Headstone: Gary Lightcap
Gary George Lightcap was the infant son of my grandparents, Wally and Eunice (Strelesky) Lightcap, and older brother of my dad. Gary was born on April 7, 1946, in Dubuque, Iowa, and died on April 23, 1946. He passed at Finley Hospital in Dubuque, one of several babies who died due to an illness that spread through the nursery.
He is buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery, next to his grandparents John Joseph and Ernestine (Sanders) Strelesky.
Obituary: Gary George Lightcap
Transcription of obituary:
GARY GEORGE LIGHTCAP
Funeral services for Gary George Lightcap, 1250 W. Fifth street, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Lightcap, who died at Finley hospital Tuesday noon, were held at the Didesch Funeral home at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. M. L. Kerper, pastor of the Church of the Nativity, officiating.
Burial was in Mount Calvary cemetery, where Monsignor Kerper said graveside prayers.
