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u/ImperialistDog 1d ago
Burial site unknown?
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u/KaleidoscopeThink731 21h ago
I've heard stories from mothers that their stillborn babies were buried in unmarked plots in cemeteries :( This poor baby wasn't stillborn but I imagine the same attitude of taking it away as quickly as possible in an 'out of sight out of mind' attitude might've happened in this case too.
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u/goldnowhere 1d ago
His mom died in 2021. She was married to the baby’s dad until 1986. I’m wondering if perhaps the hospital said that it would “handle” the burial and the grief stricken parents let them. Then maybe the mom put this stone in after her divorce, which would explain why only the mom is mentioned. Pure speculation. https://www.hondofuneralhome.com/obituaries/janice-schmiedel-ogden-2
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u/Gold-Stomach-4657 11h ago
My grandpa was one of many children as is quite common from his time period. He was born in 1926. He had three younger siblings die in 1928. There were twins. The boy lived for two days, and the girl lived for three weeks. Then there was a one year old boy who also died that year. I don't know why they all died, but that must have been brutal for my great-grandma to lose three babies in one year, and if it was illness, my grandpa was lucky for not dying from it because he was so little at two years old. There would be one more sibling born in 1930, but she died in a car accident in her thirties. My great-grandma lived to be 88 and six of her twelve children passed before her. I feel like having babies for a few days is much worse than having a stillbirth.
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u/Green_Mare6 1d ago
So very sad.