INFANT DIES IN MT. VERNON HOSPITAL

Marvin Rae Kirkpatrick. Three month old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kirkpatrick, Rt. 1, Bonnie, died suddenly Tuesday in Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon. An autopsy report is pending. The child, born July 23 in Good Samaritan Hospital, leaves his parents.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Brayfield Funeral Home, Sesser.

Source: The Southern Illinoisan
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 1960
Submitted by: Robert W. Loman

Child Suffocates White Sleeping

Marvin Ray Kirkpatrick, 11 weeks-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kirkpatrick of Route 1, Bonnie, suffocated while sleeping in his crib yesterday. The child was rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital and was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser. Survivors include the parents, Kenneth and Evelyn Kirkpatrick.

*NOTE* Marvin Rae Kirkpatrick is buried at Horse Prairie cemetery, Barren Township, Franklin County, IL.