Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyFrancis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley

Parents

Father[unknown]
Mother[unknown]

Personal Information

Record Created: 2 December 2012; Last Edited: 3 February 2022 
Person ID4557
NameFrancis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley
GenderMale
Born 10 September 19231
Married December 1961 to Harriet Jane Truland2
Died 5 February 19641
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia1

Biography

Frank is remembered as “one of the finest men ever to have walked on this Earth.” He was killed in a car accident. He had started adoption proceedings for all three of his wife Harriet’s children before he died. The children were eventually adopted and thereafter carried the Medley surname.2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyHarriet Jane Truland (daughter of Nira Melbourne Truland and Harriet C. Leonard)
Born 10 September 1922 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Married February 1942 in Elkton, Maryland to Arthur Junior Anderson
Married 1946 to George Gottschling
Married to Edward Carl Matthews (born Edward Carl May)
Married December 1961 to Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley
Married ca. 1969 to Earl Tilton Johnson
Died 7 September 1997 in Sun City, Hillsborough County, Florida
  
Children of Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley and Harriet Jane Truland:
  
+1.FamilyAnne Kathleen Medley (born Gottschling)
Born 8 May 1947 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Adopted(child of George Gottschling and Harriet Jane Truland, adopted by Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley)
Married to David Emil Nester
  
+2.FamilyGeorge William ‘Bill’ Medley (born Gottschling)
Born 3 May 1948 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Adopted(child of George Gottschling and Harriet Jane Truland, adopted by Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley)
Married 16 August 1969 to Doris Jo ‘Jodee’ Gazlay
Died 30 October 2018 in Maryland
  
+3.FamilyBonnie Anne Medley (born May)
Born 6 May 1957 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Adopted(child of Edward Carl Matthews (born Edward Carl May) and Harriet Jane Truland, adopted by Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley)
Married 16 June 1979 to Steven K. Atkinson
  

Sources

  1. Cemetery Record, Arlington National Cemetery (military website); Medley, Francis M., born: 10 September 1923; died: 5 February 1964; US Navy; Section 7, Grave 9905-B-LH.
  2. Email from Bonnie Medley Atkinson to Lee Gazlay, various dates in November and December 2012.