Gerald Lee Gillispie (1946 - 1950)

Born 20 Sep 1946 in St Louis City, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Died 4 Jun 1950 at age 3 in St Louis City, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Gerald Gillispie was born 20 September 1950 in St Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Clyde Gillispie and Rachel Rhoads.

1950 census - St Louis City, Missouri, USA - St Louis Childrens Hospital

Gerald L Gillispie, patient, white, male, age 2, single, born Missouri^[1]

He died 4 June 1950 in St Louis, Missouri. ^[2][3]He is buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FM2-H89Y : Tue Oct 03 03:43:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Gerald L Gillespie and Janet K Lester, 11 April 1950.
2. ↑ Missouri Death Certificate https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1950/1950_00018204.PDF
3. ↑ Miscellaneous Paper, 3 June 1950:

   Small Cape Child Dies; Ill for Over a Year

   A 3 1/2 year old Cape Girardeau child lost his fight for life against a kidney ailment with which he had been ill for a year. Little Gerald Lee Gillespie, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Gillespie, 803 Themis Street, died at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Children's Hospital in St. Louis.

   A few weeks ago several employees of the Davis Electric Co., where the boys father works, went to St Louis to give blood transfusions to the youngster. Gerald had been in Childrens Hospital since May 11, 1949, with nephritis.

   Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Walthier Funeral Home by Rev CE Mount, pastor the Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

   Besides his parents, the child is survived by his maternal grandmother, Mrs Lawrence E Rhoades of the Themis St. address and his paternal grandparents, Mr and Mrs Fred Gillespie of Vienna. He was a nephew of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lalumandier, 21 South Henderson Avenue

4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145049472/gerald-lee-gillispie: accessed 17 November 2023), memorial page for Gerald Lee Gillispie (20 Sep 1946–4 Jun 1950), Find A Grave: Memorial #145049472, citing Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by michele (contributor 48484071).