Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-12

the grave, which was done by
Bro. DR.. Messing. The deceased
is survived by three children: DIR.
Leon Hurwitz and Mrs. Bertha
Luecke, of Joplin, and Mrs. Dave
Baum, eff Galena, Kan; by two
brothers, Mr.. Harry Hurwitz, of
Joplin, and one living in Lima,
Peru, and one sister, Mrs. Fried
lander, of Joplin. The children
and brother and brother-in-law,
Mr.. Kally Horwitz, accompanied
the remains here from Joplin.
May his soul rest in peade!-The
Je1oish Voice, st. Louis.
The older residents of the Valley
were inexpressibly shocked last
Saturday when word was received
that Mrs. Frank Scoville had been
SO burned the Sunday previous
at her home in Corona, California,
that death followed on the succeed
ing day. Her clothes caught fire
from some burning rubbish, and
almost instantly she was envelop.
ed in flames. Mr.. Scoville was
the only person in the house and
fastened to her assistance, but, al
though severely burned in the at
tempt, could not stifle the fire until
all her clothing was consumed.
The following is taken from a per-
sonal letter to the editor by her
son, Mr.. G. M. Scoville: "She had
evidently tried to extinguish the
fire, for when he 1.-THE husband)
reached her she had come up the
stairs into the kitchen, and the
first object was her a mass of fire.
She bravely directed his move
ments and appeared most reserved
and calm until the doctors reached
the house. Then she began to fear
the results, but upon being COM
forted with the assurance of u
efforts to save her she lapsed into
Inconsistencies and remained so
until three o'clock in the after
noon, when she revived, was very
cheerful and rational and express
ed her hope of being able to tide
over. She called us all to her and
talked about how much we were
doing for her and felt she would
soon be out of danger. After this
she passed into a sleep from which
she never awoke, and the end
came without any sign other than
that she stopped breathing. The
comfort we find in this hour of
sorrow is the suffering she escaped
by being spared a lingering death.
The first shock evidently took all
sense of condition, peril, etc, from
her, and she said she never for a
moment felt pain" 1t is twenty
four years since the Scoville family
were residents of Ironton. 1t was
here that MI. S. won his bride, an
accomplished young lady of twen-
ty years. He was for several years
one of the proprietors of the Iron
ton Manufacturing Co.'s Touring
mills. She was the daughter of
Bible Shepherd, who located here
shortly after the town was found
ed, and remained here until 1895,
when he removed to California.
In 1884 Mr.. Scoville sold out his
interests here, went to Chicago
and engaged in business there.
Not long after the Worlds Fair the
family removed to California, To-
eating at Corona, and since that
time Mr.. S. has been engaged in
the growing of tropical fruits.
Mrs. SIS mother died at Ironton in
1881; the father lived until about
four years ago, a member of his
daughters household, And now
that daughter, too, has been called
to the boundless realms that await
us all! To Frank Scoville in the
first hour of his desolation and
despair l can say nothing-noth-
ing; but nevertheless to him and
his my sympathies reach out. over
river and mountain and plain, and
would comfort if they but could.