha, Nebraska. The explosion happened at 6:58 1/2, the exact time, as his watch stopped then. Mr. Myers lingered until 11:15 p.m. Saturday, suffering untold agony from the burns produced by the molten metal. Immediately after the explosion he was taken to the Clarkson hospital where everything that medical Drs. could devise was done to relieve sufferings and save life, but to no avail.
The first thing he told his wife after he reached the hospital was he did not believe he could live. He asked her to get a minister and she did. The physical agony was so intense that it was a relief to his family when death came, and particularly since they knew there was no possible hope of his recovery.
Immediately upon the receipt of the telegram, his father John Quincy Myers hastened to his bedside and reached him midnight Friday. His father and his brother, Elmer of Boone, Iowa was with him at the time of his death.
The funeral was held in Omaha at 2 p.m. Monday. His body was brought to Lexington, Illinois for burial.
Oscar, son of John Quincy Myers and Mary A. Myers, was born in Lexington, July 4th, 1872, and spent his earlier years here and received his education in the public schools in this city. He was an industrious boy and had the respect of all that knew him. In 1894 he decided to become a smelter. The company he worked for was at Northport, Washington. He was with them about 7 years, afterwards worked for other companies, but began with the North American Smelting Co. of Omaha In 1908. He was efficient, honest and could always be depended upon. As a result he received well deserved promotions and at the time of his death was foreman in the gold and ------smelting Dept. He was held in esteem by his employers and by his fellow workmen.
In 1907 he was united in marriage with Nellie Needham, who is left to mourn his death. He leaves his wife and one step-son, his father John Quincy Myers, one brother Elmer of Boone, Iowa, two half-brothers in Iowa, and a half-sister Mrs. Jen Enfield of Jefferson City, Iowa.
NOTE: This Obituary was given by Lexington Geneology Society to Elizabeth Franklin who shared it with me, Juanita Clark.
INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT SMELTING WORKS IN OMAHA. On Thursday, Feb. 17,1910, Oscar O. Myers, Age 37, Mortally injured in an explosion at the North American Smelting Co, Omaha, Nebraska. The explosion happened at 6:58 1/2, the exact time, as his watch stopped then. Mr. Myers lingered until 11:15 p.m. Saturday, suffering untold agony from the burns produced by the molten metal. Immediately after the explosion he was taken to the Clarkson hospital where everything that medical Drs. could devise was done to relieve sufferings and save life, but to no avail.
The first thing he told his wife after he reached the hospital was he did not believe he could live. He asked her to get a minister and she did. The physical agony was so intense that it was a relief to his family when death came, and particularly since they knew there was no possible hope of his recovery.
Immediately upon the receipt of the telegram, his father John Quincy Myers hastened to his bedside and reached him midnight Friday. His father and his brother, Elmer of Boone, Iowa was with him at the time of his death.
The funeral was held in Omaha at 2 p.m. Monday. His body was brought to Lexington, Illinois for burial.
Oscar, son of John Quincy Myers and Mary A. Myers, was born in Lexington, July 4th, 1872, and spent his earlier years here and received his education in the public schools in this city. He was an industrious boy and had the respect of all that knew him. In 1894 he decided to become a smelter. The company he worked for was at Northport, Washington. He was with them about 7 years, afterwards worked for other companies, but began with the North American Smelting Co. of Omaha In 1908. He was efficient, honest and could always be depended upon. As a result he received well deserved promotions and at the time of his death was foreman in the gold and ------smelting Dept. He was held in esteem by his employers and by his fellow workmen.
In 1907 he was united in marriage with Nellie Needham, who is left to mourn his death. He leaves his wife and one step-son, his father John Quincy Myers, one brother Elmer of Boone, Iowa, two half-brothers in Iowa, and a half-sister Mrs. Jen Enfield of Jefferson City, Iowa.
NOTE: This Obituary was given by Lexington Geneology Society to Elizabeth Franklin who shared it with me, Juanita Clark.
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