Cleveland Necrology File obit #0050723 dated Apr. 24, 1928
Casement, Gray, son of the late Daniel T. and Mary L. Casement, died in Painesville, Saturday at 10 p.m. Funeral from St. James' Episcopal Church, Painesville, Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
The Painesville Telegraph dated 23 Apr 1928
Gray Casement Dies Following An Operation
Last Surviving Member Of Distinguished Pioneer Family Succumbs At Age of 58
Gray Casement, 58, a life-long resident of this city and the last surviving member of one of Painesville's most distinguished pioneer families, died at Lake County Memorial Hospital here Saturday night following an operation for appendicitis performed last Tuesday.
Mr. Casement became seriously ill following a trip to Ormond, Fla. where he had spent several weeks with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George Reis, of Knoxville, Tenn. He returned to Painesville a week ago and had to be removed to the hospital.
Having once survived a similar attack without an operation he delayed action in this instance until his case was beyond surgical aid, relatives said this morning.
Gray Casement was the son of D. T. Casement, junior member of the firm of J. S. and D. T. Casement, pioneer railroad contractors who were best known for their achievements in constructing the first trans-continental railroad in American, the Union Pacific.
His father died in 1881. His mother was Mary Lockwood, a member of one of Painesville's prominent pioneer families. The family consisted of three sons, Gray was the second in point of age and survived by more than 20 years both of his brothers, Robert Lockwood and Dan Wells Casement.
As a boy, Gray attended the Painesville public schools and later continued his education at St. Paul's school at Concord, New Hampshire. He had planned to enter college, but his health was seriously impaired by a fall from a horse and he was compelled to leave school.
The early death of both of his brothers increased the dependence of his widowed mother upon him to such an extent that he never engaged continuously in active business. However, from 1897 to 1903, he was employed in various capacities in connection with the construction of a railroad for the Costa Rican government.
During this period he became a serious student of Spanish literature and an enthusiastic admirer of the customs and traditions of the peoples of the Spanish-American Republics. His literary product includes two meritorious translations, a volume of short stories, "Cuentos Ticos," by the well known Costa Rican author, Ricardo Fernandez Guardia, first published in 1905 and "El Capitan Veneno," by the Spanish author, Don Pedro Antonio de Alercon, published in 1914.
For 50 years Gray Casement has been a familiar figure on the streets of Painesville, and since the death of his mother, eight years ago, a rather lonely and pathetic one. Close friends and neighbors today described him as an upright, courteous and generous-hearted gentlemen, always.
Judge Arlington G. Reynolds, who has known him intimately for a great many years, spoke of his many fine qualities this morning in commenting on his death.
He resided in the old family home on Wood Street, where Ruth Barton, his mother's faithful housekeeper always attended to his comfort and welfare with deep loyalty and devotion.
Gray Casement was an active communicant and a generous benefactor of St. James' Episcopal Church of this city. Funeral services will be held at the church on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, it was announced this morning by relatives. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery here.
Casement, Gray, son of the late Daniel T. and Mary L. Casement, died in Painesville, Saturday at 10 p.m. Funeral from St. James' Episcopal Church, Painesville, Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
The Painesville Telegraph dated 23 Apr 1928
Gray Casement Dies Following An Operation
Last Surviving Member Of Distinguished Pioneer Family Succumbs At Age of 58
Gray Casement, 58, a life-long resident of this city and the last surviving member of one of Painesville's most distinguished pioneer families, died at Lake County Memorial Hospital here Saturday night following an operation for appendicitis performed last Tuesday.
Mr. Casement became seriously ill following a trip to Ormond, Fla. where he had spent several weeks with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George Reis, of Knoxville, Tenn. He returned to Painesville a week ago and had to be removed to the hospital.
Having once survived a similar attack without an operation he delayed action in this instance until his case was beyond surgical aid, relatives said this morning.
Gray Casement was the son of D. T. Casement, junior member of the firm of J. S. and D. T. Casement, pioneer railroad contractors who were best known for their achievements in constructing the first trans-continental railroad in American, the Union Pacific.
His father died in 1881. His mother was Mary Lockwood, a member of one of Painesville's prominent pioneer families. The family consisted of three sons, Gray was the second in point of age and survived by more than 20 years both of his brothers, Robert Lockwood and Dan Wells Casement.
As a boy, Gray attended the Painesville public schools and later continued his education at St. Paul's school at Concord, New Hampshire. He had planned to enter college, but his health was seriously impaired by a fall from a horse and he was compelled to leave school.
The early death of both of his brothers increased the dependence of his widowed mother upon him to such an extent that he never engaged continuously in active business. However, from 1897 to 1903, he was employed in various capacities in connection with the construction of a railroad for the Costa Rican government.
During this period he became a serious student of Spanish literature and an enthusiastic admirer of the customs and traditions of the peoples of the Spanish-American Republics. His literary product includes two meritorious translations, a volume of short stories, "Cuentos Ticos," by the well known Costa Rican author, Ricardo Fernandez Guardia, first published in 1905 and "El Capitan Veneno," by the Spanish author, Don Pedro Antonio de Alercon, published in 1914.
For 50 years Gray Casement has been a familiar figure on the streets of Painesville, and since the death of his mother, eight years ago, a rather lonely and pathetic one. Close friends and neighbors today described him as an upright, courteous and generous-hearted gentlemen, always.
Judge Arlington G. Reynolds, who has known him intimately for a great many years, spoke of his many fine qualities this morning in commenting on his death.
He resided in the old family home on Wood Street, where Ruth Barton, his mother's faithful housekeeper always attended to his comfort and welfare with deep loyalty and devotion.
Gray Casement was an active communicant and a generous benefactor of St. James' Episcopal Church of this city. Funeral services will be held at the church on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, it was announced this morning by relatives. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery here.
Cleveland Necrology File obit #0050723 dated Apr. 24, 1928
Casement, Gray, son of the late Daniel T. and Mary L. Casement, died in Painesville, Saturday at 10 p.m. Funeral from St. James' Episcopal Church, Painesville, Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
The Painesville Telegraph dated 23 Apr 1928
Gray Casement Dies Following An Operation
Last Surviving Member Of Distinguished Pioneer Family Succumbs At Age of 58
Gray Casement, 58, a life-long resident of this city and the last surviving member of one of Painesville's most distinguished pioneer families, died at Lake County Memorial Hospital here Saturday night following an operation for appendicitis performed last Tuesday.
Mr. Casement became seriously ill following a trip to Ormond, Fla. where he had spent several weeks with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George Reis, of Knoxville, Tenn. He returned to Painesville a week ago and had to be removed to the hospital.
Having once survived a similar attack without an operation he delayed action in this instance until his case was beyond surgical aid, relatives said this morning.
Gray Casement was the son of D. T. Casement, junior member of the firm of J. S. and D. T. Casement, pioneer railroad contractors who were best known for their achievements in constructing the first trans-continental railroad in American, the Union Pacific.
His father died in 1881. His mother was Mary Lockwood, a member of one of Painesville's prominent pioneer families. The family consisted of three sons, Gray was the second in point of age and survived by more than 20 years both of his brothers, Robert Lockwood and Dan Wells Casement.
As a boy, Gray attended the Painesville public schools and later continued his education at St. Paul's school at Concord, New Hampshire. He had planned to enter college, but his health was seriously impaired by a fall from a horse and he was compelled to leave school.
The early death of both of his brothers increased the dependence of his widowed mother upon him to such an extent that he never engaged continuously in active business. However, from 1897 to 1903, he was employed in various capacities in connection with the construction of a railroad for the Costa Rican government.
During this period he became a serious student of Spanish literature and an enthusiastic admirer of the customs and traditions of the peoples of the Spanish-American Republics. His literary product includes two meritorious translations, a volume of short stories, "Cuentos Ticos," by the well known Costa Rican author, Ricardo Fernandez Guardia, first published in 1905 and "El Capitan Veneno," by the Spanish author, Don Pedro Antonio de Alercon, published in 1914.
For 50 years Gray Casement has been a familiar figure on the streets of Painesville, and since the death of his mother, eight years ago, a rather lonely and pathetic one. Close friends and neighbors today described him as an upright, courteous and generous-hearted gentlemen, always.
Judge Arlington G. Reynolds, who has known him intimately for a great many years, spoke of his many fine qualities this morning in commenting on his death.
He resided in the old family home on Wood Street, where Ruth Barton, his mother's faithful housekeeper always attended to his comfort and welfare with deep loyalty and devotion.
Gray Casement was an active communicant and a generous benefactor of St. James' Episcopal Church of this city. Funeral services will be held at the church on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, it was announced this morning by relatives. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery here.
Casement, Gray, son of the late Daniel T. and Mary L. Casement, died in Painesville, Saturday at 10 p.m. Funeral from St. James' Episcopal Church, Painesville, Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
The Painesville Telegraph dated 23 Apr 1928
Gray Casement Dies Following An Operation
Last Surviving Member Of Distinguished Pioneer Family Succumbs At Age of 58
Gray Casement, 58, a life-long resident of this city and the last surviving member of one of Painesville's most distinguished pioneer families, died at Lake County Memorial Hospital here Saturday night following an operation for appendicitis performed last Tuesday.
Mr. Casement became seriously ill following a trip to Ormond, Fla. where he had spent several weeks with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George Reis, of Knoxville, Tenn. He returned to Painesville a week ago and had to be removed to the hospital.
Having once survived a similar attack without an operation he delayed action in this instance until his case was beyond surgical aid, relatives said this morning.
Gray Casement was the son of D. T. Casement, junior member of the firm of J. S. and D. T. Casement, pioneer railroad contractors who were best known for their achievements in constructing the first trans-continental railroad in American, the Union Pacific.
His father died in 1881. His mother was Mary Lockwood, a member of one of Painesville's prominent pioneer families. The family consisted of three sons, Gray was the second in point of age and survived by more than 20 years both of his brothers, Robert Lockwood and Dan Wells Casement.
As a boy, Gray attended the Painesville public schools and later continued his education at St. Paul's school at Concord, New Hampshire. He had planned to enter college, but his health was seriously impaired by a fall from a horse and he was compelled to leave school.
The early death of both of his brothers increased the dependence of his widowed mother upon him to such an extent that he never engaged continuously in active business. However, from 1897 to 1903, he was employed in various capacities in connection with the construction of a railroad for the Costa Rican government.
During this period he became a serious student of Spanish literature and an enthusiastic admirer of the customs and traditions of the peoples of the Spanish-American Republics. His literary product includes two meritorious translations, a volume of short stories, "Cuentos Ticos," by the well known Costa Rican author, Ricardo Fernandez Guardia, first published in 1905 and "El Capitan Veneno," by the Spanish author, Don Pedro Antonio de Alercon, published in 1914.
For 50 years Gray Casement has been a familiar figure on the streets of Painesville, and since the death of his mother, eight years ago, a rather lonely and pathetic one. Close friends and neighbors today described him as an upright, courteous and generous-hearted gentlemen, always.
Judge Arlington G. Reynolds, who has known him intimately for a great many years, spoke of his many fine qualities this morning in commenting on his death.
He resided in the old family home on Wood Street, where Ruth Barton, his mother's faithful housekeeper always attended to his comfort and welfare with deep loyalty and devotion.
Gray Casement was an active communicant and a generous benefactor of St. James' Episcopal Church of this city. Funeral services will be held at the church on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, it was announced this morning by relatives. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery here.
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