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THOMAS E. GLEASON
In the death, on March 14, 1922, of
Thomas F. Gleason, Stockton lost one of its prominent business men and highly
respected citizens. His career was a
busy and useful one, and while promoting the material welfare of the community
he also gave active and liberal support to those measures which tended to
advance its intellectual and moral status.
He was familiarly known as Tom Gleason by his friends. His life was filled with good deeds and
kindly thoughts, and all who knew him entertained for him the highest regard,
by reason of his upright, honorable career.
A native son of the Golden West, he was born in San Francisco in 1876, a
son of Michael Gleason, a prominent business man and banker of the Bay City. He was the brother of Mrs. John Geary, and
Mrs. Cecil Doty, of Los Angeles; Miss Mary Gleason, James V. Gleason, and
William H. Gleason, of San Francisco; Mr. James Gleason, of Palo Alto; and
Robert Gleason, of San Jose. His
preliminary education began in the public schools of San Francisco, from which he
entered the California College of Pharmacy, being duly graduated from this
institution. In 1902 he located in
Stockton, where he took charge of the Central Drug Store for three years, and
then worked for the Eagle Drug Company for eleven years. In 1909, Mr. Gleason made an extended tour of
the Orient. In 1916 he became the
proprietor of the Patterson Pharmacy, located at 441 East Main Street, where he
was successfully carrying on business at the time of his demise.
Mr. Gleason’s marriage occurred on March
27, 1910, uniting him with Miss Edna Capurro, a
native of Stockton and a descendant of a pioneer family. Mrs. Gleason has been associated with her
husband for many years in his drug business, and in the spring of the year 1922
took the examination and passed as a registered pharmacist. She is ably fitted to carry on the business
left by her husband. Mr. Gleason was
prominent fraternally, being an active member of No. 218, B. P. O. Elks, and
No. 7, N. S. G. W., and of the Foresters of America, the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Improved Order of Red Men, and the
Yosemite Club, all of Stockton. He was a
man of fine characteristics, generous and enterprising, and skilled in his
profession; and his true worth and kindly life endeared him to all.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1100. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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