McILNAY, Gertrude (Green) 1915-1966

MCILNAY, GREEN, MCILLNAY

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/16/2010 at 18:34:41

Gertrude (Green) McIlnay, 1915-1966

MRS. VELMER MCILNAY DIED IN CHICAGO

Funeral services were held March 3, for Gertrude McIllnay, 50, who died March 1, at a Chicago hospital. She was hospitalized four weeks.

Mrs. McIllnay and her husband, Velmer, were former Osage residents.

Services were held at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Chicago and burial was in a cemetery there.

Gertrude Green was born near Glenwood, Minn., Aug. 29, 1915. She attended the rural schools and was graduated from Osage high school with the class of 1933.

Her marriage to Velmar McIlnay took place in Chicago Nov. 3, 1941. They established their home there, and have lived in the same house.

Surviving are, her husband, Velmer; one son James; two daughters, Joan and Elizabeth, at home; one sister, Mrs. Cordelia Hacker of Chicago, and one brother Anton Green of Sheboygan, Wis.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Contributed 2003 by Marilyn O'Connor

NOTE: The obituary as submitted to IaGenWeb had the last name spelled McILLNAY, but Social Security Death Index (SSDI) had no names by that spelling.

But the SSDI did show:
GERTRUDE MCILNAY born 29 Aug 1915 and died Mar 1966 residing at ZIP code 60609 (Chicago, Cook, Illinois); SSN 334-24-9718 issued in Illinois.