LaPORTE COUNTY – A 75-year old LaPorte County woman, badly burned apparently while burning leaves, has died.

Marsha Wolf was flown to Loyola University Medical Hospital after discovered by a neighbor before 6 p.m. Thursday in the 2100 block of S. 350 East, according to La Porte County Police.  Police said most of her body was covered with severe burns.

A woman stepping out of her house to go for a walk discovered Wolf laying near her driveway, police said.  It appears Wolf was burning leaves but there was no evidence of how she was burned.

According to her obituary,  Wolf died the same day of the incident.