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Subject: [Palo Alto] Peter F. Gappa, b. March 8, 1889 (?) - d. Apr. 27, 1909
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 00:51:27 -0000
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Author: farwellwalter
Surnames: Gappa
Classification: obituary
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WHITTEMORE CHAMPION. April 29, 1908. "Peter F. Gappa Dead".-- Tuesday morning Mr. and Mrs. Matt Gappa, of this city, were called upon to mourn the death of their son Peter F., who had been very ill for a month or more. Some time during the winter he was driving, and his team got stuck in a snow drift. He was alone and he carried the wagon box out of the snow. It is thought that he sprained himself internally in doing so. Subsequently he became ill and gradually failed. Ten or twelve days ago he underwent an opertion for appendicitis but he never fully recovered from the effects of his injury.
The deceased was born in Fairfield township March 8, 1889 (sic). Hence he was 20 years of age. His parents moved to Emmetsburg last fall. He was a hearty, vigorous, strong, industrious young man and he had, to all appearances, a bright and a successful future awaiting him. He was a young man of good habits and he enjoyed the friendship and the confidence of a large circle of friends and neighbors who knew him from childhood. His death, at such an early age, is a sad blow to his aged parents and to his other relatives. All have the sympathy of our citizens in their sorrows.--Emmetsburg Democrat.
The remains were brought to Whittemore today and laid to rest in the Catholic cemtery.
N.B.: I believe that the date of his birth is incorrect. I think it should have been March 8, 1883. His next older brother Matthew had been born on October 9, 1881. His next younger brother John J. was born June 26, 1884.--Walter Farwell
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