Mary Augusta "Molly" Daly Gerard
1876 - 1956
MRS. GERARD DIES; EX-ENVOY'S WIDOW
Daughter of "Copper King" Aided Husband in Berlin During World War I
Mrs. Mary Daly Gerard, widow of James W. Gerard, who was Ambassador to Germany in World War I, died Wednesday at her home, 1014 Fifth Avenue, after a long illness. She was 80 years old last Friday. Mr. Gerard died in 1951.
Mrs. Gerard was born in Ophir, Utah, a small mining town, and spent most of her early years in Butte, Montana. She was the daughter of the late Marcus and Margaret Daly.
Because of his vast mining interests, including a share of the Anaconda Mine, her father came to be known as the "Copper King." She was educated privately here and abroad.
In Berlin, after World War I broke out, Mrs. Gerard devoted herself to the work of organizing help for the thousands of Americans and Britons stranded in Germany. In his book, "My First 83 Years in America," Mr. Gerard credited her also with diplomatic skill in being largely responsible for the "peace that reigned in our embassy" at a time when tense nerves were on edge.
He dedicated that book to "the charming and devoted companion of nearly fifty years, my wife." His earlier book, "My Four Years in Germany," was also dedicated to her as "my small but tactful family of one."
During World War II, Mrs. Gerard was an active volunteer worker for the Navy League of the United States, which organized recreation for Navy service men.
Her survivors are a nephew, Marcus Daly III, of Las Vegas, Nev., and three nieces, Mrs. Margaret B. Trimble, Miss Frances Carroll Brown and Countess Margit Sigray.
—The New York Times | 20 January 1956
1876 - 1956
MRS. GERARD DIES; EX-ENVOY'S WIDOW
Daughter of "Copper King" Aided Husband in Berlin During World War I
Mrs. Mary Daly Gerard, widow of James W. Gerard, who was Ambassador to Germany in World War I, died Wednesday at her home, 1014 Fifth Avenue, after a long illness. She was 80 years old last Friday. Mr. Gerard died in 1951.
Mrs. Gerard was born in Ophir, Utah, a small mining town, and spent most of her early years in Butte, Montana. She was the daughter of the late Marcus and Margaret Daly.
Because of his vast mining interests, including a share of the Anaconda Mine, her father came to be known as the "Copper King." She was educated privately here and abroad.
In Berlin, after World War I broke out, Mrs. Gerard devoted herself to the work of organizing help for the thousands of Americans and Britons stranded in Germany. In his book, "My First 83 Years in America," Mr. Gerard credited her also with diplomatic skill in being largely responsible for the "peace that reigned in our embassy" at a time when tense nerves were on edge.
He dedicated that book to "the charming and devoted companion of nearly fifty years, my wife." His earlier book, "My Four Years in Germany," was also dedicated to her as "my small but tactful family of one."
During World War II, Mrs. Gerard was an active volunteer worker for the Navy League of the United States, which organized recreation for Navy service men.
Her survivors are a nephew, Marcus Daly III, of Las Vegas, Nev., and three nieces, Mrs. Margaret B. Trimble, Miss Frances Carroll Brown and Countess Margit Sigray.
—The New York Times | 20 January 1956
Mary Augusta "Molly" Daly Gerard
1876 - 1956
MRS. GERARD DIES; EX-ENVOY'S WIDOW
Daughter of "Copper King" Aided Husband in Berlin During World War I
Mrs. Mary Daly Gerard, widow of James W. Gerard, who was Ambassador to Germany in World War I, died Wednesday at her home, 1014 Fifth Avenue, after a long illness. She was 80 years old last Friday. Mr. Gerard died in 1951.
Mrs. Gerard was born in Ophir, Utah, a small mining town, and spent most of her early years in Butte, Montana. She was the daughter of the late Marcus and Margaret Daly.
Because of his vast mining interests, including a share of the Anaconda Mine, her father came to be known as the "Copper King." She was educated privately here and abroad.
In Berlin, after World War I broke out, Mrs. Gerard devoted herself to the work of organizing help for the thousands of Americans and Britons stranded in Germany. In his book, "My First 83 Years in America," Mr. Gerard credited her also with diplomatic skill in being largely responsible for the "peace that reigned in our embassy" at a time when tense nerves were on edge.
He dedicated that book to "the charming and devoted companion of nearly fifty years, my wife." His earlier book, "My Four Years in Germany," was also dedicated to her as "my small but tactful family of one."
During World War II, Mrs. Gerard was an active volunteer worker for the Navy League of the United States, which organized recreation for Navy service men.
Her survivors are a nephew, Marcus Daly III, of Las Vegas, Nev., and three nieces, Mrs. Margaret B. Trimble, Miss Frances Carroll Brown and Countess Margit Sigray.
—The New York Times | 20 January 1956
1876 - 1956
MRS. GERARD DIES; EX-ENVOY'S WIDOW
Daughter of "Copper King" Aided Husband in Berlin During World War I
Mrs. Mary Daly Gerard, widow of James W. Gerard, who was Ambassador to Germany in World War I, died Wednesday at her home, 1014 Fifth Avenue, after a long illness. She was 80 years old last Friday. Mr. Gerard died in 1951.
Mrs. Gerard was born in Ophir, Utah, a small mining town, and spent most of her early years in Butte, Montana. She was the daughter of the late Marcus and Margaret Daly.
Because of his vast mining interests, including a share of the Anaconda Mine, her father came to be known as the "Copper King." She was educated privately here and abroad.
In Berlin, after World War I broke out, Mrs. Gerard devoted herself to the work of organizing help for the thousands of Americans and Britons stranded in Germany. In his book, "My First 83 Years in America," Mr. Gerard credited her also with diplomatic skill in being largely responsible for the "peace that reigned in our embassy" at a time when tense nerves were on edge.
He dedicated that book to "the charming and devoted companion of nearly fifty years, my wife." His earlier book, "My Four Years in Germany," was also dedicated to her as "my small but tactful family of one."
During World War II, Mrs. Gerard was an active volunteer worker for the Navy League of the United States, which organized recreation for Navy service men.
Her survivors are a nephew, Marcus Daly III, of Las Vegas, Nev., and three nieces, Mrs. Margaret B. Trimble, Miss Frances Carroll Brown and Countess Margit Sigray.
—The New York Times | 20 January 1956
