Gertrude Orris Wallace

1877 - 1953  (75 years)

• Name	Gertrude Orris Wallace
  Born	31 Mar 1877	Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Feb 1953	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	13 Feb 1953	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6872	Rossville
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Calvin Orris,   b. 1851, Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Nov 1910, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Catherine Ellen Duffield Orris,   b. 4 Jul 1853, Ickesburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Jan 1889, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hugh Wallace,   b. 1866,   d. 1931  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2018 12:00:42
  Family ID	F8024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Mar 1877 - Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Wallace, Gertrude Mrs. Gertrude Wallace, 76, a resident of this community for 73 years, passed away Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Startup, who were taking care of her since her return from a Topeka nursing home. Mrs. Wallace was born March 31, 1877 in Pennsylvania the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Orris. They came to Rossville when she was three years old. She was the widow of the late Hugh Wallace. Both were thrifty, hard working and accumulated several farms in this section. Since his death she lived in Rossville. Only nephews and nieces survive her. They are: Harry Gutshall and Bessie Perry, of Rossville. Ida Heiland and Blanche Hayes, of Topeka; Verna Freeman, Bakerfield, Calif.; Mildred Finney, Spokane, Wash.; Fern O'Neil, Sacramento, Calif., D.C. Gutshall, Meade, Kansas; and William Gutshall, Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Wallace was a member of the Methodist church and her pastor the Reverend Don Jones will conduct her funeral service, Friday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church. The singers will be Mrs. Inez Richardson, and Mrs. Lorene Harth, with Mrs. Marguerite Williams, pianist. The pall bearers will be, Fred Heiland, Harley Heiland, Walter Van Vleck, Omar Van Vleck, Harry Gutshall, and Carol Gutshall. Interment in Rossville cemetery. ----- Mrs. Gertrude Wallace Mrs. Gertrude Wallace, 77, resident of Rossville for 74 years, died Tuesday at her home in Rossville. She was born in Pennsylvania and settled in the Rossville community with her parents when she was three years old. She was a member of the Rossville Methodist Church. Nine nieces and five nephews survive.