Dr. Frank Wilson Gale, who had practiced medicine in Bismarck for more than thirty years, passed away at his home there on Friday, February 18, 1955, aged 79 years, 10 months, and 24 days. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at the Bismarck Methodist Church conducted by the pastor, Rev. Chester Pulliam, assisted by Rev. D. D. McAdams, pastor of the Christian Church in Flat River. Burial was in the cemetery at Fredericktown.
Dr. Gale, the last of nine children of the late Sarah and Lawrence Gale, was born in Madison Co. near Fredericktown, MO, March 24, 1875. He was married on June 19, 1901 to Sarah Katherine Matthews, of Marquand, and they were the parents of three children: William, Vernon, and Lillian. Both sons preceded him in death.
He leaves his wife, his daughter, Lillian Gale Adams, of Tucson, Ariz.; three granddaughters, Mrs. Keith Pieper (Betty Lou Gale) of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sally and Nancy Adams; and two great grandchildren, Byron and Susan Pieper, other relatives and numerous friends.
Dr. Gale was a graduate of Beaumont Medical School, St. Louis, which later merged into St. Louis University.
In 1901 he went to Marquand, Mo., where he began the practice of medicine. He was in his early twenties and his means of transportation at that time was on horseback.
Dr. Gale was untiring and energetic in his devotion to his profession from the beginning until the end of his brilliant career. In 1917 he and his family moved back to Bismarck where he established a practice which grew to unbelievable proportions, taking in communities in all directions.
He gave himself completely to the service of his patients. The weather was never too bad, the hour too late, the place too obscure for him to respond promptly to a call from the sick.
During his 54 years' practice of medicine, he brought into the world 3,500 babies. His genuine love for children and old people endeared him to the hearts of the families he served. His hearty, happy manner and self confidence in his treatment relieved the anguish and suffering of patients and their loved ones.
Since 1928 Dr. Gale had been physician and surgeon for the Ozark Flooring Company in Bismarck. He was also physician and surgeon for Missouri Pacific Railway Company, performing these duties in addition to his regular practice.
From exposure and years of exhausting hours of work, Dr. Gale's health began to fail several years ago. However, the moment he was able to regain sufficient strength from an illness to stand and walk he would be back in the office again, greeting and administering to his faithful friends and patients, who always came back, no matter how long he was away on account of his own health. When he became too weak to drive his car, he hired a driver and continued to take care of his patients, until about six months ago when he became unable to be in his office.
Dr. Gale, the last of nine children of the late Sarah and Lawrence Gale, was born in Madison Co. near Fredericktown, MO, March 24, 1875. He was married on June 19, 1901 to Sarah Katherine Matthews, of Marquand, and they were the parents of three children: William, Vernon, and Lillian. Both sons preceded him in death.
He leaves his wife, his daughter, Lillian Gale Adams, of Tucson, Ariz.; three granddaughters, Mrs. Keith Pieper (Betty Lou Gale) of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sally and Nancy Adams; and two great grandchildren, Byron and Susan Pieper, other relatives and numerous friends.
Dr. Gale was a graduate of Beaumont Medical School, St. Louis, which later merged into St. Louis University.
In 1901 he went to Marquand, Mo., where he began the practice of medicine. He was in his early twenties and his means of transportation at that time was on horseback.
Dr. Gale was untiring and energetic in his devotion to his profession from the beginning until the end of his brilliant career. In 1917 he and his family moved back to Bismarck where he established a practice which grew to unbelievable proportions, taking in communities in all directions.
He gave himself completely to the service of his patients. The weather was never too bad, the hour too late, the place too obscure for him to respond promptly to a call from the sick.
During his 54 years' practice of medicine, he brought into the world 3,500 babies. His genuine love for children and old people endeared him to the hearts of the families he served. His hearty, happy manner and self confidence in his treatment relieved the anguish and suffering of patients and their loved ones.
Since 1928 Dr. Gale had been physician and surgeon for the Ozark Flooring Company in Bismarck. He was also physician and surgeon for Missouri Pacific Railway Company, performing these duties in addition to his regular practice.
From exposure and years of exhausting hours of work, Dr. Gale's health began to fail several years ago. However, the moment he was able to regain sufficient strength from an illness to stand and walk he would be back in the office again, greeting and administering to his faithful friends and patients, who always came back, no matter how long he was away on account of his own health. When he became too weak to drive his car, he hired a driver and continued to take care of his patients, until about six months ago when he became unable to be in his office.
Dr. Frank Wilson Gale, who had practiced medicine in Bismarck for more than thirty years, passed away at his home there on Friday, February 18, 1955, aged 79 years, 10 months, and 24 days. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at the Bismarck Methodist Church conducted by the pastor, Rev. Chester Pulliam, assisted by Rev. D. D. McAdams, pastor of the Christian Church in Flat River. Burial was in the cemetery at Fredericktown.
Dr. Gale, the last of nine children of the late Sarah and Lawrence Gale, was born in Madison Co. near Fredericktown, MO, March 24, 1875. He was married on June 19, 1901 to Sarah Katherine Matthews, of Marquand, and they were the parents of three children: William, Vernon, and Lillian. Both sons preceded him in death.
He leaves his wife, his daughter, Lillian Gale Adams, of Tucson, Ariz.; three granddaughters, Mrs. Keith Pieper (Betty Lou Gale) of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sally and Nancy Adams; and two great grandchildren, Byron and Susan Pieper, other relatives and numerous friends.
Dr. Gale was a graduate of Beaumont Medical School, St. Louis, which later merged into St. Louis University.
In 1901 he went to Marquand, Mo., where he began the practice of medicine. He was in his early twenties and his means of transportation at that time was on horseback.
Dr. Gale was untiring and energetic in his devotion to his profession from the beginning until the end of his brilliant career. In 1917 he and his family moved back to Bismarck where he established a practice which grew to unbelievable proportions, taking in communities in all directions.
He gave himself completely to the service of his patients. The weather was never too bad, the hour too late, the place too obscure for him to respond promptly to a call from the sick.
During his 54 years' practice of medicine, he brought into the world 3,500 babies. His genuine love for children and old people endeared him to the hearts of the families he served. His hearty, happy manner and self confidence in his treatment relieved the anguish and suffering of patients and their loved ones.
Since 1928 Dr. Gale had been physician and surgeon for the Ozark Flooring Company in Bismarck. He was also physician and surgeon for Missouri Pacific Railway Company, performing these duties in addition to his regular practice.
From exposure and years of exhausting hours of work, Dr. Gale's health began to fail several years ago. However, the moment he was able to regain sufficient strength from an illness to stand and walk he would be back in the office again, greeting and administering to his faithful friends and patients, who always came back, no matter how long he was away on account of his own health. When he became too weak to drive his car, he hired a driver and continued to take care of his patients, until about six months ago when he became unable to be in his office.
Dr. Gale, the last of nine children of the late Sarah and Lawrence Gale, was born in Madison Co. near Fredericktown, MO, March 24, 1875. He was married on June 19, 1901 to Sarah Katherine Matthews, of Marquand, and they were the parents of three children: William, Vernon, and Lillian. Both sons preceded him in death.
He leaves his wife, his daughter, Lillian Gale Adams, of Tucson, Ariz.; three granddaughters, Mrs. Keith Pieper (Betty Lou Gale) of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Sally and Nancy Adams; and two great grandchildren, Byron and Susan Pieper, other relatives and numerous friends.
Dr. Gale was a graduate of Beaumont Medical School, St. Louis, which later merged into St. Louis University.
In 1901 he went to Marquand, Mo., where he began the practice of medicine. He was in his early twenties and his means of transportation at that time was on horseback.
Dr. Gale was untiring and energetic in his devotion to his profession from the beginning until the end of his brilliant career. In 1917 he and his family moved back to Bismarck where he established a practice which grew to unbelievable proportions, taking in communities in all directions.
He gave himself completely to the service of his patients. The weather was never too bad, the hour too late, the place too obscure for him to respond promptly to a call from the sick.
During his 54 years' practice of medicine, he brought into the world 3,500 babies. His genuine love for children and old people endeared him to the hearts of the families he served. His hearty, happy manner and self confidence in his treatment relieved the anguish and suffering of patients and their loved ones.
Since 1928 Dr. Gale had been physician and surgeon for the Ozark Flooring Company in Bismarck. He was also physician and surgeon for Missouri Pacific Railway Company, performing these duties in addition to his regular practice.
From exposure and years of exhausting hours of work, Dr. Gale's health began to fail several years ago. However, the moment he was able to regain sufficient strength from an illness to stand and walk he would be back in the office again, greeting and administering to his faithful friends and patients, who always came back, no matter how long he was away on account of his own health. When he became too weak to drive his car, he hired a driver and continued to take care of his patients, until about six months ago when he became unable to be in his office.
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