Mrs. Simon Baker
Mrs. Simon BAKER, 27, popular young mother of Terre Haute, passed away at the Champaign County Hospital at Urbana at 3 o’clock this morning of burns suffered yesterday morning at her home when her clothes became ignited as the result of a mishap while cooking. Both Mr. and Mrs. BAKER were removed to the hospital for treatment, the mother being more severely burned.
Mrs. BAKER’s wounds were inflicted while she was cooking meat on a kerosene stove. When it boiled over onto the stove burner the flames spread rapidly throughout the room due to the heavy content of grease, and in her attemp to extinguish the blaze her clothes became ignited. Every shred of clothing had been burned from her body when she and her husband were removed from the burning residence by neighbors. Both were lying on the kitchen floor amid the flames in a semi-conscious condition when found. Mr. Baker is reported today has having a fair chance for recovery.
Mrs. BAKER was a member of the “Westville Methodist Church” and was wlll known throughout this section, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jason BAIR of Westville.
Surviving her are her husband, one son, Homer, 6, and a daughter, Helen, 5, in addition to her parents, two sister, Mrs. Edwin DAVIS, Springfield, and Miss Ruth BAIR, Urbana, and four brothers, A. J. BAIR, Jason Jr., Marvin and Raymond.
Funeral service will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Westville Methodist Church, the Rev. Fields of Terre Haute officiating. Rev. Charles FURROW, Urbana will assist. Interment will be made in the Honey Creek Cemetery by Frank & Barger, funeral directors.
ST. PARIS NEWS-DISPATCH, Thurs. 31 January 1936
