Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-05-17
DEATHS DURING THE WEEK.
MR. W. w. GIBBS.

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dibbs, Jr., who was with his father
Che time, and though meagre in /
. detail the message sent distinct shoe
to the hearts of he community wbe
Nr. Gibbs was so we'll and. wide
lie, known. This announcement, comm
out as 1t did close upon the sad death {
his wife just few weeks since. ws
o regarded as peculiarly DISTRESSING
,or furthe and later, messages from Blu
falo stated that Mr.. Gibbs had bee
slightly lndisposed for several DAYS
ss but had thought nothing of it, TO
Ks even at the time of bis death be wa
busily engaged attending to his usua
D. duties at the large industrial plant O
,k which he was the general manager
il Heat failure is assigned as the imme
dlate cause of bis death.
Last evening the body reached this
- city and was taken to bis late resi-
: dence. To-day it will be buried by
l. the side of his wife in Thornrose Gem
etery, the funeral services being con
Quoted from the house at IL O'Clock.
f By birth Mr. Gibbs was a native OF
: Charlottesville, bnt had for MANY
years resided in Staunton, where he
was identified with various business In
terests. About II years ago be had
located in New York where fortune
smiled upon his business efforts. Later
he returned here and esta blshed a
summer home In the northern suburbs
where be and his family spent much
OF their time and where were enter
ta1ned with marked cordiality the
many friends and acquaintances who
visited them. Mr.. Gibbs was a man
OF genius and had employed bis gifts |
TO good purpose Besides the various |
enterprises with which be became as
ISOLATED, he was at the time of his
death, at the head of a large company
that be had recently organized for the
purpose of developing one of his valua-
BILE patents. This industry was named
by him the Shenandoah Steel Wire Co
and was organized and built by hlm
In the suburbs of Buffalo, N. Y. The
plant was new having just been com |
pleted and equipped for extensive op t
eratlons, when the useful career of it's q
promoter was cut short. Mr.. Gibbs is t
survived by an only child a son, Mr. t
w. W. Gibbs. Jr., who in his loneliness
and deep sorrow has the SYM t
pathy of th e entiie community. Out t
side OF his immediate family, the de. 6
ceased is survived by sister, Mrs. J. C
L, 5. Kirby, and nephew. Capt. VIM.
j. KabIe. both Of this city. Il
BY request the pail bearers We're the cl
same as those who bore the remains of al
Mrs. Gibbs few weeks since, and are W
rs folIows-Messrs. Arista Hoge, B.A. al
W. z. Tams, W. b. Nc
jhesney, Newton Argenbright, Thos in
i ogshead, II. Ii. Wayt and DIR. q. H. E.
Ienkel. m
MR. JOHN DURYEA. re
Sunday night last Mr.. John Duryea az
led at Montgomery Hall" the home FL
Il his daughter, Mrs. Frank Walter. ST,
ged 81 years. Mr.. Duryea was a New mi
orkAr, and made his home at Glen to
owe on Long Island. though through foj
requent visits to his daughter and an
Dn. in-law here, bad become well known Ias
many of our people. His malady mt
ad been of long duration and recogn- th.
Ing Ais approaching end he had chos- an
n to spend his last days at beautiful th,
-ontgomery Hall surrounded by loved rel
'latives. AS a manufacturer of starch SCI
pods Mr.. Duryea had amassed a for. | a I
Inc and up to the closing days of his in
,e was the active manager of large lat
Id valuable estate, He is survived
an only child a daughter, sister Low
I'd two brothers. The funeral services tv.
ere conducted at Montgomery Hall pec
onday morning led by Rev. w. @ Tn
ullihen and Rev. DIR. w. N Scott in
usic by Trinity church choir, after ba,
lich the remains were born to the me-
pot and taken by Mr.. Frank Walter the
I'd family to Long Island for inter ID
emit.
MR. DENNIS CALLAHAN.
Mr.. Dennis Callahan, an aged citi
passed away Monday night, in his
n year.. Mr.. Callahan, an Irlshman
berth, came to this country when "
lite lad and had spent his long life m "a,
and near Staunton, employing him. pas,
in railroad construction. He leaves who
wife and SIX children. The funeral JnI,
vices were conducted from st. inp
ances Church Tuesday. cent
MRS GEORGE R. ROOT. and
This estimable lady died at her home TIL,
Grottoes last Saturday and the flu bac,
'al services were conducted Sunday TT
rning at her late residence by her maj
tor, Rev. w. d. Burkhead of Mt. We,
reb church, after which the remains able
re brought to this city and laid at gres
In Thornrose cemetery. Rev. DIR. The
M. Fraser Officated at the inter graf
Mt s5Ivices The pall-bearers were: dam
ID. Patterson, w. Kaylor, J. R. But
hler, q. K. Foster. w. 8. Harms owe,
ger and ii. b Alexander. error
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