MRS. STOWATER OF THE TOWN OF RHINE BURNED TO DEATH
The many friends of Mrs. Minnie Stowater of Town Rhine, will be ?? that she was
burned to death while boiling soap at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Schmahl.
Mrs. Stowater and Mrs. Schmahl were working over the soap kettle when her
daughter went into the house for something. Scarcely had she left when she was
startled to hear her mother screaming. ??? from the house, she saw her mother a
mass of flames. Calling for her husband who was in the barn milking with one of
their ??, Mrs. Schmahl tried to put out the flames that were enveloping her
mother. Her efforts were ?? and it was not until the arrival of the two men that
the fire was extinguished. So badly had Mrs. Stowater been burned that the flesh
was dropping ?? and her face was badly scorched. As soon as possible a doctor was
summoned but he could do little to alleviate the ?? suffering and she died in the
evening.
Mrs. Stowater was a native of ?? and was born in Pomerania Sept. 20, 1843. She
came to America in 1868 at first making her home in Waushara County. In ?? she
was married to Mr. Stowater of Princeton. In 1880 they came to this county and
settled in the Town of Greenbush and two years later moved to Millhome, Manitowoc
County. Five years ago, Mr. Stowater died and Mrs. Stowater went to live with a
daughter. She is survived by five children as follows, Mrs. Schmahl, Edward Stowater
of Plymouth, Ida of Milwaukee, Mrs. Helene Schmidt of Detroit, Mich., and Otto
Stowater of Doring, Lincoln Countuy. She also leaves one grandchild.
Sheboygan Press, Apr. 18, 1918 page 1
The many friends of Mrs. Minnie Stowater of Town Rhine, will be ?? that she was
burned to death while boiling soap at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Schmahl.
Mrs. Stowater and Mrs. Schmahl were working over the soap kettle when her
daughter went into the house for something. Scarcely had she left when she was
startled to hear her mother screaming. ??? from the house, she saw her mother a
mass of flames. Calling for her husband who was in the barn milking with one of
their ??, Mrs. Schmahl tried to put out the flames that were enveloping her
mother. Her efforts were ?? and it was not until the arrival of the two men that
the fire was extinguished. So badly had Mrs. Stowater been burned that the flesh
was dropping ?? and her face was badly scorched. As soon as possible a doctor was
summoned but he could do little to alleviate the ?? suffering and she died in the
evening.
Mrs. Stowater was a native of ?? and was born in Pomerania Sept. 20, 1843. She
came to America in 1868 at first making her home in Waushara County. In ?? she
was married to Mr. Stowater of Princeton. In 1880 they came to this county and
settled in the Town of Greenbush and two years later moved to Millhome, Manitowoc
County. Five years ago, Mr. Stowater died and Mrs. Stowater went to live with a
daughter. She is survived by five children as follows, Mrs. Schmahl, Edward Stowater
of Plymouth, Ida of Milwaukee, Mrs. Helene Schmidt of Detroit, Mich., and Otto
Stowater of Doring, Lincoln Countuy. She also leaves one grandchild.
Sheboygan Press, Apr. 18, 1918 page 1
MRS. STOWATER OF THE TOWN OF RHINE BURNED TO DEATH
The many friends of Mrs. Minnie Stowater of Town Rhine, will be ?? that she was
burned to death while boiling soap at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Schmahl.
Mrs. Stowater and Mrs. Schmahl were working over the soap kettle when her
daughter went into the house for something. Scarcely had she left when she was
startled to hear her mother screaming. ??? from the house, she saw her mother a
mass of flames. Calling for her husband who was in the barn milking with one of
their ??, Mrs. Schmahl tried to put out the flames that were enveloping her
mother. Her efforts were ?? and it was not until the arrival of the two men that
the fire was extinguished. So badly had Mrs. Stowater been burned that the flesh
was dropping ?? and her face was badly scorched. As soon as possible a doctor was
summoned but he could do little to alleviate the ?? suffering and she died in the
evening.
Mrs. Stowater was a native of ?? and was born in Pomerania Sept. 20, 1843. She
came to America in 1868 at first making her home in Waushara County. In ?? she
was married to Mr. Stowater of Princeton. In 1880 they came to this county and
settled in the Town of Greenbush and two years later moved to Millhome, Manitowoc
County. Five years ago, Mr. Stowater died and Mrs. Stowater went to live with a
daughter. She is survived by five children as follows, Mrs. Schmahl, Edward Stowater
of Plymouth, Ida of Milwaukee, Mrs. Helene Schmidt of Detroit, Mich., and Otto
Stowater of Doring, Lincoln Countuy. She also leaves one grandchild.
Sheboygan Press, Apr. 18, 1918 page 1
The many friends of Mrs. Minnie Stowater of Town Rhine, will be ?? that she was
burned to death while boiling soap at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Schmahl.
Mrs. Stowater and Mrs. Schmahl were working over the soap kettle when her
daughter went into the house for something. Scarcely had she left when she was
startled to hear her mother screaming. ??? from the house, she saw her mother a
mass of flames. Calling for her husband who was in the barn milking with one of
their ??, Mrs. Schmahl tried to put out the flames that were enveloping her
mother. Her efforts were ?? and it was not until the arrival of the two men that
the fire was extinguished. So badly had Mrs. Stowater been burned that the flesh
was dropping ?? and her face was badly scorched. As soon as possible a doctor was
summoned but he could do little to alleviate the ?? suffering and she died in the
evening.
Mrs. Stowater was a native of ?? and was born in Pomerania Sept. 20, 1843. She
came to America in 1868 at first making her home in Waushara County. In ?? she
was married to Mr. Stowater of Princeton. In 1880 they came to this county and
settled in the Town of Greenbush and two years later moved to Millhome, Manitowoc
County. Five years ago, Mr. Stowater died and Mrs. Stowater went to live with a
daughter. She is survived by five children as follows, Mrs. Schmahl, Edward Stowater
of Plymouth, Ida of Milwaukee, Mrs. Helene Schmidt of Detroit, Mich., and Otto
Stowater of Doring, Lincoln Countuy. She also leaves one grandchild.
Sheboygan Press, Apr. 18, 1918 page 1
Gravesite Details
on same stone with Alios
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
