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Charles Frederick Gillespie

Birth: 12 Mar 1884
Death: 7 Feb 1961 (aged 76)
Burial: Vernon Cemetery

Vernon, Apache County, Arizona, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 34.2426226, Longitude: -109.6992883
Memorial ID: 6865921 View Source

-- Funeral rites for Charles F. Gillespie, 77 will be at 10 a.m. Tomorrow in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Eagar.

Bishop Parker Crosby will officiate. Friends may call at the Nettz Mortuary in Springerville. Burial will be in the Vernon Cemetery.

Mr. Gillespie was born in Payson and homesteaded in Vernon. He was Bishop of the Vernon ward for 12 years and was Stake Missionary for the Mormon church for 2 years.

A retired carpenter, he was in charge of construction work of the sawmill at McNary.

Mr. Gillespie died Tuesday in the McNary Hospital.

He is survived by his wife Loreteta; six sons, Charles, Leone, and Milton, all of Vernon; Guy, Mesa; William, Show Low; and Meryl, St. Johns; three daughters, Mrs. Beryl Brade, Vernon; Mrs. Georgia Austin, Eagar; and Mrs. Maxine Frost, Lakeside; a brother, Fae, Safford; a sister, Mrs. Temperance Penrod, Lakeside; 45 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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-- Funeral rites for Charles F. Gillespie, 77 will be at 10 a.m. Tomorrow in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Eagar.

Bishop Parker Crosby will officiate. Friends may call at the Nettz Mortuary in Springerville. Burial will be in the Vernon Cemetery.

Mr. Gillespie was born in Payson and homesteaded in Vernon. He was Bishop of the Vernon ward for 12 years and was Stake Missionary for the Mormon church for 2 years.

A retired carpenter, he was in charge of construction work of the sawmill at McNary.

Mr. Gillespie died Tuesday in the McNary Hospital.

He is survived by his wife Loreteta; six sons, Charles, Leone, and Milton, all of Vernon; Guy, Mesa; William, Show Low; and Meryl, St. Johns; three daughters, Mrs. Beryl Brade, Vernon; Mrs. Georgia Austin, Eagar; and Mrs. Maxine Frost, Lakeside; a brother, Fae, Safford; a sister, Mrs. Temperance Penrod, Lakeside; 45 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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Maintained by: Sandi
Originally Created by: JP Smith
Added: Oct 21, 2002
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6865921/charles_frederick-gillespie: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Frederick Gillespie (12 Mar 1884–7 Feb 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6865921, citing Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, Apache County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by Sandi (contributor 47159889).

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