Bonnie Lou was born August 6, 1929. She was the daughter of Merrill Harris Alexander and Bertha Bernice Killion. She was the only child of Merrill who died in 1931. Bertha remarried in the late 1930's to Oscar Ewing. In the 1940 Census, in Seymour, Indiana, Bonnie was listed as 10 and in the 4th grade.
On January 14, 1941, at Schneck Memorial Hospital in Seymour, Indiana, Bonnie Lou Alexander died. She was 11 years, 6 months, and 8 days old. I was always told she died of an infection on her face. Her death certificate lists the main cause of death as Bronchopneumonia, with the "other condition" as Erysipelas which is an infection on the skin. I was always told she had a little bite or pimple type place on her face that she scratched. In the end it was the bronchopneumonia that actually killed her.
She was buried close to her father in Riverview Cemetery in Seymour on January 10, 1941.
So tragic.
Her Obituary:
Seymour Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
January 15, 1941
Bonnie Lou Alexander Rites Set
Services Thursday for Victim of Erysipelas.
January 15, 1941
Bonnie Lou Alexander
Funeral services for Bonnie Lou Alexander, age eleven, 826 McDonald street, will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the First Baptist Church with Dr. A.A. Cohn, pastor, in charge. Burial in Riverview Cemetery.
Friends may call at the home, 820 McDonald street, after 7 o'clock tonight.
The girl died at 12:50 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Schneck Memorial Hospital following an illness of two weeks duration with erysipelas.
She was born in Seymour on August 6, 1929, the daughter of Merrel and Bertha Alexander. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and made a host of friends among her playmates and schoolmates who mourn her death.
She is survived by the mother, Mrs. Oscar Ewing; the step-father; the grandmothers, Mrs. Fred Robertson and Mrs. Joseph Killion, and a grandfather, Joseph Killion, all of Seymour.
Sources:
1940 Census, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana; Ancestry.com
Death Certificate, Jackson County Health Dept. also Ancestry.com
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