Donald Robert "Bobby" Webb
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - August 25, 1955
DONALD ROBERT WEBB
Funeral services were held in Eagle Saturday for five-year-old Donald Robert Webb, who died Aug. 17 of acute pulmonary edema, enroute from Holy Cross City to the Gilman Hospital.
The lad was on a camping trip with his parents and twin sister, Donna Esther at Holy Cross City, in the Red Cliff region, when he became suddenly ill last Tuesday night.
Bobby was born September 7, 1949 at Denver and spent his six years in Gilman, where his father is employed by the Empire Zinc Company.
He is survived by his parents, Donald and Byrnece Webb and his twin sister.
Rev. Bryon Hasstedt was in charge of the service in the Eagle Methodist Church Saturday. Burial was in the Eagle Cemetery and funeral arrangements were directed by Brudge Mortuary of Glenwood.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - August 18, 1955
SUDDEN DEATH TAKES BOBBY WEBB
Five-year-old Bobby Webb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Webb of Gilman died early Wednesday morning in the arms of his mother, while his father and a doctor raced against time, on a flying trip out of the Holy Cross mountain area, to the Gilman Hospital.
The Webbs with a party of friends were on a camping trip near Holy Cross, when the child became suddenly ill Tuesday evening. In the party was Dr. Howard Crawford, formerly of Gilman, who kept close watch over the boy throughout the night.
Bobby's condition first became apparent when his parents noticed his difficulty in breathing, after putting him in his sleeping bag in their cabin, early in the evening. The parents and the doctor sat at the lad's bedside throughout the night, and when his condition didn't improve, started for Gilman about 5 o'clock Wednesday morning. The child died a little after 7 before the frantic party reached the hospital.
An autopsy performed by Dr. B.E. Nutting in Glenwood indicated the boy had died of an acute allergy, presumably brought on by use of an insect repellent, which had been used by other members of the party, with no bad results.
Bobby is survived by a twin sister, Donna Esther. The two youngsters would have celebrated their sixth birthday Sept. 7, and started school in Gilman this fall.
He is also survived by his grandmother, Mrs. Dolly Webb of Eagle, two aunts, Dolly Elliott of Red Cliff and Hazel Black of Oak River, Manitoba, Canada; and two uncles, Alvin Webb of Leadville and Basil Greenaway of Oak River.
The funeral will be in the Eagle Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be in the Webb family plot in Eagle. Burdge Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 20 - August 18, 1955
