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Schwartz, Benjamin A. (Mrs.) (d. 1933)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1933 Aug 9 p. 1
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Explosion on Tractor Takes Life of Mrs. Ben Schwartz.
Pretty Prairie, Kans. — An unusual tragedy saddened this community last week when Mrs. Ben A. Schwartz was fatally burned through a gasoline explosion on the farm tractor at her home here last Friday, August 1. The ignited gasoline burned away nearly all of her clothing, leaving her to linger between life and death until Saturday, when she passed away. The constant care of a physician immediately after the accident slightly alleviated her intense pain, but death was considered a certainty as soon as the extent of her injury had been determined.
Funeral services held at the local Mennonite church Monday afternoon were attended by an unusually large concourse of friends and relatives who came to signify their sympathy to the bereaved family. Mrs. Schwartz was an active worker in the Mennonite congregation and was well known in the entire community.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1933 Aug 9 p. 4
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— Mr. and Mrs. Mildor Frey have returned from Pretty Prairie, where they were called because of the serious injury and death of Mrs. Frey's mother, Mrs. Ben Schwartz. Mrs. Schwartz was severely burned last Friday when gasoline which she attempted to pour into a tractor exploded. mr. and Mrs. Frey were immediately informed and drove to Pretty Prairie as quickly as possible to remain at the bedside of their injured mother. She passed away Saturday noon, after having suffered intense pain for the greater part of the time after her injury. Funeral services were held at the pretty Prairie Mennonite church Monday afternoon, at which rev. S. M. Musselman, Rev. J. W. Lorenz, and Rev. Walter Gering of freeman, South Dakota, officiated. The services were very largely attended. Mrs. Schwartz leaves her husband, several children, and a large circle of other relatives and friends in Kansas and other states who mourn her unexpected departure.