Beulah Anne (Dolly) Pitts

1914 - 1928  (14 years)

• Name	Beulah Anne (Dolly) Pitts
  Nickname	Dolly
  Born	20 Oct 1914
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Nov 1928	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery (Penwell-Gabel Cemetery), Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5807	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Ralph L Pitts,   b. 29 Jun 1882,   d. 25 Aug 1944  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Elza Staley Pitts
  Family ID	F7475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Pitts, Beulah 1 LAMP EXPLOSION CAUSES DEATH OF WILLARD GIRL One of the most tragic deaths it has been our experience to note in these columns was that of Dolly Pitts, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pitts, of the Willard neighborhood, which occurred about 8 o’clock Sunday evening. The accident in which Dolly was fatally burned occurred in the forenoon of that day when a gasoline lamp exploded at the Pitts home southeast of Willard. When the girl picked up the lamp near a stove her mother saw a flame coming from the lamp and shouted at her daughter, but before she could put it down, the lamp exploded with a terrific report. The child ran blindly out of the room screaming. Her mother and twin brother Staley threw her down on the floor and smothered the flames with a rug, but not before the child was frightfully burned. Mrs. Pitt was also severely burned and her face scorched while trying to extinguish the flames. She was also treated at the hospital. The girl was given emergency treatment by Dr. C. S. Smith of Rossville and then was taken to Christ hospital. The explosion badly damaged the house. Three doors were blown off their hinges, the walls of the house were sprung and practically every window pane was blown out. Besides her parents, Dolly is survived by two brothers, Ralph and Staley, and a sister, Isabelle, all of the home address. The funeral service was held in the Shellabarger chapel, in Topeka, Wednesday afternoon and the body interred in Memorial cemetery. Rossville high school was dismissed and the majority of the students attended the service. The little girl had long been a favorite with Rossville and Willard people and her tragic death caused grief and sadness among her schoolmates. She was a freshman in Rossville high school.
  		Obituary- Pitts, Beulah 2 SCHOOL NEWS – By Earl Wilt Reporter The funeral of Dolly Anne Pitts was held in Shellabarger’s chapel in Topeka at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The burial was in Memorial Park cemetery in Topeka. Rev. Payden of Willard gave the short message of condolence. Eight high school girls sang “No Night There,” and “Saved by Grace.” They were Ina Compton, Mary McAdams, Thelma Lambert, Lucille Griswold, Edna May Hartzell, Edna Dean, Williamette Navarre and Thelma Cless. The pallbearers were Ralph Pitts, Clyde Rogers, Marvin Billings, Streight Lauck, Frank Stone Jr., and Ernest Sage. Dolly was the twin sister of Staley Pitts. They were fourteen years old October 20, 1928. Dolly was a Freshman in high school. Although she had been in high school only a short time everyone knew and liked her. Her attractive disposition drew friends to her as she was always jolly and very good natured. She had made a very fine record in her class work. Dolly will be very sadly missed by all the high school students and the faculty. --By Thelma Cless The Spot Cash Insurance Co., a stock company, with general offices in Topeka, made a record in quick settlement of a death claim recently on the policy carried on the life of Beulah A. (Dolly) Pitts, little Willard girl, who died from burns received in a gasoline lamp explosion November 19. The claim reached the company offices at 10 o’clock November 24, and at 10:10 the same date the claim was paid in full. The “Spot Cash” known as the “do it now” company, is officered by men well known in the county and includes several Rossville and Willard stockholders. C. A. Leinbach, of Onaga, is president; Lester O. Parr, of Silver Lake, is treasurer and F. L. Eby, a livewire insurance man, is the secretary and general manager.