Emma F. Ropp, age about 32, died in 1893 at Hammond, Indiana.
She was born in 1861, in Ohio, the daughter of Tillman James and Sarah M. "Sallie" (Sheffer) Borem.
She and James Harrison Ropp were married November 7, 1878 in Champaign County, Ohio.
After the death of James in 1890, in the year of 1893, Emma, and her oldest daughter, 7 year old Mary went to get ice at the "ice house" which was encased within sawdust, perhaps for it's insulating qualities. A storm arose and they vacated the building. Realizing that they had left the lantern inside, Emma returned to the building to retrieve it, and the building collapsed around her, trapping her within the rubble and buried beneath the sawdust. She suffocated before rescuers could excavate her out.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
She was survived by Her parents; and four young children, Frank Leslie Ropp, Jesse Lyle Ropp, Mary Valta Roppand Ethel K. Ropp.
Burial is in Weston Cemetery at Rensselaer, Indiana.
She was born in 1861, in Ohio, the daughter of Tillman James and Sarah M. "Sallie" (Sheffer) Borem.
She and James Harrison Ropp were married November 7, 1878 in Champaign County, Ohio.
After the death of James in 1890, in the year of 1893, Emma, and her oldest daughter, 7 year old Mary went to get ice at the "ice house" which was encased within sawdust, perhaps for it's insulating qualities. A storm arose and they vacated the building. Realizing that they had left the lantern inside, Emma returned to the building to retrieve it, and the building collapsed around her, trapping her within the rubble and buried beneath the sawdust. She suffocated before rescuers could excavate her out.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
She was survived by Her parents; and four young children, Frank Leslie Ropp, Jesse Lyle Ropp, Mary Valta Roppand Ethel K. Ropp.
Burial is in Weston Cemetery at Rensselaer, Indiana.
Emma F. Ropp, age about 32, died in 1893 at Hammond, Indiana.
She was born in 1861, in Ohio, the daughter of Tillman James and Sarah M. "Sallie" (Sheffer) Borem.
She and James Harrison Ropp were married November 7, 1878 in Champaign County, Ohio.
After the death of James in 1890, in the year of 1893, Emma, and her oldest daughter, 7 year old Mary went to get ice at the "ice house" which was encased within sawdust, perhaps for it's insulating qualities. A storm arose and they vacated the building. Realizing that they had left the lantern inside, Emma returned to the building to retrieve it, and the building collapsed around her, trapping her within the rubble and buried beneath the sawdust. She suffocated before rescuers could excavate her out.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
She was survived by Her parents; and four young children, Frank Leslie Ropp, Jesse Lyle Ropp, Mary Valta Roppand Ethel K. Ropp.
Burial is in Weston Cemetery at Rensselaer, Indiana.
She was born in 1861, in Ohio, the daughter of Tillman James and Sarah M. "Sallie" (Sheffer) Borem.
She and James Harrison Ropp were married November 7, 1878 in Champaign County, Ohio.
After the death of James in 1890, in the year of 1893, Emma, and her oldest daughter, 7 year old Mary went to get ice at the "ice house" which was encased within sawdust, perhaps for it's insulating qualities. A storm arose and they vacated the building. Realizing that they had left the lantern inside, Emma returned to the building to retrieve it, and the building collapsed around her, trapping her within the rubble and buried beneath the sawdust. She suffocated before rescuers could excavate her out.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
She was survived by Her parents; and four young children, Frank Leslie Ropp, Jesse Lyle Ropp, Mary Valta Roppand Ethel K. Ropp.
Burial is in Weston Cemetery at Rensselaer, Indiana.
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