| Sources |
- [S350] Death Certificates -- Maryland, downloaded 10 June 2026; 98 15805; Grace Jelks Wilkie; 5 May 1998 (Reliability: 2).
 |
Death certificate of Grace Jelks Wilkie, 1998 (Maryland)
Reg. No. 98 15805
1. Name: Grace Jelks Wilkie
2. Date of death: May 5, 1998
3. Time of death: 4:05 PM
4. Facility name: Shady Grove Adventist Nursing Center, Rockville, Montgomery Co.
5. SSN: 487-03-3851
6. Sex: F
7. Age: 92 yrs
8. Date of birth: June 20, 1905
9. Birthplace: Oklahoma Territory
10. Usual residence: Maryland, Montgomery Co., Rockville (inside city limits), 118 Monroe Street, #610, 20850, USA
11. Marital status: Widowed
12. Not ever in US Armed Forces
13. Not of Hispanic origin
14. Race: White
15. Education: 8th grade
16. Usual occupation: Statistician / kind of industry: Manufacturing
17. Father's name: James R. Jelks
18. Mother's maiden name: Martha McGee
19. Informant: Elwood A. McKee / Son
20. Disposition: Cremation, May 7, 1998
(signature and details of funeral licensee)
23. Cause of death: Myocardial Infarction, acute
other significant conditions contributing to death: Fractured Hip
(signature and attestations of attending physician)
Filed May 8, 1998 |
- [S361] Newspaper -- The Gazette (Maryland), Grace Jelks Wilkie; obituary; 13 May 1998; online ; accessed; 29 April 2015 (Reliability: 2).
Grace Jelks Wilkie
Grace Jelks Wilkie, 93, a retired statistician and resident of Rockville, died of congestive heart failure at Shady Grove Adventist Nursing Center on May 5.
She was born in the Oklahoma Territory, the daughter of pioneer parents. Her first marriage was to E.A. McKee. She had twin daughters who died in infancy.
After her divorce she worked in Kansas City, Mo., from 1929 to 1940 when she received a Civil Service appointment to Washington, D.C. During World War II she was a statistician in the War Shipping Administration.
In 1946 she married her second husband, Henry E. Wilkie, a chemist and industrial gelatin manufacturer, and lived Buffalo, N.Y., until retirement to Chapel Hill, N.C.
She moved to Rockville following the death of her husband in 1980. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include her sister, Nettie B. Stevens, 98, of Brownsville, Texas; her son and daughter-in-law, Elwood and Joan McKee of Rockville; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
- [S117] 1950 U.S. Federal Census, New York, Erie County, Buffalo, ED 65-783; sheet 11; household 109; Henry Wilkie; downloaded 10 June 2026 (Reliability: 3).
 |
1950 U.S. census - Henry Wilkie (Sr.) household (Buffalo, Erie Co., NY)
50 Sherman, household 109
10. Wilkie Henry, head, white, male, 58, married, born NY, worked 40 hours in past week as sales manager in food products industry
11. Wilkie Grace, wife, white, female, 45, married, born Oklahoma, worked 40 hours in past week as clerk in plumbing equipment industry |
- [S361] Newspaper -- The Gazette (Maryland), Grace Jelks Wilkie; obituary; 13 May 1998; online ; accessed; 29 April 2015.
Grace Jelks Wilkie
Grace Jelks Wilkie, 93, a retired statistician and resident of Rockville, died of congestive heart failure at Shady Grove Adventist Nursing Center on May 5.
She was born in the Oklahoma Territory, the daughter of pioneer parents. Her first marriage was to E.A. McKee. She had twin daughters who died in infancy.
After her divorce she worked in Kansas City, Mo., from 1929 to 1940 when she received a Civil Service appointment to Washington, D.C. During World War II she was a statistician in the War Shipping Administration.
In 1946 she married her second husband, Henry E. Wilkie, a chemist and industrial gelatin manufacturer, and lived Buffalo, N.Y., until retirement to Chapel Hill, N.C.
She moved to Rockville following the death of her husband in 1980. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include her sister, Nettie B. Stevens, 98, of Brownsville, Texas; her son and daughter-in-law, Elwood and Joan McKee of Rockville; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
- [S117] 1950 U.S. Federal Census, New York, Erie County, Buffalo, ED 65-783; sheet 11; household 109; Henry Wilkie; downloaded 10 June 2026 (Reliability: 2).
|
|
1950 U.S. census - Henry Wilkie (Sr.) household (Buffalo, Erie Co., NY)
50 Sherman, household 109
10. Wilkie Henry, head, white, male, 58, married, born NY, worked 40 hours in past week as sales manager in food products industry
11. Wilkie Grace, wife, white, female, 45, married, born Oklahoma, worked 40 hours in past week as clerk in plumbing equipment industry |
- [S350] Death Certificates -- Maryland, downloaded 10 June 2026; 98 15805; Grace Jelks Wilkie; 5 May 1998 (Reliability: 3).
|
|
Death certificate of Grace Jelks Wilkie, 1998 (Maryland)
Reg. No. 98 15805
1. Name: Grace Jelks Wilkie
2. Date of death: May 5, 1998
3. Time of death: 4:05 PM
4. Facility name: Shady Grove Adventist Nursing Center, Rockville, Montgomery Co.
5. SSN: 487-03-3851
6. Sex: F
7. Age: 92 yrs
8. Date of birth: June 20, 1905
9. Birthplace: Oklahoma Territory
10. Usual residence: Maryland, Montgomery Co., Rockville (inside city limits), 118 Monroe Street, #610, 20850, USA
11. Marital status: Widowed
12. Not ever in US Armed Forces
13. Not of Hispanic origin
14. Race: White
15. Education: 8th grade
16. Usual occupation: Statistician / kind of industry: Manufacturing
17. Father's name: James R. Jelks
18. Mother's maiden name: Martha McGee
19. Informant: Elwood A. McKee / Son
20. Disposition: Cremation, May 7, 1998
(signature and details of funeral licensee)
23. Cause of death: Myocardial Infarction, acute
other significant conditions contributing to death: Fractured Hip
(signature and attestations of attending physician)
Filed May 8, 1998 |
|
1905 - 1998 (92 years)
[1] 
