MO d/c 20568—Death certificate and obit have 1901 as birth year, stone has 1900.
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Richard Gibbons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Gibbons died Saturday morning July 16th at 3:50 o'clock. Little Richard was born July 22, 1901. From his very birth frailty set its mark upon him, so weak was he that Holy Baptism was administered privately to him at the house on his birthday. And throughout his brief life he was the patient and cheerful sufferer of many bodily ailments. Within the weak body there was contained a strong young brain, and Richard gave every token of being an unusually bright boy. Sculpture or painting might have been his future, for given a sheet of blank paper and scissors, he could cut out at will and quickly, animal and bird forms, and with a pencil he could sketch little landscapes that were far from crude. Always happy, he bore his last illness with Spartan courage, and cheered his parents with many little tricks and bright sayings. Not were the doctors and the nurse free from his pranks and jokes.
His funeral was held Sunday afternoon at four o'clock from St. Joseph's Church, interment was in the New Cemetery. Six of his little school mates, George Flynn, John O'Rourk, John Knapp, Paul Gibbons, Willie Bunce and Joseph Early acted as pallbearers. A very large crown of friends assisted at the obsequies to testify to the great sympathy felt for the sorrowing parents.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 21, 1910
Death of Little Richard Gibbons.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Gibbons have the sympathy of everyone who knows them in the death of their beautiful boy, Richard. Those of us who so lately saw him happy-faced riding his Shetland pony about the streets were surprised to hear of his death last Saturday morning, July 16 (sic). He had been ill but one week with acute Bright's disease. Richard was born July 25 (sic), 1901, and was nearly nine years old at the time of his death. Though always delicate and frequently a sufferer he had a wonderful vitality and recovered from his illness as quickly almost as they came upon him. But in them all he was uniformly cheerful and happy. His poor health kept him frequently out of school, but he was of such intelligence that given an opportunity he could have readily taken a place with those of his own age. He had a special talent for drawing, and with a scissors or a knife he could cut wonderfully true shapes of animals and birds from paper. Better than all, he was a religious child, and his confidence in God and his spirit and practice of prayer in his last illness were an edification to all about him. Only a couple of hours before his death he took part with great fervor in the prayers recited at his bedside. He was buried Sunday afternoon in St. Joseph's new cemetery, after services at St. Joseph's church. The pall bearers were his schoolmates—George Flynn, Joseph Early, John Knapp, John O'Rourke, Paul Gibbons and William Bunce. The church was well filled at the funeral service and long lines of carriages followed his remains to the grave.
The Edina Democrat, Edina, Missouri, July 22, 1910
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Richard Gibbons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Gibbons died Saturday morning July 16th at 3:50 o'clock. Little Richard was born July 22, 1901. From his very birth frailty set its mark upon him, so weak was he that Holy Baptism was administered privately to him at the house on his birthday. And throughout his brief life he was the patient and cheerful sufferer of many bodily ailments. Within the weak body there was contained a strong young brain, and Richard gave every token of being an unusually bright boy. Sculpture or painting might have been his future, for given a sheet of blank paper and scissors, he could cut out at will and quickly, animal and bird forms, and with a pencil he could sketch little landscapes that were far from crude. Always happy, he bore his last illness with Spartan courage, and cheered his parents with many little tricks and bright sayings. Not were the doctors and the nurse free from his pranks and jokes.
His funeral was held Sunday afternoon at four o'clock from St. Joseph's Church, interment was in the New Cemetery. Six of his little school mates, George Flynn, John O'Rourk, John Knapp, Paul Gibbons, Willie Bunce and Joseph Early acted as pallbearers. A very large crown of friends assisted at the obsequies to testify to the great sympathy felt for the sorrowing parents.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 21, 1910
Death of Little Richard Gibbons.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Gibbons have the sympathy of everyone who knows them in the death of their beautiful boy, Richard. Those of us who so lately saw him happy-faced riding his Shetland pony about the streets were surprised to hear of his death last Saturday morning, July 16 (sic). He had been ill but one week with acute Bright's disease. Richard was born July 25 (sic), 1901, and was nearly nine years old at the time of his death. Though always delicate and frequently a sufferer he had a wonderful vitality and recovered from his illness as quickly almost as they came upon him. But in them all he was uniformly cheerful and happy. His poor health kept him frequently out of school, but he was of such intelligence that given an opportunity he could have readily taken a place with those of his own age. He had a special talent for drawing, and with a scissors or a knife he could cut wonderfully true shapes of animals and birds from paper. Better than all, he was a religious child, and his confidence in God and his spirit and practice of prayer in his last illness were an edification to all about him. Only a couple of hours before his death he took part with great fervor in the prayers recited at his bedside. He was buried Sunday afternoon in St. Joseph's new cemetery, after services at St. Joseph's church. The pall bearers were his schoolmates—George Flynn, Joseph Early, John Knapp, John O'Rourke, Paul Gibbons and William Bunce. The church was well filled at the funeral service and long lines of carriages followed his remains to the grave.
The Edina Democrat, Edina, Missouri, July 22, 1910
MO d/c 20568—Death certificate and obit have 1901 as birth year, stone has 1900.
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Richard Gibbons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Gibbons died Saturday morning July 16th at 3:50 o'clock. Little Richard was born July 22, 1901. From his very birth frailty set its mark upon him, so weak was he that Holy Baptism was administered privately to him at the house on his birthday. And throughout his brief life he was the patient and cheerful sufferer of many bodily ailments. Within the weak body there was contained a strong young brain, and Richard gave every token of being an unusually bright boy. Sculpture or painting might have been his future, for given a sheet of blank paper and scissors, he could cut out at will and quickly, animal and bird forms, and with a pencil he could sketch little landscapes that were far from crude. Always happy, he bore his last illness with Spartan courage, and cheered his parents with many little tricks and bright sayings. Not were the doctors and the nurse free from his pranks and jokes.
His funeral was held Sunday afternoon at four o'clock from St. Joseph's Church, interment was in the New Cemetery. Six of his little school mates, George Flynn, John O'Rourk, John Knapp, Paul Gibbons, Willie Bunce and Joseph Early acted as pallbearers. A very large crown of friends assisted at the obsequies to testify to the great sympathy felt for the sorrowing parents.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 21, 1910
Death of Little Richard Gibbons.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Gibbons have the sympathy of everyone who knows them in the death of their beautiful boy, Richard. Those of us who so lately saw him happy-faced riding his Shetland pony about the streets were surprised to hear of his death last Saturday morning, July 16 (sic). He had been ill but one week with acute Bright's disease. Richard was born July 25 (sic), 1901, and was nearly nine years old at the time of his death. Though always delicate and frequently a sufferer he had a wonderful vitality and recovered from his illness as quickly almost as they came upon him. But in them all he was uniformly cheerful and happy. His poor health kept him frequently out of school, but he was of such intelligence that given an opportunity he could have readily taken a place with those of his own age. He had a special talent for drawing, and with a scissors or a knife he could cut wonderfully true shapes of animals and birds from paper. Better than all, he was a religious child, and his confidence in God and his spirit and practice of prayer in his last illness were an edification to all about him. Only a couple of hours before his death he took part with great fervor in the prayers recited at his bedside. He was buried Sunday afternoon in St. Joseph's new cemetery, after services at St. Joseph's church. The pall bearers were his schoolmates—George Flynn, Joseph Early, John Knapp, John O'Rourke, Paul Gibbons and William Bunce. The church was well filled at the funeral service and long lines of carriages followed his remains to the grave.
The Edina Democrat, Edina, Missouri, July 22, 1910
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Richard Gibbons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Gibbons died Saturday morning July 16th at 3:50 o'clock. Little Richard was born July 22, 1901. From his very birth frailty set its mark upon him, so weak was he that Holy Baptism was administered privately to him at the house on his birthday. And throughout his brief life he was the patient and cheerful sufferer of many bodily ailments. Within the weak body there was contained a strong young brain, and Richard gave every token of being an unusually bright boy. Sculpture or painting might have been his future, for given a sheet of blank paper and scissors, he could cut out at will and quickly, animal and bird forms, and with a pencil he could sketch little landscapes that were far from crude. Always happy, he bore his last illness with Spartan courage, and cheered his parents with many little tricks and bright sayings. Not were the doctors and the nurse free from his pranks and jokes.
His funeral was held Sunday afternoon at four o'clock from St. Joseph's Church, interment was in the New Cemetery. Six of his little school mates, George Flynn, John O'Rourk, John Knapp, Paul Gibbons, Willie Bunce and Joseph Early acted as pallbearers. A very large crown of friends assisted at the obsequies to testify to the great sympathy felt for the sorrowing parents.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, July 21, 1910
Death of Little Richard Gibbons.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Gibbons have the sympathy of everyone who knows them in the death of their beautiful boy, Richard. Those of us who so lately saw him happy-faced riding his Shetland pony about the streets were surprised to hear of his death last Saturday morning, July 16 (sic). He had been ill but one week with acute Bright's disease. Richard was born July 25 (sic), 1901, and was nearly nine years old at the time of his death. Though always delicate and frequently a sufferer he had a wonderful vitality and recovered from his illness as quickly almost as they came upon him. But in them all he was uniformly cheerful and happy. His poor health kept him frequently out of school, but he was of such intelligence that given an opportunity he could have readily taken a place with those of his own age. He had a special talent for drawing, and with a scissors or a knife he could cut wonderfully true shapes of animals and birds from paper. Better than all, he was a religious child, and his confidence in God and his spirit and practice of prayer in his last illness were an edification to all about him. Only a couple of hours before his death he took part with great fervor in the prayers recited at his bedside. He was buried Sunday afternoon in St. Joseph's new cemetery, after services at St. Joseph's church. The pall bearers were his schoolmates—George Flynn, Joseph Early, John Knapp, John O'Rourke, Paul Gibbons and William Bunce. The church was well filled at the funeral service and long lines of carriages followed his remains to the grave.
The Edina Democrat, Edina, Missouri, July 22, 1910
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