The following was compiled Find A Grave Member; Monument Designer.
The fire that claimed the lives of seven children and one adult early Saturday in a mobile home west of Bedford apparently started beneath the floor of the trailer and the victims were probably unconscious & died from carbon monoxide poisoning before the fire reached any of the bodies, Dr. John Pless, Lawrence County coroner said today.
Dr. Pless said the findings of State Fire Marshall William C. Goodwin coincided with his.
He said the evidence showed that the oil heater in the house had a leak and escaping oil had been seeping through the floor. It apparently became ignited by a fault in the electrical wiring.
Dr. Pless said that the bodies of the three children that were pulled from the dwelling by the father and a neighbor ____ the flames had reached the bodies and had all minor burns on their backs and soot over the rest of their bodies, indicating that the back burns were caused from the floor under them which had ___ very hot.
It is probable, the coroner said, that all eight victims had been overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning by the time the fire broke through into the trailer.
The fire in which the persons died was discovered about 12:25 a.m. Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Lake, parents of four of the little children, were at a home about 300 feet east of the trailer where they formerly resided and where they were doing some work.
Funeral services for the four Lake children will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary with Rev. Elliott Perry officiating. Burial will be in the Fayetteville Church of Christ Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 3:00 this evening.
The Lake children, and their dates of birth were: Ginger Lynn, Feb. 6, 1968; Jeffrey Wayne, May 19, 1970; Melissa Dawn, Sept. 28, 1971; and Michelle Marie, Feb. 4, 1972. All were born in Lawrence County.
Surviving are the parents, Charles Edward and Carrie May Kimmel Lake; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kimmel of Aurora, Ill.; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Lake of Bedford; the maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Clinton Kimmel of Springville; the paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Alice Lake of Bedford.
Funeral services for the other four victims of the fire will be Tuesday at the Pinhook Christian Church with Rev. Floyd ___ officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Jones Funeral Home in Heltonville at any time. Caskets will remain closed at all times.
These victims were Mrs. Rosecella Kern Winters, 42; and three of her children, twins Paula and Paulina, born May 5, 1967 and Paul Jr. born April 21, 1968.
Mrs. Winters was born March 21, 1933, in Lawrence County, the daughter of Harry and Carrie Clampitt Kern. She is survived by a son, Howard Kimmel of Bedford; three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Chancy of Tuscon, Ariz., Mrs. Marilyn Hatfield of Bloomington; four grandchildren; two brothers, Paul Kern of Oolitic, and Alvin Kern of Bedford.
Mrs. Winters was a member of the Pinhook Christian Church.
The fire that claimed the lives of seven children and one adult early Saturday in a mobile home west of Bedford apparently started beneath the floor of the trailer and the victims were probably unconscious & died from carbon monoxide poisoning before the fire reached any of the bodies, Dr. John Pless, Lawrence County coroner said today.
Dr. Pless said the findings of State Fire Marshall William C. Goodwin coincided with his.
He said the evidence showed that the oil heater in the house had a leak and escaping oil had been seeping through the floor. It apparently became ignited by a fault in the electrical wiring.
Dr. Pless said that the bodies of the three children that were pulled from the dwelling by the father and a neighbor ____ the flames had reached the bodies and had all minor burns on their backs and soot over the rest of their bodies, indicating that the back burns were caused from the floor under them which had ___ very hot.
It is probable, the coroner said, that all eight victims had been overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning by the time the fire broke through into the trailer.
The fire in which the persons died was discovered about 12:25 a.m. Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Lake, parents of four of the little children, were at a home about 300 feet east of the trailer where they formerly resided and where they were doing some work.
Funeral services for the four Lake children will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary with Rev. Elliott Perry officiating. Burial will be in the Fayetteville Church of Christ Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 3:00 this evening.
The Lake children, and their dates of birth were: Ginger Lynn, Feb. 6, 1968; Jeffrey Wayne, May 19, 1970; Melissa Dawn, Sept. 28, 1971; and Michelle Marie, Feb. 4, 1972. All were born in Lawrence County.
Surviving are the parents, Charles Edward and Carrie May Kimmel Lake; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kimmel of Aurora, Ill.; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Lake of Bedford; the maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Clinton Kimmel of Springville; the paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Alice Lake of Bedford.
Funeral services for the other four victims of the fire will be Tuesday at the Pinhook Christian Church with Rev. Floyd ___ officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Jones Funeral Home in Heltonville at any time. Caskets will remain closed at all times.
These victims were Mrs. Rosecella Kern Winters, 42; and three of her children, twins Paula and Paulina, born May 5, 1967 and Paul Jr. born April 21, 1968.
Mrs. Winters was born March 21, 1933, in Lawrence County, the daughter of Harry and Carrie Clampitt Kern. She is survived by a son, Howard Kimmel of Bedford; three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Chancy of Tuscon, Ariz., Mrs. Marilyn Hatfield of Bloomington; four grandchildren; two brothers, Paul Kern of Oolitic, and Alvin Kern of Bedford.
Mrs. Winters was a member of the Pinhook Christian Church.
The following was compiled Find A Grave Member; Monument Designer.
The fire that claimed the lives of seven children and one adult early Saturday in a mobile home west of Bedford apparently started beneath the floor of the trailer and the victims were probably unconscious & died from carbon monoxide poisoning before the fire reached any of the bodies, Dr. John Pless, Lawrence County coroner said today.
Dr. Pless said the findings of State Fire Marshall William C. Goodwin coincided with his.
He said the evidence showed that the oil heater in the house had a leak and escaping oil had been seeping through the floor. It apparently became ignited by a fault in the electrical wiring.
Dr. Pless said that the bodies of the three children that were pulled from the dwelling by the father and a neighbor ____ the flames had reached the bodies and had all minor burns on their backs and soot over the rest of their bodies, indicating that the back burns were caused from the floor under them which had ___ very hot.
It is probable, the coroner said, that all eight victims had been overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning by the time the fire broke through into the trailer.
The fire in which the persons died was discovered about 12:25 a.m. Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Lake, parents of four of the little children, were at a home about 300 feet east of the trailer where they formerly resided and where they were doing some work.
Funeral services for the four Lake children will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary with Rev. Elliott Perry officiating. Burial will be in the Fayetteville Church of Christ Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 3:00 this evening.
The Lake children, and their dates of birth were: Ginger Lynn, Feb. 6, 1968; Jeffrey Wayne, May 19, 1970; Melissa Dawn, Sept. 28, 1971; and Michelle Marie, Feb. 4, 1972. All were born in Lawrence County.
Surviving are the parents, Charles Edward and Carrie May Kimmel Lake; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kimmel of Aurora, Ill.; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Lake of Bedford; the maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Clinton Kimmel of Springville; the paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Alice Lake of Bedford.
Funeral services for the other four victims of the fire will be Tuesday at the Pinhook Christian Church with Rev. Floyd ___ officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Jones Funeral Home in Heltonville at any time. Caskets will remain closed at all times.
These victims were Mrs. Rosecella Kern Winters, 42; and three of her children, twins Paula and Paulina, born May 5, 1967 and Paul Jr. born April 21, 1968.
Mrs. Winters was born March 21, 1933, in Lawrence County, the daughter of Harry and Carrie Clampitt Kern. She is survived by a son, Howard Kimmel of Bedford; three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Chancy of Tuscon, Ariz., Mrs. Marilyn Hatfield of Bloomington; four grandchildren; two brothers, Paul Kern of Oolitic, and Alvin Kern of Bedford.
Mrs. Winters was a member of the Pinhook Christian Church.
The fire that claimed the lives of seven children and one adult early Saturday in a mobile home west of Bedford apparently started beneath the floor of the trailer and the victims were probably unconscious & died from carbon monoxide poisoning before the fire reached any of the bodies, Dr. John Pless, Lawrence County coroner said today.
Dr. Pless said the findings of State Fire Marshall William C. Goodwin coincided with his.
He said the evidence showed that the oil heater in the house had a leak and escaping oil had been seeping through the floor. It apparently became ignited by a fault in the electrical wiring.
Dr. Pless said that the bodies of the three children that were pulled from the dwelling by the father and a neighbor ____ the flames had reached the bodies and had all minor burns on their backs and soot over the rest of their bodies, indicating that the back burns were caused from the floor under them which had ___ very hot.
It is probable, the coroner said, that all eight victims had been overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning by the time the fire broke through into the trailer.
The fire in which the persons died was discovered about 12:25 a.m. Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Lake, parents of four of the little children, were at a home about 300 feet east of the trailer where they formerly resided and where they were doing some work.
Funeral services for the four Lake children will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary with Rev. Elliott Perry officiating. Burial will be in the Fayetteville Church of Christ Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 3:00 this evening.
The Lake children, and their dates of birth were: Ginger Lynn, Feb. 6, 1968; Jeffrey Wayne, May 19, 1970; Melissa Dawn, Sept. 28, 1971; and Michelle Marie, Feb. 4, 1972. All were born in Lawrence County.
Surviving are the parents, Charles Edward and Carrie May Kimmel Lake; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Kimmel of Aurora, Ill.; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Lake of Bedford; the maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Clinton Kimmel of Springville; the paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Alice Lake of Bedford.
Funeral services for the other four victims of the fire will be Tuesday at the Pinhook Christian Church with Rev. Floyd ___ officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Jones Funeral Home in Heltonville at any time. Caskets will remain closed at all times.
These victims were Mrs. Rosecella Kern Winters, 42; and three of her children, twins Paula and Paulina, born May 5, 1967 and Paul Jr. born April 21, 1968.
Mrs. Winters was born March 21, 1933, in Lawrence County, the daughter of Harry and Carrie Clampitt Kern. She is survived by a son, Howard Kimmel of Bedford; three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Chancy of Tuscon, Ariz., Mrs. Marilyn Hatfield of Bloomington; four grandchildren; two brothers, Paul Kern of Oolitic, and Alvin Kern of Bedford.
Mrs. Winters was a member of the Pinhook Christian Church.
