Death, strangely striking twice within an hour, summoned two sisters, both members of a prominent San Francisco family, as they lay ill 20 miles apart.
Hattie Leszynski, ill for weeks from San Francisco, Succumbed at 9 p. m.
Her devoted sister, Hannah, lying desperately ill at the Children’s Hospital in San Francisco, did not know of her passing. But less than an hour later she answered the call. A double funeral was held.
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