obit and picture in the Daily Breeze 19 & 20 Nov 2014.∼
Information extracted from headstone and obituary published in the Daily Breeze (Torrance, California) on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Family visitation to be held at White and Day Mortuary in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday afternoon and evening, November 19th. Mass to be celebrated at American Martyrs Church on Thursday morning, November 20th. Entombment to follow at Pacific Crest Cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter of Burton, Ohio; her grandson; a granddaughter; seven (7) great-grandchildren; two (2) great-great grandchildren; numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Bessie and Rev. Wilbert M. Gilroy, Sr. (Assemblies of God); her twin brother, Eugene, died at age 6; her son, Mark Thomas Adams (ID# 65000245), died at age 22; her husband, John Thomas Adams (ID# 64476445), lived into his 90's.
She died November 17, 2014 at Torrance Memorial Hospital, Lundquist Tower location.
She was born to Rev. Bessie and Rev. Wilbert M. Gilroy, Sr. in Breckenridge, Texas. They moved to California in the 1920's, arriving first in Walteria and setting up a Mission before moving to Los Angeles.
She married John Adams in 1951 and converted to the Catholic faith. She became a 3rd Order Franciscan and was active in the Altar Society.
Texas Birth Index (TBI):
Name: Alpha Maxine Gilroy
Birth Date: 15 Sept 1923
Birthplace: Stephens County, Texas
Certificate Number: 57537
Information extracted from headstone and obituary published in the Daily Breeze (Torrance, California) on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Family visitation to be held at White and Day Mortuary in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday afternoon and evening, November 19th. Mass to be celebrated at American Martyrs Church on Thursday morning, November 20th. Entombment to follow at Pacific Crest Cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter of Burton, Ohio; her grandson; a granddaughter; seven (7) great-grandchildren; two (2) great-great grandchildren; numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Bessie and Rev. Wilbert M. Gilroy, Sr. (Assemblies of God); her twin brother, Eugene, died at age 6; her son, Mark Thomas Adams (ID# 65000245), died at age 22; her husband, John Thomas Adams (ID# 64476445), lived into his 90's.
She died November 17, 2014 at Torrance Memorial Hospital, Lundquist Tower location.
She was born to Rev. Bessie and Rev. Wilbert M. Gilroy, Sr. in Breckenridge, Texas. They moved to California in the 1920's, arriving first in Walteria and setting up a Mission before moving to Los Angeles.
She married John Adams in 1951 and converted to the Catholic faith. She became a 3rd Order Franciscan and was active in the Altar Society.
Texas Birth Index (TBI):
Name: Alpha Maxine Gilroy
Birth Date: 15 Sept 1923
Birthplace: Stephens County, Texas
Certificate Number: 57537
obit and picture in the Daily Breeze 19 & 20 Nov 2014.∼
Information extracted from headstone and obituary published in the Daily Breeze (Torrance, California) on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Family visitation to be held at White and Day Mortuary in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday afternoon and evening, November 19th. Mass to be celebrated at American Martyrs Church on Thursday morning, November 20th. Entombment to follow at Pacific Crest Cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter of Burton, Ohio; her grandson; a granddaughter; seven (7) great-grandchildren; two (2) great-great grandchildren; numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Bessie and Rev. Wilbert M. Gilroy, Sr. (Assemblies of God); her twin brother, Eugene, died at age 6; her son, Mark Thomas Adams (ID# 65000245), died at age 22; her husband, John Thomas Adams (ID# 64476445), lived into his 90's.
She died November 17, 2014 at Torrance Memorial Hospital, Lundquist Tower location.
She was born to Rev. Bessie and Rev. Wilbert M. Gilroy, Sr. in Breckenridge, Texas. They moved to California in the 1920's, arriving first in Walteria and setting up a Mission before moving to Los Angeles.
She married John Adams in 1951 and converted to the Catholic faith. She became a 3rd Order Franciscan and was active in the Altar Society.
Texas Birth Index (TBI):
Name: Alpha Maxine Gilroy
Birth Date: 15 Sept 1923
Birthplace: Stephens County, Texas
Certificate Number: 57537
Information extracted from headstone and obituary published in the Daily Breeze (Torrance, California) on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Family visitation to be held at White and Day Mortuary in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday afternoon and evening, November 19th. Mass to be celebrated at American Martyrs Church on Thursday morning, November 20th. Entombment to follow at Pacific Crest Cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter of Burton, Ohio; her grandson; a granddaughter; seven (7) great-grandchildren; two (2) great-great grandchildren; numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Bessie and Rev. Wilbert M. Gilroy, Sr. (Assemblies of God); her twin brother, Eugene, died at age 6; her son, Mark Thomas Adams (ID# 65000245), died at age 22; her husband, John Thomas Adams (ID# 64476445), lived into his 90's.
She died November 17, 2014 at Torrance Memorial Hospital, Lundquist Tower location.
She was born to Rev. Bessie and Rev. Wilbert M. Gilroy, Sr. in Breckenridge, Texas. They moved to California in the 1920's, arriving first in Walteria and setting up a Mission before moving to Los Angeles.
She married John Adams in 1951 and converted to the Catholic faith. She became a 3rd Order Franciscan and was active in the Altar Society.
Texas Birth Index (TBI):
Name: Alpha Maxine Gilroy
Birth Date: 15 Sept 1923
Birthplace: Stephens County, Texas
Certificate Number: 57537
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