OBIT: Robert GIBSON, 1943, West Salisbury, Somerset County, PA

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ROBERT GIBSON

  Robert Gibson, a native of Scotland, but for many years a well-known citizen 
of West Salisbury, died of arterial sclerosis, August 5, aged 87 years, 7 months 
and 6 days.
  He is survived by four sons and one daughter, namely: William and Robert 
Gibson Jr., of Akron, Ohio; Clarence of Marland, Mich.; Clifford of Glitson, 
Pa.; and Martha, wife of Henry Patton of West Salisbury.
  Mr. Gibson was a quiet, unassuming and good-natured man, and came into the Elk 
Lick coal region soon after it had some of the heavier producing mines in 
operation.  It is said that he had coal mining down to a fine art before he left 
Scotland.  Be that as it may, he was numbered among the most skillful pick 
miners of the Elk Lick region for many years.
  Funeral services were held at the funeral parlors of Mortician Stanley M. 
Thomas, Salisbury, at 2 p.m., last Sunday, and were conducted by Rev. J. B. 
Warman, pastor of the Meyersdale and Salisbury Methodist churches.  Interment 
was in the Salisbury I.O.O.F. Cemetery, under the direction of Mortician Thomas.

Meyersdale Republican, August 12, 1943