Family:Glen Dunlap and Myrtle Beam (1)

"One Child Rescued from Fire, Three Burn - All that Remains of Dunlap Home That Burned to Ground and Caused Death of Three Children - Only the stone foundation and metal objects in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dunlap, in Gardendale, four and a half miles southeast of the city, which burned to the ground yesterday about noon, exacting the lives of three of their children and severely burning a fourth, were left intact when the flames had reduced the building to a bed of glowing embers. June, the baby, who was saved was taken from the bed, the iron portion of which is still standing in the picture, through a window on that side of the house. Neighbor Pulls 2-Year-Old Girl Through Window - Two Sons and One Daughter of Glen Dunlap Cremated in Blazing Home South of City - Embers From Stove Start Tragic Blaze - Children Left Alone by Mother Poke Hot Coals Onto Carpet - The timely act of Leander Rawers, laborer at the block factory on the Decatur road, saved little 2-year-old June Dunlap from the fate of her two brothers and sister, Von Glen, 4; Vera Aline, 3, and Norman, 7 months old, when they were burned to death in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dunlap, in Gardendale, four and a half miles southeast of the city, yesterday about noon. Rawers went up to the blazing building, when the heat from it was so intense that one could not stand comfortably within 25 feet of it, and pulled baby June from a blazing bed, through the window to safety. The child was taken to the Lutheran hospital where last night it was reported that she probably would recover. The charred bodies of the other three children were removed from the dying embers of the home by neighbors. They were taken to the Mungoven undertaking parlors after an investigation of the fire by Coroner Harry G. Erwin. Mr. Dunlap is employed by the Olds Coal company and was at work at the time of the fire. Mrs. Dunlap left the house shortly before 12 o'clock to go to the home of L. V. DeRemer, about two blocks distant, to get some milk. She was talking to Mrs. DeRemer when she noticed the smoke from her burning home. She screamed and ran to save her babies. Mr. Rawers, who lives directly acoss the street from the DeRemer home, was attracted by the fire about the same time and rushed to help. He got there in time to save baby June. Mrs. Dunlap attempted to enter the blazing building, but was pulled back by neighbors. She had gotten close enough, however, that a portion of her hair was singed. "Bud" Dunlap, 5, another son, who was playing in the street in front of the house when the fire broke out, told his mother afterwards that he had been in the house and that his brother and sister were playing with fire about the stove. He ran on out to play again, he said, and soon the fire broke out. The building was a two-room frame structure and its unfinished and unplastered walls quickly caught fire. Russell Foughty, of Garrett, who noticed the fire from the Decatur road, said that it looked as though the building exploded as the walls of the house burst into flames. Foughty arrived just after Rawers had pulled baby June from the building. Apparently the four children rushed to the bed after the house caught on fire as the bodies were all found in that part of the house. While on the way to the scene of the tragedy, the Mungovan ambulance, driven by Tom Mungovan, was hit by an automobile driven by Charles E. Agnew, principal of the South Side grade school, at Darrow avenue and Calhoun street. The ambulance was so badly damaged that a second one had to be summoned from the Mungovan company. Services for the three dead children will be held at the Mungovan funeral parlors sometime today. Surviving the three children are: the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dunlap; two sisters, June, in the hospital, and Doris, 6; one brother, "Bud," 5, and two grandparents. Funeral services for the three children will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Mungovan funeral parlors, Rev. J. H. Klopfenstein officiating. Burial will be made in Lindenwood cemetery." [Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 16 Dec 1924, pg. 1]

"Fourth Babe Dies of Fire Injuries - June Dunlap, 2, Succumbs to Burns Received in Blazing Home - 4 Left of Family of 8 - The fire that destroyed the Dunlap home in Gardendale, four and one-half miles southeast of the city, Monday, claimed its fourth victim yesterday afternoon when little June Dunlap, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dunlap, died at the Lutheran hospital from burns. When brought to the hospital after the fire it was believed that little June would recover. Burns were found only on her limbs. It is suggested that the child may have breathed some fo the flames into her lungs and hospital attendants said the wind and the cold air to which she was exposed while being brought to town may have helped cause death. The child's condition became worse yesterday morning and from then her decline was steady until her death at 3:10 o'clock in the afternoon. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Mungovan's funeral chapel, Rev. W. O. Klopfenstein officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood cemetery. Out of a family circle of eight, the six small children and the father and mother, there remains only the parents and two little ones, a boy, "Bud," 5 and a girl, Doris, 6, as a result of the greedy flames. The charred remains of two little boys, Von Glen, 4, and 7-months-old Norman, and their little sister, Aline, 3, were buried yesterday in Lindenwood, after services conducted by Rev. W.O. Klopfenstein, pastor of the First Missionary church, at Mungovan's funeral chapel. Clothing and other necessities are being given to the remaining members of the stricken family. Officers of the Council of Social agencies and of the Red Cross nursing service visited the parents with sufficient necessities to take care of present needs. Carl Penningroth and Edward J. Ehrman, exalted ruler and secretary, respectively, of the Fort Wayne lodge, Benevolent and Protected Order of Elks, also visited the parents and on behalf of the lodge contributed a sum of money. The congregation of the First Missionary church will also come to the assistance of the family. Practically all earthly possessions of the family were destroyed." [Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 17 Dec 1924]

Glen was 64 years and 13 days old when he died.

Glen's obituary reads, "GLEN C. DUNLAP. Glen C. Dunlap, 61, of 423 Bass St., an employee of the General Electric Co. and a resident of the city for the last 40 years, died at 3:45 a.m. yesterday at Parkview Memorial Hospital where he had been under treatment a week. Mr. Dunlap was a native of Grover Hill, Ohio. Surviving are the wife, Myrtle I.; two sons... and Mirwood G. Dunlap of Albion; three daughters, Mrs. Doris B. Guy of Augusta, Ga...; two brothers, Forest and Ralph Dunlap, both of Fort Wayne and nine grandchildren. The body was removed to D. O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held in the D. O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Oscar A. Eichar officiating. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery." [Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Thursday 16 April 1959, pg. 32]

Myrtle's obituary reads, "Myrtle Dunlap, 83, died Thursday in a nursing home near Augusta, Ga. She was a native of Spencerville. Surviving are three daughters..., Doris Guy of Augusta, and ...; and two sons, ...and Mirwood of Albion. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in D. O. McComb & Sons Lakeside Park Funeral Home, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Lindenwood Cemetery." [Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Saturday 7 June 1980, pg. 2C]