Vorwerk & Wilson Families

Blanche Truax

b. 24 June 1879, d. 1 December 1944

Blanche Truax was born on 24 June 1879 in Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont.
She married Robert Fuller Gilmour circa 1901.
Blanche Truax became a widow at the January 1931 death of her husband Robert Fuller Gilmour.
Blanche Truax died on 1 December 1944 at age 65.
She was interred at Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, New York.
The following appeared on 6 December 1944 in the Schenectady Gazette: The funeral of Mrs. Blanche Truax Gilmour, of this city, widow of Robert Fuller Gilmour, who died Friday was held yesterday at Glock's funeral parlor. The services were conducted by Rev. Willard E. Rice, pastor of Union Presbyterian church and burial was in the Union college plot at Vale cemetery.
     Mrs. Gilmour was born in Poultney, Vt., June 24, 1879, the daughter of the late Dr. James R. Truax, who for 20 years was professor of English at Union college, and Mrs. Harriet Watson Truax. She was educated in the Schenectady schools and studied at the Art Students league, in New York, under the direction of the well-known art teacher, John Twachman. Mr. Gilmour died in January, 1931.
     She was a member of the First Presbyterian church.
     She is survived by a son, Capt. John G. T. Gilmour, AUS, and by her mother, Mrs. Harriet Watson Truax.