Frank E. Gannett "newspaper man" - Rochester, NY - Occupational/Hobby Grave Stones on Waymarking.com

"Gannett was born in South Bristol, NY, graduated from Bolivar High School, Bolivar NY(1893) and graduated from Cornell University. At the age of 30, he purchased his first newspaper, the Elmira Gazette (now the Star-Gazette). Six years later, in 1912, he purchased the Ithaca Journal. In March 1918, he and his partners moved their headquarters to Rochester, New York where they acquired the Evening Times, the Herald, and the Union and Advertiser and combined them as the Times-Union (the former evening paper of Rochester). In 1923 Gannett bought out his partners and formed his eponymous holding company the Gannett Company, which has grown from its initial 6 newspapers into a nationwide multimedia corporation." (visit link)

As a (now grown) newpaper carrier, myself, I immediately recognized the image on this cemetary monument as the trademark symbol for the Gannett newspaper franchise.

Is Gravestone Showing Occupation or Hobby?: Occupation What is depicted occupation or hobby?: newspaper delivery (newspaper business) Date of birth: 09/15/1876 Date of death: 12/03/1957 Access hours and days: Gates to the Mount Hope cemetary are always open

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