WEEK 42

Ivy Mollekin

Gertrude Ivy Mollekin, born in Pontefract, is my first cousin, twice removed and daughter of Herbert Mollekin.

Below is a newspaper article published shortly after Ivy’s death.

ROTHERHAM ADVERTISER – SATURDAY 28th MARCH 1931 – DEATH OF MISS G.I. MOLLEKIN

The death occurred yesterday week of Miss Gertrude Ivy Mollekin, daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. H. Mollekin, of ‘The Grange,’ Maltby. Miss Mollekin was only 30 years of age.

Prior to the interment, which took place in the Maltby Parish Churchyard on Monday, a service was conducted in the Parish Church by the Rev. H. R. Everson.

Ivy’s grave

The mourners were Mrs. Mollekin (mother), Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Mollekin (brother and sister-in-law), Mr. and Mrs. E. Mollekin (brother ad sister-in-law), Mrs. Brookes (sister), Mr. and Mrs. McGlade (brother-in-law and sister), Mr. and Mrs. S. Mollekin (brother and sister-in-law), Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mollekin (brother and sister-in-law), Mr. and Mrs. Stan Mollekin (brother and sister-in-law), Mr. and Mrs. J. Sadler (brother-in- law and sister), Messrs. Claud, Fred, and Jack Mollekin (brothers), Mr. Skinner and daughter (uncle and cousin), Mrs. Pearson (aunt), Mr. and Mrs. J. Mollekin (uncle and aunt), Mr. Morgan R. Jones, Mr. A. J. Booth, Mr. E. Davy and Mr. A. Plant (Sheffield), Messrs. T. Ridgway, M. Wilden, H. Box and E. Shaw acted as bearers. Wreaths and floral tributes were sent by ‘Mother,’ ‘Fred, Claud and Jack,’ ‘Sybil and Jack,’ ‘Mabel and Ernest,’ ‘Harry, Dolly, Basil and Beryle,’ ‘Sid and Lill,’ ‘Dorothy, Ernest and family,’ ‘Uncle Walter and cousins,’ ‘Bert, Daisy, and Herbert,’ ‘Lizzie and Walter,’ ‘Aunt Alice,’ ‘Winnie and Stanley,’ Mr. and Mrs. J. Mollekin, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Booth, Ald. And Mrs. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. K. Davy, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Hunter.