The Citizen, Auburn, NY, Friday, March 18, 1977, 1, col. "Area Obituaries:
MRS. GERTRUDE CASE
Mrs. Gertrude Eldred Case of Washington, DC died Thursday at the Carolton Convalescent Hospital, Southport, Conn., after a brief illness.
Private services will be held in Southport. Burial will be in the family plot at Fort Hill Cemetery in the spring.
Mrs. Case was born Alice Gertrude Eldred in Auburn, NY, July 22, 1899. In 1918 she married Theodore Willard Case, also of Auburn, and inventor of "Movietone" the first true talking picture with the sound track acrually on the film. Mr. Case died in May, 1944. For several years she also worked as a glass blower with her husband making the AEO lights and Thalofide cells that made the "Talkies" possible. Always an avid horsewoman,she rode with the Genesee Valley hunt in' Upstate New York through the 20s and 30s. She was "blooded" in 1931.
In 1936 she and Mr. Case made a gift of their pillared, Greek revival 1836 mansion to the State of New York. It is now known as the Cayuga Museum of Art and Science. Shortly belore her death, Mrs. Case and her children made a substantial gift to the museum for the purpose of converting two rooms into displays of the first talking picture apparatus and exhibits of the camera, projectors and other componet parts in actual working order.
In 1939, Mrs. Case and her husband gave their other Georgian 65 room mansion, built in 1930 to the city of Auburn and it has been used for various charitable purposes since.
The Cases then moved to New York City and Mrs. Case became engrossed in many church and charitable projects. She was national President of the Episcopal Church Mission of Help from 1940 to 1942, and worked for the organization for many years. She was also a Director of the Museum of Modern Art during the forties.
Mrs. Case was also very active in fund gatherings activities for the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service during the late thirties and forties. In addition she was chairman for the Executive many theater and opera benefits for St. Barnabas House, operated by the protestant Episcopal City Mission Society of New York through December, 1957. Throughout this period she was an active member of the Altar Guild of St. James Church, Madison Avenue. During World War II, Mrs. Case worked as a "Grey Lady" for the American Red Cross on "New York City piers for incoming and outgoing U.S. Troops.
In 1958, Mrs. Case moved to Washington, DC, where she became Social Director for the Cuban Embassy until the Castro revolution. She was also very active at the "Washington Home for Incurables" until a few years ago.
Mrs. Case was formerly a member of the Piping Rock Club, and was a member of the Colony Club in New York and the Sulgrave Club in Washington.
She is survived by three children, Theodore W. Case, Jr., Mrs. W. Thorn Kissel, and Mrs. Leon Ogrodnik; nine grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
MRS. GERTRUDE CASE
Mrs. Gertrude Eldred Case of Washington, DC died Thursday at the Carolton Convalescent Hospital, Southport, Conn., after a brief illness.
Private services will be held in Southport. Burial will be in the family plot at Fort Hill Cemetery in the spring.
Mrs. Case was born Alice Gertrude Eldred in Auburn, NY, July 22, 1899. In 1918 she married Theodore Willard Case, also of Auburn, and inventor of "Movietone" the first true talking picture with the sound track acrually on the film. Mr. Case died in May, 1944. For several years she also worked as a glass blower with her husband making the AEO lights and Thalofide cells that made the "Talkies" possible. Always an avid horsewoman,she rode with the Genesee Valley hunt in' Upstate New York through the 20s and 30s. She was "blooded" in 1931.
In 1936 she and Mr. Case made a gift of their pillared, Greek revival 1836 mansion to the State of New York. It is now known as the Cayuga Museum of Art and Science. Shortly belore her death, Mrs. Case and her children made a substantial gift to the museum for the purpose of converting two rooms into displays of the first talking picture apparatus and exhibits of the camera, projectors and other componet parts in actual working order.
In 1939, Mrs. Case and her husband gave their other Georgian 65 room mansion, built in 1930 to the city of Auburn and it has been used for various charitable purposes since.
The Cases then moved to New York City and Mrs. Case became engrossed in many church and charitable projects. She was national President of the Episcopal Church Mission of Help from 1940 to 1942, and worked for the organization for many years. She was also a Director of the Museum of Modern Art during the forties.
Mrs. Case was also very active in fund gatherings activities for the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service during the late thirties and forties. In addition she was chairman for the Executive many theater and opera benefits for St. Barnabas House, operated by the protestant Episcopal City Mission Society of New York through December, 1957. Throughout this period she was an active member of the Altar Guild of St. James Church, Madison Avenue. During World War II, Mrs. Case worked as a "Grey Lady" for the American Red Cross on "New York City piers for incoming and outgoing U.S. Troops.
In 1958, Mrs. Case moved to Washington, DC, where she became Social Director for the Cuban Embassy until the Castro revolution. She was also very active at the "Washington Home for Incurables" until a few years ago.
Mrs. Case was formerly a member of the Piping Rock Club, and was a member of the Colony Club in New York and the Sulgrave Club in Washington.
She is survived by three children, Theodore W. Case, Jr., Mrs. W. Thorn Kissel, and Mrs. Leon Ogrodnik; nine grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
The Citizen, Auburn, NY, Friday, March 18, 1977, 1, col. "Area Obituaries:
MRS. GERTRUDE CASE
Mrs. Gertrude Eldred Case of Washington, DC died Thursday at the Carolton Convalescent Hospital, Southport, Conn., after a brief illness.
Private services will be held in Southport. Burial will be in the family plot at Fort Hill Cemetery in the spring.
Mrs. Case was born Alice Gertrude Eldred in Auburn, NY, July 22, 1899. In 1918 she married Theodore Willard Case, also of Auburn, and inventor of "Movietone" the first true talking picture with the sound track acrually on the film. Mr. Case died in May, 1944. For several years she also worked as a glass blower with her husband making the AEO lights and Thalofide cells that made the "Talkies" possible. Always an avid horsewoman,she rode with the Genesee Valley hunt in' Upstate New York through the 20s and 30s. She was "blooded" in 1931.
In 1936 she and Mr. Case made a gift of their pillared, Greek revival 1836 mansion to the State of New York. It is now known as the Cayuga Museum of Art and Science. Shortly belore her death, Mrs. Case and her children made a substantial gift to the museum for the purpose of converting two rooms into displays of the first talking picture apparatus and exhibits of the camera, projectors and other componet parts in actual working order.
In 1939, Mrs. Case and her husband gave their other Georgian 65 room mansion, built in 1930 to the city of Auburn and it has been used for various charitable purposes since.
The Cases then moved to New York City and Mrs. Case became engrossed in many church and charitable projects. She was national President of the Episcopal Church Mission of Help from 1940 to 1942, and worked for the organization for many years. She was also a Director of the Museum of Modern Art during the forties.
Mrs. Case was also very active in fund gatherings activities for the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service during the late thirties and forties. In addition she was chairman for the Executive many theater and opera benefits for St. Barnabas House, operated by the protestant Episcopal City Mission Society of New York through December, 1957. Throughout this period she was an active member of the Altar Guild of St. James Church, Madison Avenue. During World War II, Mrs. Case worked as a "Grey Lady" for the American Red Cross on "New York City piers for incoming and outgoing U.S. Troops.
In 1958, Mrs. Case moved to Washington, DC, where she became Social Director for the Cuban Embassy until the Castro revolution. She was also very active at the "Washington Home for Incurables" until a few years ago.
Mrs. Case was formerly a member of the Piping Rock Club, and was a member of the Colony Club in New York and the Sulgrave Club in Washington.
She is survived by three children, Theodore W. Case, Jr., Mrs. W. Thorn Kissel, and Mrs. Leon Ogrodnik; nine grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
MRS. GERTRUDE CASE
Mrs. Gertrude Eldred Case of Washington, DC died Thursday at the Carolton Convalescent Hospital, Southport, Conn., after a brief illness.
Private services will be held in Southport. Burial will be in the family plot at Fort Hill Cemetery in the spring.
Mrs. Case was born Alice Gertrude Eldred in Auburn, NY, July 22, 1899. In 1918 she married Theodore Willard Case, also of Auburn, and inventor of "Movietone" the first true talking picture with the sound track acrually on the film. Mr. Case died in May, 1944. For several years she also worked as a glass blower with her husband making the AEO lights and Thalofide cells that made the "Talkies" possible. Always an avid horsewoman,she rode with the Genesee Valley hunt in' Upstate New York through the 20s and 30s. She was "blooded" in 1931.
In 1936 she and Mr. Case made a gift of their pillared, Greek revival 1836 mansion to the State of New York. It is now known as the Cayuga Museum of Art and Science. Shortly belore her death, Mrs. Case and her children made a substantial gift to the museum for the purpose of converting two rooms into displays of the first talking picture apparatus and exhibits of the camera, projectors and other componet parts in actual working order.
In 1939, Mrs. Case and her husband gave their other Georgian 65 room mansion, built in 1930 to the city of Auburn and it has been used for various charitable purposes since.
The Cases then moved to New York City and Mrs. Case became engrossed in many church and charitable projects. She was national President of the Episcopal Church Mission of Help from 1940 to 1942, and worked for the organization for many years. She was also a Director of the Museum of Modern Art during the forties.
Mrs. Case was also very active in fund gatherings activities for the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service during the late thirties and forties. In addition she was chairman for the Executive many theater and opera benefits for St. Barnabas House, operated by the protestant Episcopal City Mission Society of New York through December, 1957. Throughout this period she was an active member of the Altar Guild of St. James Church, Madison Avenue. During World War II, Mrs. Case worked as a "Grey Lady" for the American Red Cross on "New York City piers for incoming and outgoing U.S. Troops.
In 1958, Mrs. Case moved to Washington, DC, where she became Social Director for the Cuban Embassy until the Castro revolution. She was also very active at the "Washington Home for Incurables" until a few years ago.
Mrs. Case was formerly a member of the Piping Rock Club, and was a member of the Colony Club in New York and the Sulgrave Club in Washington.
She is survived by three children, Theodore W. Case, Jr., Mrs. W. Thorn Kissel, and Mrs. Leon Ogrodnik; nine grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
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