Transcribed & Submitted by: Cheryl Long
As listed in the Cape
Girardeau Southeast Missourian: Sat. evening, 2/9/1929
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert Terry of New Madrid, who died in a
hospital here Friday from burns sustained January 29, when she poured
kerosene on burning coals in a stove at her home, will be held here Sunday.
Interment will be in a cemetery here.
Mrs. Terry was seeking to revive
the fire by pouring the kerosene on it when her clothing became ignited.