Gibson Area Hospital is represented by D.K. Roth.

D. K. Roth, a respected citizen of the Gibson City area, worked diligently towards the construction and establishment of a 50-bed general hospital to serve 21 townships.

In the late 1940’s, he invited a group of local business men together to discuss the need for a hospital here. The consensus being “Too Costly”. After a second meeting of civic minded men who encouraged his idea, “the ball started rolling”.During the building campaign drive, he and his wife generously pledged a monetary gift in addition to 100 acres of land south of town to be auctioned.

Mr. Roth, who served as president of the Corn Belt Hatcheries, Inc. and the Corn Belt Mills, Inc., was active in farming and community affairs. He was born on a farm in Tazewell County in 1872. In 1901, he moved to the Gibson City area following two years in Fisher, IL. His wife was the former Leanna Mosiman of Middleton Ohio.