Arthur Holmes Applegate (1919 - 2009)

Born 2 Jan 1919 in Deansboro, Oneida, New York, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Betty Jane Weeden — married 25 Jun 1949 in Frankfort, Herkimer, New York, USA

Died 21 Nov 2009 at age 90 in Granville, Ohio

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Arthur Holmes /Applegate/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 02 JAN 1919

Place: Deansboro, Oneida, New York, USA^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: 21 NOV 2009

Place: Granville, Ohio^[3]

Retirement

Retirement:

Date: 01 FEB 1984

Note

Note: #H00048

Marriage

Husband: Arthur Holmes Applegate

Wife: Betty Jane Weeden

Child: Living Applegate

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Living Applegate

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Living Applegate

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 25 JUN 1949

Place: Frankfort, Herkimer, New York, USA^[4]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Applegate-70 created through the import of Towne-Weeden.ged on May 29, 2011 by J X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by J and others.

• Source: S00268 Title: Lynn Weeden NOTELynn Weeden, Lynn Weeden, Source Medium: Letter CONT .
• Source: S00333 Title: obituary NOTEobituary, obituary.

Notes

Note H00048occupation: MD

graduate of Hamilton College, BA & University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, MD

Lynn Weeden

Arthur H. Applegate, MD, a long-time resident of Ilion, New York, died November 21, 2009, in Granville, Ohio. He was born January 2, 1919, in Deansboro, N.Y., the son of Robert D. and Julia Alnetta Calhoun Applegate.

Dr. Applegate was a graduate of Ilion High School class of 1936, and earned his bachelor’s degree in French from Hamilton College, where he was a member of the Class of 1941. Shortly after graduation from college, and following a short stint at Harvard Business School, he enlisted in the United States Army, and was assigned to the 69th Infantry Div. Because of his fluency in French and German he was chosen to serve with the Central Intelligence Corps in Europe, and was awarded two bronze stars. He was honorably discharged at the end of World War II.

Following the war and using the GI Bill, he re-enrolled at Hamilton College as a pre-med student. He gained admittance to the University of Rochester School of Medicine where he earned his medical degree in 1951. Dr. Applegate served an internship at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., and then returned to Rochester, N.Y., where he completed his residency at Strong Memorial Hospital. While enrolled in medical school, he married Betty Jane Weeden, in Frankfort, New York, on June 25, 1949. They enjoyed a loving relationship of 55 years, until her death in 2004.

In 1954, Dr. Applegate returned to the Mohawk Valley where he established a medical practice with his brother-in-law, G. Roger Weeden Jr., MD, on S. Otsego St. in Mohawk. He continued his medical practice at the London Bridge Medical Office in Ilion, until his retirement on February 1, 1984. He was on the staff of Mohawk Valley General Hospital. Dr. Applegate thoroughly enjoyed the challenges of medical practice, the many people he worked with over the years, and his patients.

In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Applegate was involved in his community and in a number of organizations. He was a member of the Ilion School Board, a member and past president of the Central N.Y. Academy of Medicine, a member and vestryman of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, a member and past president of the Ilion Conversation Club, and a member of the Ilion Water Board.

Dr. Applegate was a man of varied interests. He was an accomplished organist and pianist, and loved to sing. He had a passion for other places and cultures and he and his wife, Betty, traveled extensively. He loved to read and enjoyed gardening, basket weaving and did beautiful needlepoint. Despite the fact that Dr. Applegate never learned to swim, he loved the fact that his backyard swimming pool was the favorite summer destination for his grandchildren. He was devoted to his family.

Dr. Applegate is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, the Rev. Stephen and Terry Applegate, of Granville, Ohio; Robert and Kathleen Applegate, of West Winfield; a daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Brady Boyd, of Ilion; 10 grandchildren, Elizabeth Applegate, Peter Glenn-Applegate, Katherine and Benjamin Applegate, William, Thomas, and Margaret Applegate, and Andrew, Philip, and Matthew Boyd; and several nieces and nephews.

He will be remembered as extremely intelligent, exceedingly generous, and the true leader of his family.

A memorial service for Dr. Applegate will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2009, at 11 a.m. at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church on Second Street in Ilion, with the Rev. Stephen H. Applegate officiating. Interment will be in the Kinne Cemetery, Town of Litchfield.

Friends are asked to consider memorials to the Ilion Free Public Library, or a charity of one’s choice.

1. ↑ Source: #S00268
2. ↑ Source: #S00268
3. ↑ Source: #S00333
4. ↑ Source: #S00268