Thomas Abraham Gleason
Marriages
Effie Wetmore - 1903
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Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page p 1 - February 25, 1944
A Beloved Citizen Laid to Rest
TOM GLEASON, BURIED SUNDAY, WAS ONE OF EAGLE'S MOST HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZENS.
One of the largest number of people that ever gathered in Eagle to pay their homage to the memory of a respected neighbor, attended the funeral services of Tom Gleason held at the Methodist church last Sunday afternoon. They gathered in sorrow over losing a man who was really a neighbor, a man who in ris humble way wasalways ready to help others, and who had no evil to say or think of others. Tom Gleason loved his fellow man, and was ever ready to accommodate even those who, probably, had not been so kind to him in the past, when they came to need help or sympathy. Born in Colorado, at Boulder, September 26, 1875, Thomas Abraham Gleason lived his entire life in the state, and love d the mountain country as nothing else. He was but a small lad when the family moved to Leadville, making the trip in a “prairie schooner” pulled b$ a team of oxen. His father, Michael Gleason, worked in the smelter in Leadville, but died before Tom reached manhood. When the railroad was building through this section his mother followed its construction, cooking or the Builders, and was accompanied by her two small children of whom Thomas was one. They lived for a short time at Red Cliff and in Gypsum. While living there the Meeker massacre occurred, and Tom often related of seeing the troop of soldiers which camped at Gypsum while on the way to Meeker to surpress the upraising. The family moved to Carbondale from Gypsum and lived there until 1892, when they eturned to Eagle county and settled at Eagle, where Tom spent the remainder of his life. Mr. Gleason was an excellent workman and mechanic, following the carpener’s trade in his later years. For twelve or fifteen years he was on the state highway maintenance patrol, from whicr position he resigned last fall. The highway! department never had a better man in that position than Tom Gleason. He believed that in addition to keeping the highway in good condition for travel that, as a public employee, it was his duty to help travelers on the road who were inj trouble and never failed in the utmost courtesy in such ciscumstanecs. In 1903, he was maried to Miss Effie Wedmore, and to this union four children were borne, of whom, together with the widow, two survive him—a son, Frank, and a daughter, Barbara, both living at home. His passing away at a hospital in Glenwood Springs on Feb. 15, was a sad blow to this family, as he was deeply beloved by them. Funeral services Sunday were such as evidenced the feeling of the community toward the deceased. The church altar was banked with beautiful flowers presented by loving friends, and the entire service was most impressive. Rev. John W. Bartrug opened the service by singing a solo, “Lead Kindly Light,” which he followed by an impressive discourse. During the service a chorus, consisting of Mrs. Ida Dickerson, Mrs. Tomasita Roybal, Louise Duell, Mrs. Cora Cook, Julia Ginther, with Mrs. J. W. Bartrug at the piano, sang “One Sweetly Solemn Thought.” The body was laid to rest in the family burying ground in the Eagle cemetery. Fall bearers were Gene K. Luby, Herman A. Stein, Allen Clark, W. J. Randall, T. E. Lewis, and E. J. Bindley. Besides the family at home, Mr. Gleason is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Kate Burke and Mrs. Maggie Peery of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Lena Taylor of Eagle; and one brother, John McGuire of Los Angeles
