HOLGATE, Jimmy David 1939 - 1939

HOLGATE, TURNER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 12/8/2024 at 16:00:53

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, April 4, 1939
Front Page, Column 6

Raymond HOLGATEs Have Incubator Baby At Albia

ALBIA, Iowa, April 4 (UP)-- Raymond HOLGATE, Fairfield, Iowa, lost a race with the stork here today. Mr. and Mrs. HOLGATE had been speeding home from Knoxville where HOLGATE has been employed recently. At Albia it became evident that they were running a losing race. Therefore Mrs. HOLGATE entered a hospital here where a 24 oz. baby was born (note: in Monroe Co., IA).

Placed in an incubator the infant was reported as "doing nicely."

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, April 5, 1939
Front Page, Column 6

HOLGATE Infant Dies In Albia

ALBIA, Iowa, April 5 (UP)-- The 24 ounce son born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond HOLGATE, Fairfield, Iowa, died last night. The child had been in an incubator since birth, Monday night. Mrs. HOLGATE, 16, entered a hospital here when it became apparent she would not reach her home in time for the birth. She and her husband had been driving from Knoxville, where he is employed to Fairfield.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Thursday, April 6, 1939
Front Page, Column 2

Grave Services Held For HOLGATE Infant Today

Short funeral services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond HOLGATE who died on Tuesday evening in an incubator at an Albia hospital were held at the grave this afternoon at 4:00 o'clock in Evergreen cemetery. The baby weighed 24 ounces and had been named Jimmy David.

The body was brought to the Hoskins Funeral Home on Tuesday evening.

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Note: Buried in the Public Grounds section of Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, in Row 8, Space 23, with no gravestone. He was the son of Raymond David and Marjorie Willene TURNER HOLGATE, and was born premature at 6½ months. He lived from 12:30 a.m. April 4th to 8:30 p.m. the same day according to birth and death certificates.