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Blunk, Crystal


Research Notes:Born: Unknown Died Jul 16, 1931, age 14 Buried G.A.R. cemetery, Miami Oklahoma

Abstract Data

Died.
Step-Father Leslie Rowden
Mother Beulah Weems Stacy

Picher Oklahoma: Jul 17, 1931, Leslie Rowden, age 33, a hard rock lead and zinc miner, and his stepdaughter, Crystal Blunk, of near Treece Kansas, were drowned early last night in the mill pond of the Webber Mine, about half a mile east of their home, where Mr. and Mrs. Rowden, their four children and the Blunk girl were bathing. The girl was wading in shallow water, but stepped off into a hole about 10 feet deep. Hearing her screams, Rowden went to her aid, but her struggles carried both into the deep water and they were drowned.

Miami News Record — Miami, OK

Jul 17 1931 · p.1 · col.5

Miami News Record — Miami, OK

Jul 19 1931 · p.11 · col.6

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