Batavia, Genesee County, NY Batavia paper - probably the Daily November 23, 1905 EDWARD CRON’S DEATH RESULTED FROM BURNS DIED SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE HOSPITAL Frank Edward CRON, who was frightfully burned in his dyeing and cleaning shop on Park place Tuesday afternoon, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Otto F. FRANZ of Alva place, at 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He had been removed from the hospital to his daughter’s residence an hour and 20 minutes before. Coroner SNOW has the case in charge. He made an examination of the body and found that the interior of the mouth was quite badly burned, indicating that Mr. CRON had inhaled flames. An inquest will be held into the cause of the fire and the incidents leading up to Mr. CRON’S death. Mr. CRON, who was sixty years old on January 13(?)th, was born in Germany. He came to this country 26 years ago, eight years of which time have been spent in Batavia. He is survived by his wife and five daughters, Mrs. Otto F. FRANZ, Mrs. Jessie R. YEAKEL of Syracuse and Misses Sophia, Marion and Anna CRON of Batavia. He also has two sisters and a brother living in England and two sisters in Germany. The funeral will be held from the home of Mrs. FRANZ at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon and from the Center street Evangelical church at 2:30 p.m. The interment will be in Elmwood cemetery. Majestic Rebekahs will attend the services in body. Draperies belonging to the Alert Hose Company and valued at $150 were destroyed in the CRON fire. ************************************ Submitted by Joan Falcone Arnold - Jma8763@aol.com Copied from Obit books at Genesee County History Department NY-OLD-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com