Gerard, Patricia Ann 1930-1932

GERARD, GILBREAITH

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 11/9/2010 at 14:20:44

Montezuma Republican; April 14, 1932

GERARD BABY BURIED TUESDAY

Was Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gerard.

Death Follows Long Illness With Infantile Paralysis--Burial at Montezuma Cemetery.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from the Church of Christ for Patricia Ann Gerard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gerard. The Rev. J.B. Hockersmith, pastor of the church, had charge of the services. Burial was made in the Montezuma cemetery.

Mrs. Wayne Thompson, Mrs. Winnie Calhoun, Misses Marjorie and Maybel Beason, acompanied by Mrs. Forest Jenkins at the piano, sang appropriate selections. Harold, Alvin, Homer and Paul Gerard were the pall bearers.

Patricia Ann daughter of Clifford and Margaret Gerard, was born September 22, 1930, and died April 11, 1932, at the age of one year, six months and nineteen days. She was stricken with infantile paralysis in December, 1931, and was a very patient sufferer through it all. She leaves to mourn her loss, her father and mother, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gilbreaith and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gerard, aunts, uncles, and many other relatives and friends.