Margaret Gertrude Males Obit
Monongalia Co. WV

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This obit was found in with old family photos in the possession of her 
daughter Lula Males Walker and given Peggy Males Miller, granddaughter 
of Margaret Gertrude Males.  The obit was probably in the Morgantown, 
West Va. Paper.  She was buried in Mt. Union Cemetery, Morgantown, West 
Virginia. There is no printed date on the obit; January 14, 1958 was 
handwritten at the top.  Posted to the Roots Web archives by Peggy Miller, 
February 6, 2000, pmiller@olg.com.

Mrs. Gertrude Males, 79 of Rt. 4, died Tuesday morning at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Walker.  She had been ill for some time.  Born 
November 12, 1878, in Union District, she was a daughter of William and 
Mahalia Echart Cartwright.  Her husband Harry Curtis Males, preceded her 
in death seven years ago.  Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Lula 
Belle Walker, at whose home she died, Mrs. Genevieve Perkins and Mrs. 
Margaret Wall, both of Washington, D. C.; three sons, William S. of Chester, 
Edwin D. of East Liverpool, Ohio and Everett D. of Washington, D.C.; one 
sister, Mrs. Ida Poundstone of Old Fort, N. C.; 19 grandchildren and six 
great grandchildren.