George Holdefer

HOLDEFER

Posted By: Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/7/2007 at 11:43:26

Source: Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette, Friday, June 1, 1945, page 8

Dies of burns

Milton, Iowa (AP) -- George Holdefer, about 60, died Thursday at an Ottumwa, Iowa, Hospital of burns suffered in a gasoline fire which destroyed his bulk gasoline station, a gasoline truck in several hundred gallons of gasoline.

A resident of Milton for 15 years, Holdefer is survived by his widow and two sons, one of whom is in the Army.