Suffers stroke, fell on hot stove
SPARKS HILL, Ill. — Mrs. George Robertson lived until Tuesday, buried
Wednesday.
Mrs. George Robertson, aged 77, who lived alone in her home near Sparks
Hill, suffered a stroke on Tuesday afternoon last week and was not found
until Thursday afternoon, when her grandson, Earl Sheldon found her. He
discovered that her hands and face were severely burned, caused when she
fell on the cook stove.
Earl Sheldon, the grand son, who is in his teens, had brought her some
berries Tuesday afternoon last week, and she had built a fire to make
herself a berry cobbler for supper. Earl had gone home to Harrisburg.
She said after she was found Thursday, that she had fallen forward on the
stove, burning her hands and face painfully. She explained that she was
unable to raise her arms or her head. In some way she managed to fall over
backwards, perhaps because she fainted.
She was not found until her grandson called at her home last Thursday. After
that time she has been in bed. Her daughter, Mrs. Mae Sheldon and other
relatives and friends taking care of her. She could move her head from side
to side but could not raise her head from the pillow.
Mrs. Robertson lived until Tuesday this week.
Funeral services for her were held yesterday. She is survived by her son
Frank Robertson, Sparks Hill and her daughter Mrs. Thomas Sheldon of
Harrisburg.
Thanks to Wanda H. Reed for contributing this article to the Hardin County
ILGenWeb site. The Hardin County Independent published this article on June
25, 1942.
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