Eugene Henry (Jerry) Giles, Jr.

1944 - 1961  (17 years)

• Name	Eugene Henry (Jerry) Giles
  Suffix	Jr.
  Nickname	Jerry
  Born	1944
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Jul 1961
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3572	Rossville
  Last Modified	29 May 2018

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Giles, Eugene Will to Work Kills Those who read the recent story of the death of 16-year-old Jerry Giles at Rossville must have paused to ponder his fate. Jerry collapsed in a field, the victim, apparently, of a heart attack. For the two weeks prior to his death, Jerry had worked like a beaver. He had labored at odd jobs in the mornings, farm work in the afternoons and at a service station at night. The boy's mother is a widow. A physician attending the boy after his collapse said he believed overwork caused the heart attack. The drive which kept young Jerry Giles busy at a series of jobs proved too much for his 16-year-old body. Yet the enterprise of a youth who wanted work, found it, and gave it everything he had, must be admired. It also makes one wonder about the idle 16-year-olds standing on the corner combing their ducktailed hair, doesn't it?