OBIT: Florence BALDWIN, 1931, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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FLORENCE BALDWIN

Somerset Girl Fatally Burned in West Virginia

  Miss Florence Baldwin, aged 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Baldwin, 
of Somerset, died Sunday afternoon in the Weirton, W.Va., Hospital as a result 
of burns about the body which she suffered last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 
B. M. Brown in that place.  Miss Baldwin had been employed at the Brown home for 
some time.  While passing a burning gas stove her clothing became ignited and 
before she could extinguish the fire she suffered first degree burns of the 
entire body.
  The unfortunate girl's sister, Mrs. Frank Simpson, of Somerset, and mother 
motored to Weirton last Saturday to visit the sufferer.  They started on their 
return trip to Somerset Sunday morning and found news of her death awaiting them 
when they arrived home Sunday night.
  In addition to her parents and sister, Mrs. Simpson, Florence is survived by a 
brother, Richard Baldwin.
  Her body was brought to Somerset by Undertaker Hauger.  Funeral services were 
conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Baldwin home by Rev. Dr. 
Earl C. Weaver, pastor of the Somerset United Brethren Church.  Interment in the 
Husband Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, January 22, 1931