MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — A family is left heartbroken after a deadly house fire claimed the lives of two of their own.
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Sophia Emholtz was a wife to her husband Richard and mother to their son Ricky.
Sophia and Ricky were home Thursday morning when their Midwest City home burst into flames.
8-year-old Ricky died Thursday after the fire.
Family members tell News 4 Sophia was 49.
They say she died in the hospital Friday night, while being surrounded by family.
The cause of the house fire remains unknown, according to fire crews.
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News 4 spoke with Sophia’s brother Michael Peace, and her sister-in-law, M’Lisa O’Brien.
“She was a very strong woman, she was told she couldn’t have any children. Ricky was her miracle baby,” says Michael.
M’Lisa says, “She had a heart of gold. Just beautiful. An amazing mom, an amazing wife, amazing friend.”
Michael said Sophia was a fighter, beating Cervical Cancer earlier in her life.