Gant, Patrick 1865-1942

GANT, BEAULIEU

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 8/26/2018 at 16:55:52

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Tuesday, May 12, 1942

Death Claims Patrick Gant
Resident of Plymouth County Sixty Years

Patrick Gant, 77, well known stock farmer and landowner in Plymouth County for many years, died Sunday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McGruder, in LeMars. Mr. Gant had been in poor health for a long time and death was not unexpected.

Patrick Gant was born in Canada, and when a youth in his teens came to Plymouth County. In early days he operated a large farm in Sioux township and owned several hundred acres of land and farmed on a large scale, raising cattle and hogs and dealing extensively buying and selling stock.

He was widely known in the community where he lived for over sixty years.

He is survived by his sons, Thos. Gant of Hawarden, William and Stephen Gant of Akron, Emmett Gant of Sioux City, Leonard Gant of Geddes, S.D., and daughters, Mrs. Rita Kirby of Minneapolis, Mrs. Cecil McGruder of LeMars, Mrs. James Cahill, of Clinton, and Sister Wilfred of Clinton.

The funeral will be held this Tuesday morning in St. Patrick’s church at Akron, Rev. Charles Ernst, the pastor, officiating, and interment made in the Catholic cemetery at Akron.