Obituary of Oscar Henry Cullen GATES, Macoupin Co Illinois 04 Oct 1998
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Name of Deceased: GATES, Oscar Henry Cullen
Name of Newspaper: Roswell Daily Record 
Date of Obituary: Nov. 15, 1956
Obituary: Oscar Henry Cullen Gates, 86, 110 N. Pennsylvania Ave., retired insurance and 
loan broker and Roswell resident for 40 years died at 5:45 PM yesterday in the Joel Green 
Convalescent Home. Son of Frank GATES, veteran of the War between the States, and 
Serilda GIBSON GATES, he was born 18 Mar 1870 in Girard, Illinois. When he was in 
his teens he moved to Trinidad, Colorado where his brother Charles went into the building 
construction business. In 1916, Mr. GATES came to Roswell and began an insurance and 
loan business. His office was in the White Building. Mr. Gates and Jessie Montague were 
married in Roswell in 1939. This was his second marriage. Survivors are the widow and 
three of his four sons (all of whom served in the first world war). They are Cullen C, of 
Chicago, Edwin, of Milwaukee, and Rietman C., of Wood, Wisconsin. Wayne another son 
died in 1933. Sisters are Mrs. Emma GARDNER of Girard, Illinois, and Mrs. Lois 
GATES TROVER of Carlinville, Illinois, and his brother Edgar GATES of Springfield, 
Illinois. Funeral services will be at 9 AM, Saturday in Ballard Chapel. Services will be 
conducted by Dr. Austin H Dillon, First Methodist Minister. Burial will be at South Park 
Cemetery.

 
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