Triple funeral services will be held today at St. Mary's Church for three members of a family who died when fire gutted their home 5 miles southeast of Iowa City, Dec. 30. Burial will be in Memory Gardens.
Services are for Mrs. Laura Aicher, 41, and two of her daughters, Debra, 8 and Barbara, 5. Services for Cindy Shrader, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shrader, Cedar Rapids, and grandniece of Mrs. Aicher, were held Wednesday.
The fire began when a Christmas tree in the Aicher home burst into flames about 7:45 p.m. Dec. 30. Mrs. Aicher died trying to rescue the children who were trapped in a bedroom. Her husband, Harry, 43, received deep burns on his face and hands trying to smother the flames. He is in fair condition at Mercy Hospital. [More details about the fire are in the article.]
Triple funeral services will be held today at St. Mary's Church for three members of a family who died when fire gutted their home 5 miles southeast of Iowa City, Dec. 30. Burial will be in Memory Gardens.
Services are for Mrs. Laura Aicher, 41, and two of her daughters, Debra, 8 and Barbara, 5. Services for Cindy Shrader, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shrader, Cedar Rapids, and grandniece of Mrs. Aicher, were held Wednesday.
The fire began when a Christmas tree in the Aicher home burst into flames about 7:45 p.m. Dec. 30. Mrs. Aicher died trying to rescue the children who were trapped in a bedroom. Her husband, Harry, 43, received deep burns on his face and hands trying to smother the flames. He is in fair condition at Mercy Hospital. [More details about the fire are in the article.]
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