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Elias Gish

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
15 Mar 1907 (aged 58–59)
Burial
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. 9, Lot 246, Grave 5
Memorial ID
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Omaha Daily Bee, March 19, 1907:

GISH - Elias, March 15, 1907. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Harry B. Davis' undertaking rooms, 709 South Sixteenth street. Interment Forest Lawn. Friends invited.

Omaha Daily Bee, March 20, 1907:

Elias Gish, the veteran undertaker of Omaha, was buried at Forest Lawn cemetery Tuesday afternoon, services being held at the undertaking parlors of Harry B. Davis, 709 South Sixteenth street, at 2 o'clock. The members of the trade were well represented at the obsequies, both those in business in Omaha and those in nearby towns.

The funeral sermon was delivered by Rev. Luther Kuhns, and N. P. Swanson, president of the Nebraska Funeral Directors' association, had charge of the funeral. The pallbearers were: H. K. Burkett, P. C. Heafey ad L. A. Hoffman, Omaha undertakers, and C. H. Riepen, J. C. Snyder and P. C. Elasser, all of them members of the Modern Woodmen of America.

No relatives of the dead man were present, but they sent word, giving instructions regarding the funeral.
Omaha Daily Bee, March 19, 1907:

GISH - Elias, March 15, 1907. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Harry B. Davis' undertaking rooms, 709 South Sixteenth street. Interment Forest Lawn. Friends invited.

Omaha Daily Bee, March 20, 1907:

Elias Gish, the veteran undertaker of Omaha, was buried at Forest Lawn cemetery Tuesday afternoon, services being held at the undertaking parlors of Harry B. Davis, 709 South Sixteenth street, at 2 o'clock. The members of the trade were well represented at the obsequies, both those in business in Omaha and those in nearby towns.

The funeral sermon was delivered by Rev. Luther Kuhns, and N. P. Swanson, president of the Nebraska Funeral Directors' association, had charge of the funeral. The pallbearers were: H. K. Burkett, P. C. Heafey ad L. A. Hoffman, Omaha undertakers, and C. H. Riepen, J. C. Snyder and P. C. Elasser, all of them members of the Modern Woodmen of America.

No relatives of the dead man were present, but they sent word, giving instructions regarding the funeral.

Gravesite Details

Buried 3/19/1907



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  • Created by: phillipsp
  • Added: Jan 2, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140826596/elias-gish: accessed ), memorial page for Elias Gish (1848–15 Mar 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140826596, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by phillipsp (contributor 47611520).