Yuma County CO Archives Obituaries.....Gearhart, George A., May 9, 1958
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Yuma Pioneer - May 15, 1958

Obituary of George A. Gearhart
 
George A. Gearhart 87, of Lebanon, Oregon, died at  home on Friday,
May 9, following a few months of ill health. His son, Charles, of
Loveland, who had been in the home helping care for him the past few
months, accompanied the body to Yuma and arrived Tuesday.

 Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church in Yuma
Wednesday afternoon, May 14, at 2:00 o'clock with Rev. Donald W.
Johnson officiating. Mrs. Amelia Yost, soloist, san "The Old Rugged
Cross" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere". She was accompanied at the
organ by Mrs. Giobert Ball.

 Casket bearers were John Tribbett, John Lindgren, Sam Waren, Fred
Johnston, L.L. Robinson and Claude McCasland.

 Interment was in the family lot at the Yuma cemetery with
arrangements by the Ritchey Funeral Home.

 George A. Gearhart, eldest son of Alonzo and Eva Gearhart, was born
in Jones county, Iowa, October 1, 1871, and departed this life at his
home in Lebanon, Oregon, on May 9, 1958.

 On November 26, 1891, he was married to Rosa C. Bracelin at
Marysville, Kansas, who preceded him in death, Mary 15, 1925. To them
were born three sons  and four daughters; of whom only one son and one
daughter are now living.

 In 1914 he and his family came to Colorado and lived for a number of
years on a ranch south of Yuma. In 1927 he was married to Mrs. Clara
Auman at Wray. In 1921 he moved from the ranch to Yuma where he lived
until ten years ago when he moved to Lebanon, Oregon.

 For many years, besides his ranching activities, he operated a
thresher during the fall. After moving to Yuma he owned a livestock
auction for several years.

 He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Lebanon and was a
regular attendant until failing health made attendance impossible.

 He has been in failing health for the last six months and for the
last three months his son, Charlie, has been with him helping care for
him.

 Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Don
Josot Funeral Home in Lebanon, Oregon, after which the body was
returned to Yuma for burial.

 He is survived by his aged wife, Clara, of Lebanon, Oregon, his son,
Charlie of Loveland; his daughter, Mrs. Elsie Cecil of Cope; two
brothers, Ira of Denver and Ernest of Fort Morgan; four stepchildren,
Arthur Auman, Edward Auman and Mrs. Elmer Otta, all of Lebanon,
Oregon, and Ben Auman of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 Also surviving are seventeen grandchildren and sixteen great-
grandchildren.


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