HOCKETT, Edgar George 1877 - 1933

HOCKETT, DOAN, JOHNSON, CLARK, GIESE

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 11/28/2024 at 21:21:03

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Thursday, March 9, 1933
Page THREE, Columns 7 and 8

EDGAR HOCKETT DIED SUDDENLY
Suffered Heart Attack While at Work; Services Tomorrow

Edgar HOCKETT, 54, who has been employed by the city for the past five years, was found unconscious and died shortly after, near the city disposal plant last night.

When Mr. HOCKETT did not return to his home, 607 South Fifth street, at the usual time last evening his wife became alarmed and, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Harley Holmes, went to the disposal plant in search for him. He was found in the door way of the tool house in an unconscious condition, having suffered a heart attack. Before the ambulance could reach him he had passed away.

The body was taken to the Hoskins Funeral Home. Services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Free Methodist church in charge of Rev. D. C. Eddy. Burial in Evergreen cemetry (sic).

Besides his wife he leaves one sister, Mrs. Harley DOEN (sic - DOAN) of Mt. Pleasant and a brother, Fred HOCKETT of Bucklin, Mo.

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Note: Buried in Lot 2nd.273. He was married three times, first to Eva JOHNSON in 1896; second to Mary Lena CLARK in 1902; third to Ida E. GIESE in 1911; Ida subsequently remarried to R. G. FITZWATER, died in 1984, and was buried with her second husband. Edgar's birth year varies a bit depending on the source - he was born in 1883 per his Death Certificate, however he was enumerated in the 1880 census as a two-year-old. The birth month and day of October 3 remains the same between sources.