Klassen, Robert Theodore (1940-1944)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1944 Oct 26 p. 1

Birth date: 1940

text of obituary:

FOUR YEAR OLD LAD DIED OF BURNS RECEIVED FROM BOILING COFFEE

Altona, man. — Mr. and Mrs. John W. Klassen are grief-stricken over the tragic death of their four year old son, Robert Theodore, who was fatally burned as result of a pot full of boiling coffee turning over on him. The accident happened Sunday afternoon, Oct. 8, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Driedger, Horndean, where the family was visiting. The pot turned over on the boy as he passed the stove on which the coffee was boiling. Death came to the small lad in the St. Boniface hospital about a day after his injury. He was an only child.