Emma Steckle

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• Name: Emma Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-177919
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1921, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Misfortune: 1949; killed in fire

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Burned in Blast, Ex-Kitchenerite Taken by Death

Victim of the gas furnace explosion at Galt Thursday night, Mrs. Norman Boehmer, 73, a former resident of Kitchener, died at the Galt General Hospital early today.

Mrs. Boehmer suffered severe burns to the body, arms and face after the gas furnace at the home of her son-in-law, Spencer Dalton, exploded when she attempted to light it.

Enveloped in Flames

Neighbors report that the woman was enveloped in flames from head to foot as she ran out of the house to a side verandah. She was reported to have received the full blast of the explosion and became a human torch of flames.

Well known in Kitchener, she was a former member of the Benton St. Baptist Church and a Sunday school teacher there for many years.

Predeceased by Husband

The former Emma A. Steckle she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Steckle and was born March 20, 1876. Hen husband, the late Norman Boehmer, died 34 years ago.

Surviving are one son, Harold Boehmer, Glendale, Calif.; and one daughter, Mrs. Spencer (Dorothy) Dalton, Galt, with whom she made her home. Seven grand- children and one sister, Mrs. Matilda Young, Brantford, also survive.

The body is resting at the Ratz Bechtel Funeral Home, but the casket will be closed. The funeral service will be held at the funeral home Monday at 3:30 p.m. Interment will be in Mt Hope Cemetery. Rev. Leander Roblin will officiate

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Sat, Sep 10, 1949 Page 3

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Kitchener Woman Is Badly Burned

A former resident of Kitchener. Mrs. Norman Boehmer, 73, is in a critical condition at the Galt Hospital from burns suffered in an explosion at the home of her son-in-law, Spencer Dalton, last night.

Mrs. Boehmer suffered severe burns to her body, arms and face and hospital authorities report her condition as very serious.

The explosion occurred after Mrs. Boehmer went to the basement to light a furnace fire. Neighbors heard cries for help. and Mrs. Boehmer was seen enveloped in flames as she ran out on a side verandah of the house.

A coat was thrown around her to smother the flames. The force of the explosion bulged the front and rear walls of the brick-veneer house to a maximum of about 18 inches, dislodging large sections of brick. Cause of the mishap has not been determined. The former Emma Steckle, Mrs. Boehmer was born in Waterloo. She has lived the greater part of her life in the Twin Cities, but took up residence in Galt when her daughter, Mrs. Spencer Dalton, moved there some years ago. A son, Harold Boehmer, resides in Glendale, Calif.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Sat, Sep 9, 1949 Page 3

Emma — Norman Boehmer. Norman (son of August Boehmer and Catherine Kalbfleisch) was born 20 Sep 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Oct 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-177920
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Druggist, Drug Store
• Residence: 1921, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; druggist
• Residence: 1923, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Harold married Edna Kathryn Hertfelder 9 May 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Edna (daughter of Wilhelm M. "William" Hertfelder and Elizabeth Miller) was born 10 Nov 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dorothy Dalton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44755
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer, Insurance
• Residence: 1921, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer
• Residence: 1924, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Dorothy married Spencer Hotham Dalton 10 Sep 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Spencer (son of George Leriche Dalton and Edith Constance Hotham) was born 12 Feb 1900, Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jun 1995; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]