GREGORY, Paul Dean 1950-1955

GREGORY, SPEER

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Date: 11/18/2019 at 16:02:58

Paul Dean Gregory Dies In Hospital

Paul Dean Gregory, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Gregory, passed away at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester, March 18. Little Paul had been a patient and never complaining sufferer of a kidney ailment for two years. He was admitted to the Clinic at Rochester on Tuesday, March 15, became seriously ill on Wednesday evening and was taken to the hospital, where death came at 6 o'clock Friday evening of the kidney ailment and complications.

He was born Dec. 8, 1950 at Waterloo and was 4 years, 3 months and 10 days old at the time of his death.

He leaves besides his parents, one brother Larry 14, two sisters, Louise 12, and Jean 7, his grandmothers, Mrs. Lettie Speer of Waterloo and Mrs. Alice Gregory of Perry, Iowa.

The body was brought from the Engelkes Funeral Home in Grundy Center to the home in Dike Sunday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the Dike Methodist church Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. L. J. Runion, pastor, officiating. Burial was at Elmwood cemetery in Dike.

Casket bearers were James Brown, Wayne Nielsen, Darrell Sherwood and Norman Gerdes.

Gathering Flowers
He loaned me a flower, my Father above,
A choice little rosebud, to tend and to love;
And, Oh, I found joy and contentment so true,
In watching my flower unfold as it grew.
But brief was its stay in my garden below;
In paradise Garden my bud blooms, I know.
And deep in my heart, though the tears dim my eye,
Sweet memories linger that never shall die.
I know in this garden so fragrant and fair,
The Gardener is tending my flower with care.
He walks 'mong His lilies and roses so sweet,
And loves every bud into beauty complete.
I know that some day He shall call and I
Shall know all the whys and wherefores for aye,
And so I am trusting and waiting in prayer,
And Heaven seems near, since my flower is there.
--Author Unknown

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 24 March 1955, pg 10