Gage, Robert C.

Robert Charles Gage
January 14, 1893-May 15, 1903


    Robert C. Gage, the ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gage, passed away at 6:45 o'clock this morning after a week's illness with dread diphtheria.  The boy was a bright and cheerful little fellow, and his premature taking off grieves the family sorely. The remains will be laid at rest in the shade of the oaks at Silver Brook at 4 o'clock this afternoon.  There will be no funeral service, owing to the contagious nature of the disease to which the boy succumbed, which renders it expedient that the interment take place privately ane as promptly as possible without undue haste.
    Mr. and Mrs. Gage have the sympathy of the community in their sad bereavement.

(Source: Niles Daily Star, Friday Evening, May 15, 1903, page 3, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library)