Andrew Robert "Andy" Gerard
Marriages
Fannie Hanson Gerard - January 6, 1896
in Leadville, Colorado.
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - March 27, 1931
ANOTHER PIONEER MAN ANSWERS LAST CALL.
Andrew GERARD Passed Away At Home In Gypsum Saturday--Was A Leading Citizen of Eagle County For Forty-Four Years.
Contributed by L. L. B.
Andrew Robert GERARD was born in Plymouth, Ind., February 11, 1862; died at his home in Gypsum, Colo., at 9:20 p.m, Saturday, March 21, 1931. He was 69 years old February last.
Andrew GERARD was numbered among the old-timers or pioneers of Eagle county, coming here in 1887, during the time the railroad was under construction between Leadville and Dotsero.
He was married in Leadville January 6, 1896, to Miss Fannie HANSON of South Carolina, and the couple returned to Gypsum Valley, where they have since mad their home. Reticent and uncommunicable, Andrew GERARD was known to his friends and associates as a man of absolute dependability and sterling integrity. He had successfully served his county and state in various capacities during the intervening years. For many years he held a game warden's commission, and later was for nine years superintendent of the County Farm at Gypsum, from 1901 to 1902, and again from 1906 to 1914.
After leaving the County Farm, Andy GERARD and his good wife and their sons settled in a comfortable home on the outskirts of Gypsum.
This spring, because of failing health he was unable to attend to his duties as patrolman for the state highway, which position he had held for three years, and he was forced to resign that position. He was recognized locally as the best road man in this section.
Andrew GERARD leaves to mourn his loss his devoted wife, Fannie, three sons, Loyd, Kenneth and Gerald, all of Gypsum Valley; two sisters and one brother in Indiana, and other more distant relatives. The family has the heartfelt sympathy of the community.
Services were conducted at the family home in Gypsum by the Rev. Bert A. BESSIRE, Methodist minister of Glenwood Springs at 2 p.m.,Tuesday, March 24. A male quartet, Messrs. W. H. LEA, E. E.LEA, H. J. HARGIS and A. L. MULNIX, with organ accompaniment by Mrs. HARGIS, rendered two vocal numbers at this service, "Does Jesus Care," and "Abide with Me."
The body was followed to its last resting place in Cedar Hill cemetery by a large concourse of sorrowing friends, who had congregated from three counties to pay their last respects to the memory of one of the old timers, Andrew R. GERARD.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 2 - March 26, 1931
