R. F. Gillespie Is Claimed by Death Robert F. Gillespie, 71, well-known Lafayette businessman, died Monday afternoon at 3:50 o'clock at the family residence, 35 North Twenty-sixth street, of a heart ailment with which he had been confined to bed for the past several days. A native of southern Indiana, Mr.
Gillespie came to Lafayette when a young man and embarked in the grocery business, operating a store at Sixteenth and Kossuth, known as the Gillespie-Spencer grocery. Later, he was a partner in the Worthington-Cillespie grocery store at the same location, until 1907. That year he entered the store fixture business, and for the past several years had operated the Gillespie Restaurant Supply company, with his son, Robert Gillespie, on lower Columbia street. On Jan. 19, 1898, he married Clara E.
Greeley, who died several years ago. He was a member of Central Presbyterian church, also the T. P. A. and U.
C. T. He leaves five daughters: Mrs. Alma Atkinson, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Ethel Smith, Atlanta, Mrs. Rhea Dellinger, Oak Glen. Mrs. Lois Jane Dawson, Seattle, and Miss Mary Louise Gillespie, at home: two sons. Russell Gillespie, Grand Rapids. and Robert Gillespie, at home; also a sister, Mrs. Anna B. Crawford, Steelton, and three brothers, John Gillespie, Fort Lauderdale, and Gilbert and Stuart Gillespie, Monticello. Friends may call at the Rogers and Henderson funeral home after noon Wednesday. Services will be held there Thursday at 2 p. Rev. W. R. Graham. D. officiating Burial in Spring Vale cemetery.
Journal and Courier - Lafayette, Indiana, Tue, Aug 22, 1939. Page 12
Gillespie came to Lafayette when a young man and embarked in the grocery business, operating a store at Sixteenth and Kossuth, known as the Gillespie-Spencer grocery. Later, he was a partner in the Worthington-Cillespie grocery store at the same location, until 1907. That year he entered the store fixture business, and for the past several years had operated the Gillespie Restaurant Supply company, with his son, Robert Gillespie, on lower Columbia street. On Jan. 19, 1898, he married Clara E.
Greeley, who died several years ago. He was a member of Central Presbyterian church, also the T. P. A. and U.
C. T. He leaves five daughters: Mrs. Alma Atkinson, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Ethel Smith, Atlanta, Mrs. Rhea Dellinger, Oak Glen. Mrs. Lois Jane Dawson, Seattle, and Miss Mary Louise Gillespie, at home: two sons. Russell Gillespie, Grand Rapids. and Robert Gillespie, at home; also a sister, Mrs. Anna B. Crawford, Steelton, and three brothers, John Gillespie, Fort Lauderdale, and Gilbert and Stuart Gillespie, Monticello. Friends may call at the Rogers and Henderson funeral home after noon Wednesday. Services will be held there Thursday at 2 p. Rev. W. R. Graham. D. officiating Burial in Spring Vale cemetery.
Journal and Courier - Lafayette, Indiana, Tue, Aug 22, 1939. Page 12
R. F. Gillespie Is Claimed by Death Robert F. Gillespie, 71, well-known Lafayette businessman, died Monday afternoon at 3:50 o'clock at the family residence, 35 North Twenty-sixth street, of a heart ailment with which he had been confined to bed for the past several days. A native of southern Indiana, Mr.
Gillespie came to Lafayette when a young man and embarked in the grocery business, operating a store at Sixteenth and Kossuth, known as the Gillespie-Spencer grocery. Later, he was a partner in the Worthington-Cillespie grocery store at the same location, until 1907. That year he entered the store fixture business, and for the past several years had operated the Gillespie Restaurant Supply company, with his son, Robert Gillespie, on lower Columbia street. On Jan. 19, 1898, he married Clara E.
Greeley, who died several years ago. He was a member of Central Presbyterian church, also the T. P. A. and U.
C. T. He leaves five daughters: Mrs. Alma Atkinson, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Ethel Smith, Atlanta, Mrs. Rhea Dellinger, Oak Glen. Mrs. Lois Jane Dawson, Seattle, and Miss Mary Louise Gillespie, at home: two sons. Russell Gillespie, Grand Rapids. and Robert Gillespie, at home; also a sister, Mrs. Anna B. Crawford, Steelton, and three brothers, John Gillespie, Fort Lauderdale, and Gilbert and Stuart Gillespie, Monticello. Friends may call at the Rogers and Henderson funeral home after noon Wednesday. Services will be held there Thursday at 2 p. Rev. W. R. Graham. D. officiating Burial in Spring Vale cemetery.
Journal and Courier - Lafayette, Indiana, Tue, Aug 22, 1939. Page 12
Gillespie came to Lafayette when a young man and embarked in the grocery business, operating a store at Sixteenth and Kossuth, known as the Gillespie-Spencer grocery. Later, he was a partner in the Worthington-Cillespie grocery store at the same location, until 1907. That year he entered the store fixture business, and for the past several years had operated the Gillespie Restaurant Supply company, with his son, Robert Gillespie, on lower Columbia street. On Jan. 19, 1898, he married Clara E.
Greeley, who died several years ago. He was a member of Central Presbyterian church, also the T. P. A. and U.
C. T. He leaves five daughters: Mrs. Alma Atkinson, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Ethel Smith, Atlanta, Mrs. Rhea Dellinger, Oak Glen. Mrs. Lois Jane Dawson, Seattle, and Miss Mary Louise Gillespie, at home: two sons. Russell Gillespie, Grand Rapids. and Robert Gillespie, at home; also a sister, Mrs. Anna B. Crawford, Steelton, and three brothers, John Gillespie, Fort Lauderdale, and Gilbert and Stuart Gillespie, Monticello. Friends may call at the Rogers and Henderson funeral home after noon Wednesday. Services will be held there Thursday at 2 p. Rev. W. R. Graham. D. officiating Burial in Spring Vale cemetery.
Journal and Courier - Lafayette, Indiana, Tue, Aug 22, 1939. Page 12
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