Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Wheeler, Mrs. Harry June 20, 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Luce pegsue59@cox.net and December 21, 2006, 5:25 pm The El Dorado Times, June 21, 1933 The El Dorado Times June 21, 1933 WOMAN KILLED IN A FALL ON CELLAR STEPS Mrs. Harry Wheeler Meets Death in Unusual Manner Late Last Evening FOUND BY MATE The Accident occurs Shortly After The Couple Returns Home From Town Mrs. Harry Wheeler, 27, who lived one and a half miles west of Rosalia, met death accidentally at 9:30 o’clock last night when she fell on the concrete steps of an outside cellar at the rear of her home, back of the Newby Filling Station. Death is thought to have been instantaneous. Mrs. Wheeler received a fracture of the skull immediately over the right eye and numerous cutes and bruises. According to Mr. Wheeler, he and Mrs. Wheeler had just returned from Cassoday where he had taken a truckload of oil as part of his duties as truck driver for the Phillips Petroleum Company, when he fell asleep in the house. He awakened a short time later and unable to find Mrs. Wheeler, went in search of her. He found the body at the foot of the steps surrounded by a number of broken fruit jars. From this fact it is thought that she was returning from the cellar when she fell. Mr. Wheeler does not believe Mrs. Wheeler took anything with her to the cellar so it is assumed that the fall occurred on her return from the place. It cannot be definitely ascertained whether she caught the heel of her shoe on one of the steps or whether, in attempting to close the door of the cellar, she lost her balance and fell. A wrist watch, which had stopped at 9:30, indicated the time she met her death. PURELY ACCIDENTAL Upon finding Mrs. Wheeler in the cellar, Mr. Wheeler carried her into the house and called a Rosalia physician. Tom Turner and Roy Enright, Deputy Sheriffs, were also called. This morning Dr. G. E. Kassebaum, county coroner, R. C. Woodward, count attorney and Mr. Enright also went to the scene of the accident where Dr. Kassebaum gave his opinion that Mrs. Wheeler’s death was “purely accidental.” The cellar is in the form of a cave at the rear of the house and the steps descend into it for a distance of approximately six or seven feet. The dead woman had lived in the Rosalia Community practically all her life and was well known there. She wa born on January 6, 1906, at Rosalia, and was married on June 7, 1924, at Sylvia. Before her marriage she attended High School at Rosalia. Surviving, besides her husband, are a brother, Lenn Newby, of Rosalia, and her father and stepmother, Mr. And Mrs. J. T. Newby, also of Rosalia. The El Dorado Times June 23, 1933 WHEELER Mrs. Harry Wheeler, 27 years, of Rosalia, died Tuesday night, June 20, from a skull fracture caused by a fall on the cement steps of an outside cellar. She was born January 6, 1906, at Rosalia, and had lived there nearly all her life. She was married June 7, 1924, at Sylvia. She attended High School at Rosalia. She is survived by her husband, a brother, Leon Newby, of Rosalia, and her father and step-mother, Mr. And Mrs. J. T. Newby of Rosalia. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church at Rosalia Friday afternoon at 2:30, and interment in the Blankenship cemetery. Byrd Funeral Home is in charge. The El Dorado Times June 24, 1933 WHEELER RITES HELD YESTERDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Harry E. Wheeler, who met death accidentally Tuesday night when she fell down the steps of an outside cellar at her home near Rosalia, were held yesterday afternoon at the Methodist church in Rosalia. Rev. R. E. Keyes officiated and interment was made in Blankenship Cemetery there. A large group of friends and relatives of the dead woman attended the services to pay their last respects. A mixed quartet, composed of Mrs. Art Springer, Mrs. Fred Fiesher, Melvin graver and Joe Berger sang “In the Garden,” “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.” Pallbearers were: Imogene Yetley, Lorraine McLaughlin, Marie Stover, Edna Worrell, Mrs. Ellis Roberts and Wilma Sprecker. They Byrd Funeral Home was in charge. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/butler/obits/w/wheeler536ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb