This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roscoe, Shunick Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4094 Message Board Post: THE SHENANDOAH GAZETTE. July 7, 1936. "TRAGIC DEATH OF MRS. LEE ROSCOE SHOCKS COMMUNITY. High Mass To Be Read At St. Mary's Wednesday For Farm Woman Who Died As Result of Burns".-- Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock at St. Mary's church for Mrs. Lee Roscoe, prominent farm woman, whose tragic death by burning occurred Monday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock. The terrible accident took place at the farm home Monday morning at 6:00 o'clock. Both Mrs. Roscoe and her husband had gone to the washhouse to do the regular weekly laudnry, and because of trouble with the Utility meter, attached to the washing machine, Mr. Roscoe was working with it in an effort to get it started. Three weeks earlier they had been bothered with the motor and sent it in for repairs. When Mr.Roscoe started the motor it suddenly backfired, shooting a spray of gasoline between his legs and directly on to Mrs. Roscoe's clothing. She was standilng approximately seven feet away, but when the gasoline struck, her clothing ignited instantly, enveloping her in flames. Mr. Roscoe immediately rushed to his wife's aid, making heroic efforts to extinguish the fire and sustaining serious burns on his face and hands. Men at work in the yard came to the stricken couple's aid immediately, put out the fire, and brought Mrs. Roscoe to the Hand Hospital. The severity of the burns made her recovery hopeless from the outset, but fortunately, she suffered little pain after the first hour or so. Father E. A. Donahue was called to administer extreme unction shortly before she passed away. She was conscious to the end and faced death with remarkable courage. "I have never seen a more valiant spirit," Father Donahue stated, "or more heroic resignation". Mrs. Roscoe was the former Miss Blanche Shunick, eldest daughter of the late John Shunick. She was born and reared on the farm where she was killed, staying on it after her marriage to Lee Roscoe, a successful farmer and devoted husband. Five children survive their mother, Helen, John, Mildred, Harriet and Mary Catherine.The sympathy of the entire community goes to them and to their father in the loss of the mother and wife, who had bent all of her energies towards making a happy home for them. Father Donahue will read a high mass at 9:00 o'clock. Music will be furnished by the St.Mary's choir, with Miss Mary Dempsey at the organ. Interment will be made in the family lot at Rose Hill.