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Oldest and youngest mothers noted in postwar Iowa data
The survey records show births to mothers as young as 12 and as old as 58 since World War II. Loren Chancellor of the Vital Statistics Division cites multiple ages, with the latest notable birth in 1948 and a 53 year old woman as the state’s oldest to date. A retiree, Claude Fothergill, ends 43 years at Monticello State Bank at age 70, having begun in 1914.
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Towa
Iowa
Loren Chancellor
Vital Statistics Division
Claude Fothergill
Monticello
Monticello State Bank