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Dirks, Laverna Mae (1951-1957)
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Revision as of 12:05, 9 March 2017
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 Mar 28 p. 1
Birth date: 1951
text of obituary:
Two Children Killed In Gas Explosion
Montezuma. — Tragedy struck the Vernon Dirks home here Monday night when a lighted candle set off a liquid petroleum gas explosion in which Alice Rose, 4 ½, and Laverna Mae, 6, were fatally burned.
The farm home, located six miles west of Montezuma, was without electric lights due to the storm and it appears that one of the parents went into the basement with a candle to check on a gas water heater.
The two stricken children died within a few hours after the accident happened. Mr. and Mrs. Dirks also were taken to the hospital, where Mrs. Dirks was still in critical condition at the latest report.
The three other Dirks children escaped with lesser injuries.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 Apr 4 p. 1
