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JESS DENNY STEWART
Jess Denny Stewart of Farmington was born March 3, 1911, at Bismarck and died at Farmington Feb. 11 at the age of 55 years, 11 months and 8 days. He was the son of the Rev. and Mrs. William Stewart.
Surviving are: his wife, Marie Elizabeth Marquette Stewart; six children, Elizabeth (Mrs. Jon Blunt) of St. Louis, William Frederick Stewart of St. Louis, Jo Ellen, Mary Jeanne, Carol Jane and Daniel Burgess all of the home; his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. William Stewart of Farmington; four sisters, Lucille (Mrs. Alfred Kleppsattel) of Mehlville, Olive (Mrs. Robert Cloud) of St. Louis, Martha (Mrs. Ted DeClue) of Bonne Terre, Mary (Mrs. Benton Hurst) of Mehlville; six brothers, Paul Stewart of St. Louis, John Stewart of St. Louis, Clifford Stewart of Hillsboro, Clark Stewart of Topeka, Kansas, Joe Stewart of Casper, Wyoming, and David Stewart of Casper, Wyoming.
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FARMINGTON PUBLISHER AND YOUNG SON DIE IN HOME FIRE
A fire which destroyed their home, took the lives of Jess D. Stewart and his 13-year old son, David, early Saturday morning, Feb. 11. Mr. Stewart was a highly respected Farmington newspaper publisher and former Circuit Clerk of St. Francois County.
The fire, reported to the volunteer fire department about 1:20, completely destroyed the 2 1/2 story brick veneer house which had been the Stewart residence for more than eight years. It was located at 307 North A Street.
Four of the Stewart children, a house guest, and Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were first rescued by firemen and passersby from atop the large front porch roof shortly after the arrival of the fire department.
Mr. Stewart, in discovering that David was not among them, re-entered the house looking for him. This was the last that he was seen until his body was discovered late Saturday morning.
David was found at the foot of his bed by a volunteer fireman about two o'clock after the fire was thought to be under control. A search was begun for Mr. Stewart but a new outbreak of flames from the attic drove the firemen back and outside the burning house.
The greatest height of the fire was around three o'clock when the walls and roof were aflame, according to fire chief Andy Paule.
When the firemen arrived fire was shooting from lower floor windows in the middle of the house. The temperature was a calm, but cold 18 degrees.
Herbert Presson, of Farmington, an early passerby arriving on the scene, fell from a ladder in trying to help with fire fighting. He suffered a broken knee cap. He is at Mineral Area Osteopathic Hospital.
House guest of the Stewart family was Miss Maryann England, Rotary Exchange student from Australia. She is now a patient of Madison Memorial Hospital, suffering from smoke inhalation and other related illness.
Special services were conducted Sunday evening by the Bonne Terre A.F. and A.M. Lodge and by the Rose Croix for Mr. Stewart.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Memorial Methodist Church by their pastor, the Rev. W. Cannon Kinnard. The Journalist's Creed was read by Oliver B. Ferguson, publisher of the Fredericktown Democrat-News and president of the Missouri Press Association.
Interment was in Hillview Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Miller Funeral Service.
Lead Belt News, Flat River, MO, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1967.
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1911 - 1967 (55 years)
