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Elizabeth E. Meyer

24 Nov 1874 – 7 Feb 1954

Birth	24 Nov 1874
Death	7 Feb 1954
Cemetery	Saint Louis of France Cemetery Bonnots Mill , Osage County , Missouri , USA
Added by	Maryann Samson on 23 Mar 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80345527

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Unterrified Democrat--Thursday, February 18, 1954 Obituary for Anna Regina (Meyer) Samson Funeral services were held at St Louis Catholic Church in Bonnots Mills at 8:30 am last Wednesday morning for Mrs Annie Samson and her sister Mrs Elizabeth Meyer, 79, both of who lost their lives in a fire which swept their almost new brick home shortly after 6 o'clock Sunday morning, February 7, at Bonnots Mill. The completely modern brick bungalow was built by Linn's Mayor and Mrs Phil Lock about 6 years ago. In a telephone conversation shortly after the fire, Mrs Lock said that the home contained a full basement, and that its construction was as sturdy and strong as it could be. Cause of the fire is not known. Shortly before 6:30 am on the tragic Sunday morning, Mrs Samson hurried to the home of her nearest neighbor, Jerry Maasen, who is a son of Mr and Mrs Joe Massen of Linn. She told Jerry that their home was on fire and asked him to call the Linn Fire Department. She added that the telephone was in the kitchen, and the fire was burning there preventing her from getting to the phone. She hurried back over the short distance between the two houses to help her sister Mrs Meyer who was recovering from a broken hip. Mrs Meyer was a larger woman than Mrs Samson, who was somewhat frail. No body ever saw either of the two women alive after Mrs Samson reentered her home. Jerry ran to the burning house as soon as he completed his call for the Linn department. Mrs Samson's son and only child, Al, who is the postmaster at Bonnots Mill was probably the second person to arrive on the scene, only a matter of minutes after his mother had gone back into the burning house. When Al got there the house was burning fiercely. He climbed to a window where he could use a fire extinguisher and succeeded in lifting the heavy pall of smoke toward the ceiling. He could see all most the entire room except under furniture, and he discovered all too quickly that neither of the women were in view which meant that no human help could reach them. When he got there the house was a mass of flames. He succeeded in using a fire extinguisher through on of the windows, in the room in which Mrs Meyer's bed stood. There, rescuers expected to locate both women as a door led from the room outside. The dense smoke lifted in the room for a few moments after he used the extinguisher, Al said, and he saw all to clearly that neither his mother or his aunt were in sight in the room. The bodies were recovered a few hours after the Linn fire department quenched the flames. Mrs Samson was the widow of Henry Samson, who was the postmaster at Bonnots Mill for years Both women were sisters of Fred and Henry Meyer, for years among Osage County's best known and highly respected citizens. For many years they were partners, operating the company known as the Meyer-Morfeld Miling Co at Bonnots Mill. Both were born at Westphelia, Mrs Samson July 18, 1883, and Mrs Meyer November 24, 1874. They were lifelong and faithful members of the Catholic Church and members of the Women's Sodality of the church. For many years before she retired and returned home, Mrs Meyer superintended hospital in the states of Washington and Oregon. Information provided by Maryann Samson

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