Elderly woman killed in Wagner apartment fire (KSFY-TV 6/28)
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Yankton Sioux Tribe mourns loss of elderly woman in house fire
Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Magdalene Bohn, a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, died on Monday. She was 72.
Bohn, who was known in the community as "Hoppa," died in a fire at one of the tribe's apartment. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
"The tribe and those in the housing authority our hearts go out to the family it's a very unfortunate thing that happened." Glenford Sully, the executive director of the tribal housing authority, told KSFY-TV.
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Elderly woman killed in Wagner apartment fire (KSFY-TV 6/28)
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