Cindy Lee SHRADER

1957 - 1962  (5 years)

• Name	Cindy Lee SHRADER
  Birth	22 Aug 1957	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Dec 1962	Iowa
  Burial	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
  Notes	She suffered minor injuries in the accident that led to the death of her sister in July of 1962. She died in a fire at the home of great aunt when a Christmas tree exploded into flames. From the Iowa City newspaper, December 31, 1962: A family holiday gathering of 13 persons Sunday night turned into a night of horror as four of them perished in a fire that destroyed a farm home five miles southeast of Iowa City. Dead are Mrs. Laura Aicher, 41, two of her daughters, Debra Susan, 8, and Barbara Jean, 5, and Cindy Schrader, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schrader of Cedar Rapids. Cindy was a grandniece of Mrs. Aicher. Mrs. Aicher was trying to rescue the children, who were trapped in a bedroom, when she became trapped herself. Mrs. Aicher’s husband, Harry, 43, suffered deep burns on the hands and face. He is in fair condition today. Another daughter, Mrs. Terri Lynn Dolphin of South Dubuque Street, suffered facial burns and was treated at Mercy hospital. Surviving members of the family said that the fire started avout 7:45 p.m. in a Christmas tree in the living room, then spread to drapes behind the tree almost immediately. It was a matter of just a second or two, said Cindy’s grandmother. Mrs. Aicher and the girls were trapped in a northwest bedroom that ajoins the living room of the brick frame home. Their bodies, burned beyon recognition, were found by t firemen between midnight and 12:30 a.m. today after the fire was brought under control. The children’s bodies were huddled below a window sill next to a bed and Mrs. Aicher’s body was at the foot of the bed. Firemen said it appeared as though all died of suffocation soon after the fire began.
  Person ID	I20243	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert Dean SHRADER,   b. 22 Jul 1931, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa d. 14 Jul 1992, Los Angeles County, California (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Janice Lee JOHNSON,   b. 18 Jun 1936, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 16 Dec 2005, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1955
  Family ID	F1039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart