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- Niagara Gazette - 11/8/1941
Patricia Ann Lenz, 2H-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
H. Lenz, 420% Seventh street, died
yesterday afternoon in Memorial
hospital at burns- wtrtctrsrnrsuffered
yesterday morning in her home.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the
Cobler funeral home. 640 Park place,
with Dr. Arthur H. Schmoyer, of the
Zlon Evangelical Lutheran church,
officiating. Burial will be ln Oakwood
cemetery.
The child was burned yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock and was rushed
to Memorial hospital just as
her mother was being discharged
after having been treated for illness.
Hospital attendants quoted
the father as saying that while he
was busy preparing breakfast the
little girl arose from bed and picked
up a match which she struck.
The flame ignited her clothing and
when her father reached her her
clothing was ablaze. He wrapped
her in a rug.
.Surviving Patricia Ann. besides
her parents, are two sisters, Mary
Jane and Joanne; a brother, Edward;
her grandparents, Mrs. Mary
Bowman and Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Roth.
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