Georgiana Lewis McClelland Fuller was one of Birda's older sisters.
She also went by "Georgie", "Georgia", and "Georgianna".
Photo from the personal albums of Bryce Merkley |
According to this document (and family records) the following dates apply:
BIRTH: 12 July 1889/1890- Midway, Wasatch, Utah
DEATH: 10 Aug 1961- Oakland, Alameda, California
She was 71 years old when she died.
SOURCE: Oakland Tribune 1961, Aug 11, p.41E |
McCLELLAND, Georgia L., at rest August 10, 1961, loving mother of Mrs. W.J. Amonio and Gordon T. McClelland; devoted grandmother of Lynne and Kerry McClelland. A native of Utah; aged 71 years. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Friends are respectfully invited to attend the services Sunday, August 13 at 4 p.m. at the New Colonial Chapel, 2626 High Street. Services conducted by the Second Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Entombment, private. (For further information please phone KE 6-5454.)
Photo from the personal albums of Bryce Merkley Cropped from larger family photo |
Georgia should have a death certificate available publicly, but because she died in California, it may be some time before I can procure it here. Her birth date needs to be verified in some way, and her marital info could be clarified further as she was named in the newspaper as a McClelland but she had remarried a second time in 1949 to a Mr. Francis J. Fuller. Why her Fuller surname was not used is a mystery. I shall have to investigate...