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- [S2282] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Florence Coleman Buck - Elmira Advertiser; Publication Date: 18 Jun 1957; Publication Place: Elmira, New York, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/276865434/?article=ea7ef3db-2010-47ea-b830-09fc9afa14d6&focus=0.39935112,0.33159703,0.51727796,0.61386555&xid=3355.
Record for Florence Coleman Buck (10) facts
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Florence Coleman Buck, Mother of 4, Dies from Burns in House Fire Started by her 4 Year Old
Elmira Advertiser
Elmira, New York •
Tue, Jun 18, 1957 p14
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• Mother of 4 Dies After Hornell Fire
HORNELL-- Burned over her entire body June 7, a 38-year-old Hornell woman died yesterday (June 17, 1957), two hours after she was admitted to St James Mercy Hospital here.
Mrs. Florence Coleman Buck, of 24 Cass St., died because of complications from burns received in a fire at her home, said Dr. Richard E. Travis, a Steuben County coroner.
He said the woman died of pneumonia and that he would issue a certificate of accidental death.
Mrs. Buck's mother, Mrs. John Coleman, told Travis no physician was called after the fire.
She told him Mrs. Buck was burned while lying on her bed in an upstairs bedroom.
Travis said one of four Buck children, a four-year-old, took a lighter from his mother's purse and accidentally set fire to the bedding.
One side of the mattress and part of the wall was burned, Mrs. Buck was burned fighting the fire. No fire department was called.
Mrs. Coleman said members of the family put out the fire.
Early yesterday morning Mrs. Buck was found unconscious and taken to the hospital.
Her husband, Clarence, is a laborer and presently is working in Rochester.
The body was removed to the Robertson Funeral Home. Arrangements art incomplete..
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Florence Coleman Buck in the U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Name Florence Buck
Maiden Coleman
Gender Female
Age 38
Birth abt 1919
Res Hornell, Steuben, New York, USA
Death 7 Jun 1957
Hornell, Steuben, New York, USA
Obituary 18 Jun 1957
Elmira, New York, USA
News Elmira Advertiser
Mother Coleman
Parents Travis
Spouse Clarence
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