THE KEOKUK, IA., GATE CITY AND CONSTITUTION-DEMOCRAT
Keokuk, Iowa
Tuesday
January 30, 1951Red Cross Takes Care of Bryant Family's Needs
Carl W. Beaird, chairman of the South Lee County chapter of the American Red Cross, announced today that the immediate needs of the Leo Bryant and Hagmeier families, burned out of their home at 2018 Missouri street early yesterday morning, have been taken care of by that agency.
Mrs. Alice Murray, executive secretary of the Red Cross, immediately provided apparel for Mr. Bryant and the little boy, and other needs of the family are being met by the Red Cross which maintains funds for just such emergencies.
The Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Iowa
Tuesday
January 30, 1951Three Now Dead In Monday Fire
Death toll in the tragic fire at the Leo Bryant home, 2018 Missouri Street, early yesterday, reached three today with the deaths of Mrs. Leo Bryant and another grandchild, Shirley Jean, four year old sister of Barbara Ann Hagmeier, who was dead when carried out of the burning residence. Shirley Jean died last night at ??:?? o'clock in St. Joseph hospital and Mrs. Bryant died at ??:?? o'clock this morning in the hospital.
The condition of both was reported as serious yesterday morning as a result of severe burns.
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The grandmother had carried Shirley Jean and her little brother Clyde out of the flaming house and in addition to burns on her arms and face, must have inhaled smoke, which contributed to her death.
The little girl was also deeply burned on her arms, hands, and face.
Clyde, the two year old boy, escaped without injury.
Barbara Ann, five, is believed to have suffocated in the smoke filled house and was dead when carried out by her aunt, Mrs. Mary Jump.
The body of Mrs. Bryant has been taken to DeJong's funeral home. The funeral arrangements and the obituary will be published later.
Funeral tomorrow.
Shirley Jean Hagmeier was born in Keokuk, November 19, 1946, the daughter of Clyde and Verna R. Bryant Hagmeier.
She, like her sister Barbara, is in the Greaves mortuary where funeral services for both will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Alva T. Browning officiating. Burial will be in the Hickory Grove cemetery.
Surviving besides the parents are the brother, Clyde, and the grandparents, Leo Bryant and Mr. and Mrs. William Hagmeier.
The Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Iowa
Wednesday
January 31, 1951Funeral service for Mrs. Bryant to be Thursday.
Funeral service for Mrs. Leo V. Bryant, who died in St. Joseph hospital at 8:33 a.m. yesterday as a result of burns suffered in her home at 2018 Missouri Street, Monday, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in DeJong's funeral home.
Burial will be in the Hickory Grove Cemetery.
Rose Elizabeth Dalton was born June 17, 1888 in Memphis, Mo., the daughter of John and Olive Dalton. She had been a resident of Keokuk for 37 years.
On June 4, 1909, in Memphis she married Leo Vernon Bryant. She attended the Salvation Army services.
Surviving are two sons, James Carroll Bryant of Keokuk and Ward R. of Memphis, five daughters, Mrs. Freda Rose of Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Mary Jump and Mrs. Helen Howard of Keokuk, Mrs. Eva Burdette of Alexandria, rural route, and Mrs. Verna Hagmeier Mitchell of Keokuk, a sister, Mrs. Blanche Paris of Fairfield, three brothers, Lester Dalton of La Crescenta, Calif., Carroll Dalton of Keokuk and Fred Dalton of Memphis; 17 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were two brothers, two sisters, three children, and six grandchildren, including the two Hagmeier children whose deaths were caused by the fire Monday.
