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Show Robert E. Gillis Passes Away. After a long and eventful life. , crowded with generous action? toward , hid fellow ma.n, Robert E. Gillis, for . years a resident of Denver, passed away in Harm an last Saturday. The death of Mr. Gillis has filled the hearts of his many friends with sorrow, as he- was generally loved for his kindly disposition and his warm heart. Of a quiet nature, one had to know him long to really understand the man he was. but when that acquaintance ripened ri-pened into friendship it was not of an ephemeral character, and lasted to his dying day. The void in the hearts of those who knew him is keenly felt. Mr. Gillis had been failing for some time, but his death wag not looked for. Since the death of his wife four years ago, he has not enjoyed his customary good health, and early ' this summer, with one of his daughters, he took a trip to Canada, his old home, "in the hope that it would brace, him up. He was better upon his return but has failed steadily for !?ix weeks. About two months ago, thinking the air would prove beneficial to Mr. Gillis, the family fam-ily moved to Harman, away from the pretty home they had enjoyed for so many years at 1821 Pennsylvania avenue. ave-nue. Mr. Gillis never got quite used to his new-surroundings and it 'did not help him as much as had been hoped. The sympathy of a 'wide circle of friends is with the family in the terrible terri-ble loss they have suffered. Coming so closely upon the taking away of the mother, the shock is doubly felt. Three daughters survive. They are Miss Jen nie, Miss May and Miss Margaret Gillis. Gil-lis. the latter a mere child. All are prominently connected with the cathedral cathe-dral parish. Mr. Gillis embraced the Catholic religion re-ligion on his deathbed, prompted by the example that had been set him by his wife and children, who are devout de-vout members of the church. The funeral took place from the church of St. John the Evangelist in Harman, Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. The church was thronged with neighbors neigh-bors of the deceased who had known him for years who came to join in the last prayers. Father Timothy O'Brien, the pastor, eulogized the dead man and brought tears to the eyes of all. He said that not knowing the dead man he could not pay him the tribute of which he was worthy, but that the neighbors,. who had felt his kindly disposition, dis-position, could remember him as they had known him. The paJl-bearers were seleoted from the neighborhood where the family had lived sTnce coming to Denver. They wer Messrs. O'Brien, Gregor and Frey. |