Pontotoc Co OK - Obit for Ila Mae Smith

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Obit for Ila Mae Smith



Ila Mae Smith Obituary

Ila Mae Smith was asphyxiated by gas fumes from a heater in the bathroom of 
the family home Saturday morning.  According to the family she went to take a 
bathe about nine o'clock.  Some minutes afterward her mother became concerned 
at not hearing any sound from the bathroom and called to her daughter.  
Receiving no reply she gave the alarm and the door was broken in.  The body 
of the young girl was in the tub and the strong fumes of gas escaping from 
the stove told the tragic story of her death.

It was apparent that she had been overcome and had sunk unconscious into the 
water.  Physicians were hastily summoned and a lungmotor used for some time 
in an effort to restore respiration but to no avail.

Ila Mae was the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Lee Smith, 609 West Fifth Street.  She 
was born in Ada in Jun 1909 and had spent her entire life here.

The funeral arrangements had not been fully completed Saturday evening, but it 
was stated that the services would be held sometime Monday afternoon.  Interment 
at Rosedale cemetery.

March 10, 1923