Individual Details
Jesse "Imogene" Davis
(8 Nov 1917 - 26 Sep 1998)
Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Washington, Tuesday, September 29, 1998, Page 5, Col. 2: J. Imogene Holliday. A funeral for J. Imogene Holliday of Bellingham will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Westford Funeral Home.
Mrs. Holliday died Saturday, Sept. 26, 1998, at Mount Baker Care Center. She was 80. She was born Nov. 8, 1917, to Everett and Irma Kirkpatrick Davis in Carl, Iowa. After graduating from Weston High School in Weston, Neb., in 1934, and from Luther College in 1936, she began teaching in a one-room school house in Rescue, Neb. She married Lynn S. Holliday Sept. 17, 1944, in Glendale, Calif. He died in 1974.
A local resident since 1945, Mrs. Holliday taught at Custer Elementary School for 20 years and retired from the Ferndale School District in 1981. She was a member of Whatcom County Retired Teachers Association, National Education Association, American Association of Retired Persons, Emblem Club, Elks Club and Pythian Sisters. Mrs. Holliday enjoyed reading traveling, playing bingo and collecting eggs.
Survivors include son Duane Holliday of Bellingham; daughter Diane Poirier of Kingston; sisters Maurine Kliment, Betty Patzloff, Peggy Ericson and Patsy Comte, all of Nebraska; two grandchildren; and two step grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.
Mrs. Holliday died Saturday, Sept. 26, 1998, at Mount Baker Care Center. She was 80. She was born Nov. 8, 1917, to Everett and Irma Kirkpatrick Davis in Carl, Iowa. After graduating from Weston High School in Weston, Neb., in 1934, and from Luther College in 1936, she began teaching in a one-room school house in Rescue, Neb. She married Lynn S. Holliday Sept. 17, 1944, in Glendale, Calif. He died in 1974.
A local resident since 1945, Mrs. Holliday taught at Custer Elementary School for 20 years and retired from the Ferndale School District in 1981. She was a member of Whatcom County Retired Teachers Association, National Education Association, American Association of Retired Persons, Emblem Club, Elks Club and Pythian Sisters. Mrs. Holliday enjoyed reading traveling, playing bingo and collecting eggs.
Survivors include son Duane Holliday of Bellingham; daughter Diane Poirier of Kingston; sisters Maurine Kliment, Betty Patzloff, Peggy Ericson and Patsy Comte, all of Nebraska; two grandchildren; and two step grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.
Events
| Birth | 8 Nov 1917 | Carl, Adams Co., Iowa |  | ||
| Marriage | 17 Sep 1944 | Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California - Lynn Sterling Holliday | | ||
| Death | 26 Sep 1998 | Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington | | ||
| Burial | Woodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, Whatcom Co., Washington | |
Families
| Spouse | Lynn Sterling Holliday (1916 - 1974) |
| Child | Diane Holliday ( - ) |
| Child | Duane Holliday ( - ) |
| Father | Everett Morris Davis (1893 - 1960) |
| Mother | Irma Mae Kirkpatrick (1900 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Cheryl Maureen Davis (1919 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Delmar Eugene Davis (1921 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Betty Virginia Davis (1927 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Patsy Ann Davis (1934 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Peggy Lou Davis (1934 - ) |
| Sibling | Michael Dallas Davis (1937 - 1994) |
Endnotes
1. Social Security Death Index.
2. 1930 Census Saunders Co., Nebraska.
3. Obituary of J. Imogene Davis Holliday, Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Washington, Tuesday, September 29, 1998, Page 5, Col. 2.
4. Ancestry.com.
5. Obituary of J. Imogene Davis Holliday, Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Washington, Tuesday, September 29, 1998, Page 5, Col. 2.
6. Social Security Death Index.
7. Obituary of J. Imogene Davis Holliday, Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Washington, Tuesday, September 29, 1998, Page 5, Col. 2.
8. Woodlawn Cemetery, Phone call to 360-384-3734 on March 14, 2012.