The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-05
DR.. D. A. GLEASON
DIED SUDDENLY
LAST EVENING
Highly Esteemed Physician at
North Bennington
WAS PREPARING FOR BED
Or. Gleason Had Practiced at North
Bennington for More Than
Twenty Years

! The people of North Bennington
were terribly shocked this morning
to hear the startling news of DR.. D.
A. Gleason's sudden death at II
o'clock last night
He had been very busy as usual
during the day and evening with his
professional calls and in his office,
and had just gone from the Office TO
his home which is but few steps
away, to retire for the night.
While preparing for bed he sud
denly fell backwards striking the
back OF his head on a rocking chair
with such force that an arm was
broken from the chair. Drs. T.. A.
Tobin and f. e. Dean, who were
called Immediately pronounced the
cause of death apoplexy and thought
that he was dead when he fell.
The doctor suffered from an attack
of influenza last winter and has never
seemed TO regain his normal health
complaining so much of feel
ing tired and OF its firing him TO walk
any distance.
DR. David Albert Gleason was the
son of William and Johanna Gleason
and was bern in East Windsor, Con
necticut, July % 1870. He eomplet-
ed his education at Baltimore Medi-
cal college. The first year of his
practice he was surgeon on a pas
senger steamer running between New
York and Brazil He then located in
Cranston. r. l., but after two years
there. he developed lung trouble and
had several hemorrhages and his
physicians ordered him either west
or north He decided to go TO St
Adams, VT, where he practiced dur
ing one winter coming from there to
North Bennington in May 1899. twen-
ty years ago He gradually oyercame
the lung difficulty and became appar-
emily robust specimen of manhood
In the October of tie same year
that he settled IN North bennington.
he was married to Miss Mary Farrell
of Warehouse Point, Connecticut
who with two children. Mary and
Joseph. survive him. He is also sur
viyed by four sisters, Mrs. Mary
Quirk. Mrs. Jeremiah Shea. Mrs
Margaret Shea and Mrs Elizabeth
German, all Of South Manchester
Conn, and three brothers. William
and John Gleason, also of South Man
chester and Rev. u. l.. Gleason ID. u.
of Stamford, Conn.
He was member of st. John the
Baptist church, Knight of Columbus,
Modern Woodmen of America. Loyal
Order of Moose, Bennington County
Medical Society and was surgeon for
the Rutland Railway. as ell as for
several of the orders with which he
was affiliated. DR. Gleason has served
for several terms on the board OF
trustees OF the local Graded Schools
and always had the interest of the
school and community at heart
No words can express the effect
that his death has had on the people.
mot only of the north village but Of
Bennington-an all of the immediate
vicinity Every one is stunned. for
the doctor held a place ali his own
in the hearts of his friends, having
been, as falls % the lot Of all physi
clans, in so many homes during times
of afiliction.
Just his cheerful greeting and
hearty handclasp, and his occasional
joke, made the world look brighter
for all with whom he came in contact.
His tender care and rhoughtfulness
for the aged was wonderful. Many
lives OF twice his fortynine years
could pass out without leaving the
loving memories that viii ever make
the name of Dr. Gleason one to be
CsTa .lr.at .A -
tender emotion
A skilled physician, kind friend.
a good citizen a loving husband and
father has been called early in life
to his reward The whole communi.
ty mourns with the bereaved family.
No funeral arrangements have been
made. His brother, Rev d. l.. Glea-
son is expected to reach here this af-
ternoon and further notice will APP
pear in tomorrow's Banner.