MONM'TH BABY KILLED IN FALL
Mother Trips in Going Downstairs Carrying Little Girl
Eleanor Jane Imbody, aged 15 months, received fatal injuries when her mother, Mrs. G. Ray Imbody, wife of the principal of Monmouth High school, carrying the child, fell down a long stairway in the Imbody home at 214 South Sixth street in Monmouth Sunday morning shortly after 8 o'clock. The baby died two hours later, at about 10 o'clock.
According to Mrs. Imbody, who herself suffered a fracture of the left forearm and an injury about the left eye, she had taken the baby, Eleanor Jane, out of her bed. She stated she always put on flat-heel slippers when handling the children, and she picked up the baby, who cuddled up against her shoulders. She held the baby in one arm and reached for the bannister of the high stairway, when she thinks her slipper-toe caught in her pajama leg. She fell the entire length of the stairway, and her told Dr. J.O. Firth, county coroner, that in falling her thoughts were to keep the baby free of her body so she would not crush the child, that she heard what she thought was two or three "thuds" on the stairs, and that she did not believe her body hit the stairway all the way down. She stated that she held onto the baby most of the entire way down the stairs. Mrs. Imbody struck the hallway door at the bottom of the steps and the baby landed on the floor. The husband picked up the baby and put her on the davenport, and Mrs. Imbody ran to call a doctor.
NEVER BECAME CONSCIOUS
Dr. Charles P. Blair said he was called immediately and believed the baby to be dying at that time, as she was breathing very slowly and was limp. However, the baby rallied, but not to consciousness. She passed away two hours later, from a severe skull fracture which injured the vital parts of the brain.
Mr. and Mrs. Imbody have made their home in Monmouth 10 years and he is principal of the Monmouth High school. They have made a host of friends while in the city who are grieved at their loss. In addition to the parents, Eleanor Jane leaves a sister, Mary, six years old.
Another sister, Margaret Jean, died 10 years ago. Eleanor Jane was born in Monmouth 15 months ago. The maternal grandparents live in the northwestern part of Iowa, and the paternal grandparents also survive.
FUNERAL HELD TODAY
Funeral services are to be held this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock in the Logg and Holliday Memorial chapel, in charge of Dr. G.C. Crippen of the First Baptist church. Interment will be in the Monmouth cemetery.
An inquest will be held this morning at 9 o'clock by Dr. J.O. Firth, coroner, at the funeral home, resulted in a verdict that the baby came to its death from a severe skull fracture, involving vital parts of the brain. Jurymen were Earle Bennett, Ralph Eckley, Robert McLoskey, Dave Allaman, Chet Shaw and Herbert Johnson.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: JANUARY 6, 1941
RITES FOR IMBODY BABY HELD MONDAY
Funeral services for Eleanor Jane Imbody, 15-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ray Imbody, who died Sunday morning after a fall down a stairway in their home at 214 South Sixth street, in which Mrs. Imbody was also injured, were held Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at the Lugg and Holliday Memorial chapel. The Rev. G.C. Crippen of the First Baptist church had charge of the service, and the baby was buried in Monmouth cemetery by the side of her sister, who preceded her in death.
Galesburg Register-Mail: January 7, 1941
Mother Trips in Going Downstairs Carrying Little Girl
Eleanor Jane Imbody, aged 15 months, received fatal injuries when her mother, Mrs. G. Ray Imbody, wife of the principal of Monmouth High school, carrying the child, fell down a long stairway in the Imbody home at 214 South Sixth street in Monmouth Sunday morning shortly after 8 o'clock. The baby died two hours later, at about 10 o'clock.
According to Mrs. Imbody, who herself suffered a fracture of the left forearm and an injury about the left eye, she had taken the baby, Eleanor Jane, out of her bed. She stated she always put on flat-heel slippers when handling the children, and she picked up the baby, who cuddled up against her shoulders. She held the baby in one arm and reached for the bannister of the high stairway, when she thinks her slipper-toe caught in her pajama leg. She fell the entire length of the stairway, and her told Dr. J.O. Firth, county coroner, that in falling her thoughts were to keep the baby free of her body so she would not crush the child, that she heard what she thought was two or three "thuds" on the stairs, and that she did not believe her body hit the stairway all the way down. She stated that she held onto the baby most of the entire way down the stairs. Mrs. Imbody struck the hallway door at the bottom of the steps and the baby landed on the floor. The husband picked up the baby and put her on the davenport, and Mrs. Imbody ran to call a doctor.
NEVER BECAME CONSCIOUS
Dr. Charles P. Blair said he was called immediately and believed the baby to be dying at that time, as she was breathing very slowly and was limp. However, the baby rallied, but not to consciousness. She passed away two hours later, from a severe skull fracture which injured the vital parts of the brain.
Mr. and Mrs. Imbody have made their home in Monmouth 10 years and he is principal of the Monmouth High school. They have made a host of friends while in the city who are grieved at their loss. In addition to the parents, Eleanor Jane leaves a sister, Mary, six years old.
Another sister, Margaret Jean, died 10 years ago. Eleanor Jane was born in Monmouth 15 months ago. The maternal grandparents live in the northwestern part of Iowa, and the paternal grandparents also survive.
FUNERAL HELD TODAY
Funeral services are to be held this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock in the Logg and Holliday Memorial chapel, in charge of Dr. G.C. Crippen of the First Baptist church. Interment will be in the Monmouth cemetery.
An inquest will be held this morning at 9 o'clock by Dr. J.O. Firth, coroner, at the funeral home, resulted in a verdict that the baby came to its death from a severe skull fracture, involving vital parts of the brain. Jurymen were Earle Bennett, Ralph Eckley, Robert McLoskey, Dave Allaman, Chet Shaw and Herbert Johnson.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: JANUARY 6, 1941
RITES FOR IMBODY BABY HELD MONDAY
Funeral services for Eleanor Jane Imbody, 15-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ray Imbody, who died Sunday morning after a fall down a stairway in their home at 214 South Sixth street, in which Mrs. Imbody was also injured, were held Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at the Lugg and Holliday Memorial chapel. The Rev. G.C. Crippen of the First Baptist church had charge of the service, and the baby was buried in Monmouth cemetery by the side of her sister, who preceded her in death.
Galesburg Register-Mail: January 7, 1941
MONM'TH BABY KILLED IN FALL
Mother Trips in Going Downstairs Carrying Little Girl
Eleanor Jane Imbody, aged 15 months, received fatal injuries when her mother, Mrs. G. Ray Imbody, wife of the principal of Monmouth High school, carrying the child, fell down a long stairway in the Imbody home at 214 South Sixth street in Monmouth Sunday morning shortly after 8 o'clock. The baby died two hours later, at about 10 o'clock.
According to Mrs. Imbody, who herself suffered a fracture of the left forearm and an injury about the left eye, she had taken the baby, Eleanor Jane, out of her bed. She stated she always put on flat-heel slippers when handling the children, and she picked up the baby, who cuddled up against her shoulders. She held the baby in one arm and reached for the bannister of the high stairway, when she thinks her slipper-toe caught in her pajama leg. She fell the entire length of the stairway, and her told Dr. J.O. Firth, county coroner, that in falling her thoughts were to keep the baby free of her body so she would not crush the child, that she heard what she thought was two or three "thuds" on the stairs, and that she did not believe her body hit the stairway all the way down. She stated that she held onto the baby most of the entire way down the stairs. Mrs. Imbody struck the hallway door at the bottom of the steps and the baby landed on the floor. The husband picked up the baby and put her on the davenport, and Mrs. Imbody ran to call a doctor.
NEVER BECAME CONSCIOUS
Dr. Charles P. Blair said he was called immediately and believed the baby to be dying at that time, as she was breathing very slowly and was limp. However, the baby rallied, but not to consciousness. She passed away two hours later, from a severe skull fracture which injured the vital parts of the brain.
Mr. and Mrs. Imbody have made their home in Monmouth 10 years and he is principal of the Monmouth High school. They have made a host of friends while in the city who are grieved at their loss. In addition to the parents, Eleanor Jane leaves a sister, Mary, six years old.
Another sister, Margaret Jean, died 10 years ago. Eleanor Jane was born in Monmouth 15 months ago. The maternal grandparents live in the northwestern part of Iowa, and the paternal grandparents also survive.
FUNERAL HELD TODAY
Funeral services are to be held this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock in the Logg and Holliday Memorial chapel, in charge of Dr. G.C. Crippen of the First Baptist church. Interment will be in the Monmouth cemetery.
An inquest will be held this morning at 9 o'clock by Dr. J.O. Firth, coroner, at the funeral home, resulted in a verdict that the baby came to its death from a severe skull fracture, involving vital parts of the brain. Jurymen were Earle Bennett, Ralph Eckley, Robert McLoskey, Dave Allaman, Chet Shaw and Herbert Johnson.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: JANUARY 6, 1941
RITES FOR IMBODY BABY HELD MONDAY
Funeral services for Eleanor Jane Imbody, 15-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ray Imbody, who died Sunday morning after a fall down a stairway in their home at 214 South Sixth street, in which Mrs. Imbody was also injured, were held Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at the Lugg and Holliday Memorial chapel. The Rev. G.C. Crippen of the First Baptist church had charge of the service, and the baby was buried in Monmouth cemetery by the side of her sister, who preceded her in death.
Galesburg Register-Mail: January 7, 1941
Mother Trips in Going Downstairs Carrying Little Girl
Eleanor Jane Imbody, aged 15 months, received fatal injuries when her mother, Mrs. G. Ray Imbody, wife of the principal of Monmouth High school, carrying the child, fell down a long stairway in the Imbody home at 214 South Sixth street in Monmouth Sunday morning shortly after 8 o'clock. The baby died two hours later, at about 10 o'clock.
According to Mrs. Imbody, who herself suffered a fracture of the left forearm and an injury about the left eye, she had taken the baby, Eleanor Jane, out of her bed. She stated she always put on flat-heel slippers when handling the children, and she picked up the baby, who cuddled up against her shoulders. She held the baby in one arm and reached for the bannister of the high stairway, when she thinks her slipper-toe caught in her pajama leg. She fell the entire length of the stairway, and her told Dr. J.O. Firth, county coroner, that in falling her thoughts were to keep the baby free of her body so she would not crush the child, that she heard what she thought was two or three "thuds" on the stairs, and that she did not believe her body hit the stairway all the way down. She stated that she held onto the baby most of the entire way down the stairs. Mrs. Imbody struck the hallway door at the bottom of the steps and the baby landed on the floor. The husband picked up the baby and put her on the davenport, and Mrs. Imbody ran to call a doctor.
NEVER BECAME CONSCIOUS
Dr. Charles P. Blair said he was called immediately and believed the baby to be dying at that time, as she was breathing very slowly and was limp. However, the baby rallied, but not to consciousness. She passed away two hours later, from a severe skull fracture which injured the vital parts of the brain.
Mr. and Mrs. Imbody have made their home in Monmouth 10 years and he is principal of the Monmouth High school. They have made a host of friends while in the city who are grieved at their loss. In addition to the parents, Eleanor Jane leaves a sister, Mary, six years old.
Another sister, Margaret Jean, died 10 years ago. Eleanor Jane was born in Monmouth 15 months ago. The maternal grandparents live in the northwestern part of Iowa, and the paternal grandparents also survive.
FUNERAL HELD TODAY
Funeral services are to be held this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock in the Logg and Holliday Memorial chapel, in charge of Dr. G.C. Crippen of the First Baptist church. Interment will be in the Monmouth cemetery.
An inquest will be held this morning at 9 o'clock by Dr. J.O. Firth, coroner, at the funeral home, resulted in a verdict that the baby came to its death from a severe skull fracture, involving vital parts of the brain. Jurymen were Earle Bennett, Ralph Eckley, Robert McLoskey, Dave Allaman, Chet Shaw and Herbert Johnson.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: JANUARY 6, 1941
RITES FOR IMBODY BABY HELD MONDAY
Funeral services for Eleanor Jane Imbody, 15-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ray Imbody, who died Sunday morning after a fall down a stairway in their home at 214 South Sixth street, in which Mrs. Imbody was also injured, were held Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at the Lugg and Holliday Memorial chapel. The Rev. G.C. Crippen of the First Baptist church had charge of the service, and the baby was buried in Monmouth cemetery by the side of her sister, who preceded her in death.
Galesburg Register-Mail: January 7, 1941
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