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Obit: Peters, Mary A.(1874 - 1958) Contact : Crystal Wendt
Surnames: Peters, Sadoff
---Source: Appleton Post Crescent (Appleton, Wis.) Monday, 29 Sept. 1958; front page
---Peters, Mary A. (1874 - 28 Sept. 1958)
ELDERLY WIDOW PERISHES IN FIRE
Tomahawk – An elderly widow died when fire swept her frame home early Sunday despite the rescue efforts of two sons and a neighbor.
The body of Mrs. Mary Peters, 85, of the town of Wilson near here, was found on the floor of a bedroom in which she ordinarily did not sleep. Her would-be-rescuers tried in vain to find her in her own smoke-fill bedroom.
Her son, Elmer, with whom she lived, was visiting friends at a home one quarter of a mile away when the fire broke out. Henry, another son, lived next door to his mother. With George Sadoff, a neighbor, they entered the home and searched for Mrs. Peters, but were driven out by flames and smoke.
Firemen from Tomahawk found the body later. The 8 year old house was destroyed. Cause of the fire was not determined.
*Mary is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Tomahawk, Lincoln Co., Wis. Wife of Mathew A. Peters.
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